Rural Living is Better then the Concrete Jungle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So we're only talking about poor rural areas? It doesn't qualify as "the sticks" if people have money but few neighbors, schools, stores, etc?

there are definitely different levels of living in "the sticks"

But Charlottesville proper is NOT the sticks...in any way shape or form. It isn't DC, but it is a decent sized city on its own, with all levels of suburban sprawl just outside the university. You can drive 20 minutes and be more rural than you can in most parts of the DC area, but you are still not as far removed from urban comforts as some are.

A friend of mine lives in a tiny town in Kansas where his ONLY viable shopping option is walmart...for hundreds of miles. THAT is much more the sticks than any part of Charlottesville. I couldn't live in his part of Kansas, but I know people who like it there can't live where we do. It takes all kinds.

It isn't about thinking everyone who lives in a rural area is a hick. I certainly don't believe that. It is just that there are people who thrive in different environments, much like when people choose their college - small, large, medium, etc.

[Anonymous]

Money goes a long way in the less populated places.
You don't have to be in the stix to be away from the urban mess. Towns like Lewes DE, and Middlebury VT are fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like green space and you can get that here in DC. It's far from a "concrete jungle."

Rural life is only good if you have money. Otherwise it's meth land and junked out cars in the yard, my friend.

I lived in the rural life for 18 years and I couldn't agree more. OP is looking to start a fight, likely between city and suburbs peeps, neither of which are rural.

Exactly. I could see living in the mountains somewhere, so long as there was a decent, liberal, middle-sized town within a short distance. I love living in the city. But the idea of living in the simulacrum of "rural life" that is the exurbs repulses me.

[Anonymous]

Sorry but I love my no stoplight town along with my 5 acres and 4 bedroom house that I paid probably less than half what you paid for your two bedroom condo. I can send my kids out to play in the back yard without having to constantly sit with them. We ACTUALLY have things like cable TV and indoor plumbing. I can be at a grocery store in 15 minutes, see the orchestra in 30 minutes, and there isn't a Wal-Mart within 30 miles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but I love my no stoplight town along with my 5 acres and 4 bedroom house that I paid probably less than half what you paid for your two bedroom condo. I can send my kids out to play in the back yard without having to constantly sit with them. We ACTUALLY have things like cable TV and indoor plumbing. I can be at a grocery store in 15 minutes, see the orchestra in 30 minutes, and there isn't a Wal-Mart within 30 miles.

where do you live?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but I love my no stoplight town along with my 5 acres and 4 bedroom house that I paid probably less than half what you paid for your two bedroom condo. I can send my kids out to play in the back yard without having to constantly sit with them. We ACTUALLY have things like cable TV and indoor plumbing. I can be at a grocery store in 15 minutes, see the orchestra in 30 minutes, and there isn't a Wal-Mart within 30 miles.

And what is the name of the orchestra that you can see in 30 minutes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but I love my no stoplight town along with my 5 acres and 4 bedroom house that I paid probably less than half what you paid for your two bedroom condo. I can send my kids out to play in the back yard without having to constantly sit with them. We ACTUALLY have things like cable TV and indoor plumbing. I can be at a grocery store in 15 minutes, see the orchestra in 30 minutes, and there isn't a Wal-Mart within 30 miles.

And what is the name of the orchestra that you can see in 30 minutes?

The Maryland Symphony

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but I love my no stoplight town along with my 5 acres and 4 bedroom house that I paid probably less than half what you paid for your two bedroom condo. I can send my kids out to play in the back yard without having to constantly sit with them. We ACTUALLY have things like cable TV and indoor plumbing. I can be at a grocery store in 15 minutes, see the orchestra in 30 minutes, and there isn't a Wal-Mart within 30 miles.

Why are you still slumming on DC Urban Moms then? Don't you have some birdwatching to do?

[Anonymous]

To remind myself how nice it is that I moved out here and don't have to deal with the nuts in D.C.

[Anonymous]

Who the hell wants to deal with the upkeep on five acres? I don't.

[Anonymous]

Lipstick jungle.

[Anonymous]

Hey to each his/her own! To those land owners who protect and conserve our environment, thank you. Thank you providing us with the local farm fresh food, beautiful places to visit on the weekends and for opening your gates to our school children, many times for free. To the poster with a chip on their shoulder about their origins, just take a big deep breath of your fresh DC air. You left the country; it is all over. Accept it and move on. Signed, Someone who respects your right to say what you think even though you've seemed to have lost your ability to return the favor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Life is pretty bad without money in both rural and urban areas.

Suburban college towns are probably the ideal places for poor people. My HHI income was under 30K when I was a child and we lived decently in a cheap college town. Lots of inexpensive places to go, my friends and I hung out at the local university, and we owned a nice 2000 sq ft house (my parents bought it for $74,000 in the 90s). Can't do that in a lot of places.

Not sure what "suburban college town" means. I think you may be talking about small to medium sized non-suburban towns maybe? An example would be Boulder (which is not "the suburbs")?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life is pretty bad without money in both rural and urban areas.

Suburban college towns are probably the ideal places for poor people. My HHI income was under 30K when I was a child and we lived decently in a cheap college town. Lots of inexpensive places to go, my friends and I hung out at the local university, and we owned a nice 2000 sq ft house (my parents bought it for $74,000 in the 90s). Can't do that in a lot of places.

Not sure what "suburban college town" means. I think you may be talking about small to medium sized non-suburban towns maybe? An example would be Boulder (which is not "the suburbs")?

$74,000 in the 90's? Must be in the south somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who the hell wants to deal with the upkeep on five acres? I don't.

wow
Many city people.
Face it, some people live good lives out in the stixs