Rural living means less stress

Country girl living in city and hating it.... I have been brought up with space and horses. we were never bored, we had horses, dogs, small farm holding so we were pretty busy all the time, we rode bikes, climbed trees, have group of village kids of very similar ages running about playing hide and seek in fields without the care in the world, and the adults always seems busy with gardening, tending to the animals, chatting with neighbours or going to the local pub. The down side is driving/lack of public transport but you can only go to large supermarket once a week and stock up... thats fine with me. We did have a convinence store, greengrocers, butchers and off licence all owned by local independant within walking distance (i even rode and tied up my horse outside the convience store) now most of it had gone due to ever expanding of supermarket chains! There is a lot of old folks who had been living here for years (some still are living in their birth homes!) they can't drive so relies on neigbours to take them to shopping/docs. We had far more and better community and help out each other where I don't get by living in city. It's also too fast paced where people seems not to have the time to pop in for a cuppa and a chat. I loved my old life and would do anything to get back to it. I am planning to find a small home in the country side with reasonbly large garden for my vegs (at my city home i have vegs but not enough space!!). And safe country fields where I can walk my dog without leash.
 
Jiro said:
wonder how far you had to drive for $1 red box dvd.
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Nearest red box is about 15 miles. Which is why you pick it up while you are in town for the popcorn and other goodies. Or on your way home from work.

You learn to get everything you need on one trip. :)

No biggie.
 
Another thing I like living out in the country is that people still wave at each other here. In the city you get the lovely middle finger. :lol:
 
In the country I couldn't go for a decent walk down the road. Always had to be the field or woods, if not I'd gain weight from all those cuppa's. Lol

Took the whole town to raise a kid and neighbors were like family eventually.

I couldn't get away with anything! Be caught before I'd even think of it.
 
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sequoias said:
That is my kind of place to live....lots of greenery and it's a metro area of over 250,000 with 167,000 in Santa Rosa, California city proper. It IS expensive to live there.

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roughly the same cost of living as boulder.
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Really I see.
 
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In Santa Rosa where I lived in my younger years, it has almost everything it offers. It has 2 indoor malls, at least 4 major movie theathers, many many retail stores, lot of great parks including annadel state park, a sufficent airport, lot of hills and variety of forests, lots of health concious stores and businesses, good bus routes and more. Thr biggest drawback is the cost of living. You can get a 3 bedroom apartment for around 1200 to 1300 a month and many can cost more than that. In fact, Santa Rosa's major community college sits on the old growth oak forests towering up to 100+ ft tall and can be old as over 300 years old. The college attracts about 37,000 students in 3 campuses.
 
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sequoias said:
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In Santa Rosa where I lived in my younger years, it has almost everything it offers. It has 2 indoor malls, at least 4 major movie theathers, many many retail stores, lot of great parks including annadel state park, a sufficent airport, lot of hills and variety of forests, lots of health concious stores and businesses, good bus routes and more. Thr biggest drawback is the cost of living. You can get a 3 bedroom apartment for around 1200 to 1300 a month and many can cost more than that. In fact, Santa Rosa's major community college sits on the old growth oak forests towering up to 100+ ft tall and can be old as over 300 years old. The college attracts about 37,000 students in 3 campuses.
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I want that rent, I'm paying 2000 a month for a non furnished 1bedroom apartment right now.
 
neomayja said:
I want that rent, I'm paying 2000 a month for a non furnished 1bedroom apartment right now.
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Yikes! You're in Canada, right? In Iowa you can get a 3 bedroom for $700-1000 a month around here.
 
In my neighborhood, $1,200 per month can get you a 4-bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 2,200 sq.ft. house with an attached two-car garage on a shady lot.
 
Reba said:
In my neighborhood, $1,200 per month can get you a 4-bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 2,200 sq.ft. house with an attached two-car garage on a shady lot.
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Add a newspaper subscription and you've got heaven on earth. :lol:
 
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Add a newspaper subscription and you've got heaven on earth. :lol:
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:lol:

As a matter of fact, the daily area paper is online, and the weekly local paper is free, delivered to the driveway of each house.
 
neomayja said:
I want that rent, I'm paying 2000 a month for a non furnished 1bedroom apartment right now.
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My neighbor who used to live in the Queens section of NYC, says that an apartment like mine would be worth 2k per month in rent in NYC.
 
Well, it's somewhat common knowledge that if you live anywhere near the oil industrial zones in Alberta, the costs of living is astonishing high.
 
I saw that documentary about the Tar Sands of Alberta - was stunned to find out it's bigger than the size of England! And yep, cost of living within the oil town is incredibly high.
 
Reba said:
In my neighborhood, $1,200 per month can get you a 4-bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 2,200 sq.ft. house with an attached two-car garage on a shady lot.
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Rent or own?
 
Banjo said:
Well, it's somewhat common knowledge that if you live anywhere near the oil industrial zones in Alberta, the costs of living is astonishing high.
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Curious...why? I would think it would be low because I can imagine living near an industrial area that produces oil would generate all kinds of pollution.
 
Most people who do live near the Tar Sands work for the oil industry. So, high demand/high prices.
 
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