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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It means that your water will come from a well that is drilled on the property.  You'll want to make sure that it is drilled to a depth that hits a significant aquifer, and that there aren't any concerns about that aquifer running dry.  You also may need to treat your water if it is hard, and have fluoride treatments on your teeth by your dentist (because there won't be any fluoride in your water).  And you won't be able to access water when the power goes out.

Instead of your waste going to a sewer, it will go into a septic tank, which you'll have to have emptied periodically.  You won't have a garbage disposal.

I don't think either is a big deal, but I grew up with both.

Get a riding mower, and put your kids to work.  It was my chore to cut 3 acres starting in about 4th grade.  I started with a weed wacker in about 7th.  [/quote]

This, except we have a garbage disposal. 
Well & septic are non issues, low maintenance.
 Love neighbors aren't too close, and no one walking up our long driveway to vandalize our cars.[/quote]

This is true.

And also, some weird advice in this thread.

5 acres isn’t that big.

Switching drain fields is a thing on a specific type of system that is uncommon.

You don’t need to do anything to “maintain” trees if part of your land is in woods.  (Source: I own a property with 13 acres of woods, also the Washington and Jefferson Forests are hundreds of thousands of acres… I don’t think there’s an army of forest gnomes fertilizing and trimming the trees, but maybe I’m wrong)[/quote]

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