Rural living means less stress

Banjo said:
Deaf children living in rural communities often have to face far more barriers than the people living in urban communities. For instance, it can be difficult to find an interpreter for a student living in a town with a population of 10,000.

I wouldn't mind living in a rural community, but I am living in more of a suburb area at the moment.
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True that. All services, actually, are more difficult to access in a rural area.
 
jillio said:
True that. All services, actually, are more difficult to access in a rural area.
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Right, I have met and talked to people who had to do several hours per way to see their audiologists, CI specialists, etc on a regular basis. Some even have to stay in the city for a couple days so they don't have to drive both ways in one day.
 
Banjo said:
Right, I have met and talked to people who had to do several hours per way to see their audiologists, CI specialists, etc on a regular basis. Some even have to stay in the city for a couple days so they don't have to drive both ways in one day.
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Yep, not many audis, hearing aid dispensers, and ENTs in rural areas. They want to be located closer to hospitals.

We won't even go into the lack of educational accommodation.:cool2:
 
jillio said:
Yep, not many audis, hearing aid dispensers, and ENTs in rural areas. They want to be located closer to hospitals.

We won't even go into the lack of educational accommodation.:cool2:
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I've heard plenty of horror stories regarding the educational accommodations.
 
I don't think it would be anymore due to high gas price, especially you are long commute from rural to city.

Some residents that I know whoever live in rural area use daily commute to Birmingham and Hoover for jobs because jobs in their area are extremely limited and unfit to their job position needed.

Living in rural area is soon to be out of question for me due to usher syndrome.
 
Banjo said:
I've heard plenty of horror stories regarding the educational accommodations.
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Unfortunately, I'll bet a dollar to a donut that they are all true. I don't do a lot of advocacy in rural areas...not because it isn't needed, but because no one even knows it is available for their child. And the administrations are sometimes just as lacking in knowledge as the parents are.
 
Foxrac said:
I don't think it would be anymore due to high gas price, especially you are long commute from rural to city.

Some residents that I know whoever live in rural area use daily commute to Birmingham and Hoover for jobs because jobs in their area are extremely limited and unfit to their job position needed.

Living in rural area is soon to be out of question for me due to usher syndrome.
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Yep, you will need to be in a city to access public transportation and other services you will need.
 
I grew up in a tiny rural village and it sure brought in peace and harmony. But it certainly gave you some degrees of boredom.
 
I spent my grade school years living in the country and I plan to spend my retirement living in the country but I would try to live within reasonable driving distance to a city for sake of being able to access certain shops and services not available in rural places so I could have the best of both worlds.
 
DeafCaroline said:
I spent my grade school years living in the country and I plan to spend my retirement living in the country but I would try to live within reasonable driving distance to a city for sake of being able to access certain shops and services not available in rural places so I could have the best of both worlds.
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Yeppers. I live in a mid-size city that is within 1 hour of one major city and 1 1/2 hours of another major city. But the big thing for me was that I am also close to several small, rural communities that are Appalachian in population, and that keeps me in contact with a population in need of services but unable to access them unless someone comes into their community.
 
I would much rather live in the city then where I live now but I hope that I can live in the city again in the future. My parents are country folks at heart so they thought I'd see things the same way but while I think it'd be great to have your own garden, being out in the country means you can't go to art musuems or stores or other stuff.
 
deafskeptic said:
I would much rather live in the city then where I live now but I hope that I can live in the city again in the future. My parents are country folks at heart so they thought I'd see things the same way but while I think it'd be great to have your own garden, being out in the country means you can't go to art musuems or stores or other stuff.
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But if you live close enough to the city, you can! My father lived in the country for 35 years and thanks to a highway, he could get from his house in the boondocks to his place of work right downtown in the city in 20 minutes or less.
 
I live about 2 hours from Richmond VA and about 4 hours from DC give or take depending on traffic. Lynchburg VA is a small city and it doesn't have many services for the deaf unless you count the deaf program at the Thomas Road Church.
 
deafskeptic said:
I live about 2 hours from Richmond VA and about 4 hours from DC give or take depending on traffic. Lynchburg VA is a small city and it doesn't have many services for the deaf unless you count the deaf program at the Thomas Road Church.
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I would much rather live close to either of those cities.
 
rockin'robin said:
City slicker here too....even tho' I know rural living is somewhat good for you, I tried it for several years (in N.C.)....I gained 20-30 lbs.!...Bored out of my skull...even tho' the "excitement" at first of having my own vegetable garden, and lots of animals, even a goat and chickens....
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I'd prefer the rural living or at least live in towns small enough on the periphery of rural living. Would love to have an alpaca farm someday. Wouldn't mind having a few horses, too. Being in the outdoors out in the rural open certainly helps make life that much more relaxing.
 
kokonut said:
I'd prefer the rural living or at least live in towns small enough on the periphery of rural living. Would love to have an alpaca farm someday. Wouldn't mind having a few horses, too. Being in the outdoors out in the rural open certainly helps make life that much more relaxing.
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if you were in your 20's or not married, would you still prefer what you just said above?
 
Jiro said:
if you were in your 20's or not married, would you still prefer what you just said above?
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There is a couple near where we used to live. they inherited the farm from her parents. This couple was in their 20's at the time and have an alpaca farm, 10 horses and 50 head of cattle. They also grow all of their own vegetables and have their own chickens and hens as well as goats. All on 80 acres. He works full time in town (25 miles away) she works full time on the farm. They are now in their 50'a and still love the place. They have 4 teenagers and their daughter is the one who stands to inherit the farm. The boys are going career military.
 
I didnt want to post today b/c of my laziness. I must tell you how wonderful it is living in country. Im'm laid back country folk so Ive been told. There are days that I dont see human beings (besides my family and dogs) and vehicles. It is so relaxing out here. A lot of farm land surrounding my house. The road I live on is gravel road. Across the road from my driveway is nothing but farm land. Soooooo peaceful. Behind my 9 acres property,nothing but woods. I see owls,squirrels,I hear coyotes,bucks having sex. They grunt really loud. :lol:. I have seen wild turkeys running around in my front yard. I have seen buzzards eatin dead meat right by my fookin' driveway while I'm walking down the driveway to get mail. When I take back road,I must look out for cows b/c they walk across gravel/dirt road. I forget something,I go to local grocery store which is 1 1/2 mile drive if that.

I dont know how you people can live in big cities with criminals and weirdos. No way! I know what heavy traffic is like b/c I had jobs in big city. All I can say about that, heavy traffic is very,very stressful. Nope,not out here.
 
DeafTim said:
I didnt want to post today b/c of my laziness. I must tell you how wonderful it is living in country. Im'm laid back country folk so Ive been told. There are days that I dont see human beings (besides my family and dogs) and vehicles. It is so relaxing out here. A lot of farm land surrounding my house. The road I live on is gravel road. Across the road from my driveway is nothing but farm land. Soooooo peaceful. Behind my 9 acres property,nothing but woods. I see owls,squirrels,I hear coyotes,bucks having sex. They grunt really loud. :lol:

I dont know how you people can live in big cities with criminals and weirdos. No way!
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Right now, that absolutely seems much more appealing in the city than what one might find in the country. :ugh:
 
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Deaftim ya forgot about mass transit to avoid getting stuck in traffic and you don't need a car in dense cities.
 
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