Rethinking city life?
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There has been a “flip” to demand in rural areas and away from cities
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I think small towns may see increased demand for housing. It's less congested, but still offers convenient services, such as grocery, library, medical/dental, basic retail, restaurants. Smaller selection of services and products, but bigger space for living. Being cooped up in a small apartment with kids will make small city life look appealing. The amenities of a larger city are only a few minutes away.
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Rural life?
They ain't gonna like it. Driving 30 miles to a grocery store is routine. Entertainment is listening to the whip-or-wills at dusk. Keeping up a place is more than just running a lawnmower for twenty minutes, it's hard work.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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Rural life?
They ain't gonna like it. Driving 30 miles to a grocery store is routine. Entertainment is listening to the whip-or-wills at dusk. Keeping up a place is more than just running a lawnmower for twenty minutes, it's hard work.
@Jolly said in Rethinking city life?:
Rural life?
Entertainment is listening to the whip-or-wills at dusk.In rural Wales we spent many a happy hour listening to the contented bleating of a little woolly friend. Those city folk just wouldn't understand.
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Rural life?
They ain't gonna like it. Driving 30 miles to a grocery store is routine. Entertainment is listening to the whip-or-wills at dusk. Keeping up a place is more than just running a lawnmower for twenty minutes, it's hard work.
@Jolly That's rural for your area, not here. Rural towns are what I'm talking about. Not the rural described in the article. I live in what's defined as a rural area, but I'm in a small city. The grocery store is just a few blocks from my house. The library is two blocks away. The medical office is three blocks away. Lots are roomy, and housing is very affordable compared to much of the nation.
The broader range of amenities is 20 to 25 minutes away, including a world famous medical institution, and an international Airport. Heck, even Amtrak is only 45 minutes from here. (That was for George.
)The Twin Cities are 90 minutes away. There are many small cities within 30 to 45 minutes of the Twin Cities. Lots of excellent options for folks who want more elbow room, and still have convenient access to retail and services.
These types of places may be more appealing than before. I'm sure glad we're here.
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@Jolly That's rural for your area, not here. Rural towns are what I'm talking about. Not the rural described in the article. I live in what's defined as a rural area, but I'm in a small city. The grocery store is just a few blocks from my house. The library is two blocks away. The medical office is three blocks away. Lots are roomy, and housing is very affordable compared to much of the nation.
The broader range of amenities is 20 to 25 minutes away, including a world famous medical institution, and an international Airport. Heck, even Amtrak is only 45 minutes from here. (That was for George.
)The Twin Cities are 90 minutes away. There are many small cities within 30 to 45 minutes of the Twin Cities. Lots of excellent options for folks who want more elbow room, and still have convenient access to retail and services.
These types of places may be more appealing than before. I'm sure glad we're here.
@brenda said in Rethinking city life?:
@Jolly That's rural for your area, not here. Rural towns are what I'm talking about. Not the rural described in the article. I live in what's defined as a rural area, but I'm in a small city. The grocery store is just a few blocks from my house. The library is two blocks away. The medical office is three blocks away. Lots are roomy, and housing is very affordable compared to much of the nation.
The broader range of amenities is 20 to 25 minutes away, including a world famous medical institution, and an international Airport. Heck, even Amtrak is only 45 minutes from here. (That was for George.
)The Twin Cities are 90 minutes away. There are many small cities within 30 to 45 minutes of the Twin Cities. Lots of excellent options for folks who want more elbow room, and still have convenient access to retail and services.
These types of places may be more appealing than before. I'm sure glad we're here.
To me, that's town life.
If you can't routinely pee off your front porch and not worry about the neighbors or traffic, it's not rural to me...
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@brenda said in Rethinking city life?:
@Jolly That's rural for your area, not here. Rural towns are what I'm talking about. Not the rural described in the article. I live in what's defined as a rural area, but I'm in a small city. The grocery store is just a few blocks from my house. The library is two blocks away. The medical office is three blocks away. Lots are roomy, and housing is very affordable compared to much of the nation.
The broader range of amenities is 20 to 25 minutes away, including a world famous medical institution, and an international Airport. Heck, even Amtrak is only 45 minutes from here. (That was for George.
)The Twin Cities are 90 minutes away. There are many small cities within 30 to 45 minutes of the Twin Cities. Lots of excellent options for folks who want more elbow room, and still have convenient access to retail and services.
These types of places may be more appealing than before. I'm sure glad we're here.
To me, that's town life.
If you can't routinely pee off your front porch and not worry about the neighbors or traffic, it's not rural to me...
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No doubt there will be a shift but this is like believing vinyl records will make a huge comeback. You’d have to believe that there is a huge societal shift and suddenly young people will view their lives completely differently. It’s possible but I would have to see a lot more evidence. Yeah they isolate themselves with technology but they also gather in the cities for jobs and connected living.
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My guess is that for many, 10 years from now this is going to be a distant memory
I was only joking
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@Doctor-Phibes Did you at least offer her a cigarette afterward?
@Mik said in Rethinking city life?:
@Doctor-Phibes Did you at least offer her a cigarette afterward?
His answer: "Na-a-a-a-a-h...."
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No doubt there will be a shift but this is like believing vinyl records will make a huge comeback. You’d have to believe that there is a huge societal shift and suddenly young people will view their lives completely differently. It’s possible but I would have to see a lot more evidence. Yeah they isolate themselves with technology but they also gather in the cities for jobs and connected living.
@Loki
I don't see a huge societal shift, just an increase in demand for rural small town living. It's the middle ground position between living miles from the next neighbor versus living in a downtown apartment. Some people will be more attracted to the small cities, people who weren't even thinking about the option just a year ago. Even a small increase in demand will get noticed here.The change won't even make the news, but real estate agents will see it, city hall will see it, our schools here will see it. It won't be a tidal wave, just a little widening of the creek into the small town.
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My guess is that for many, 10 years from now this is going to be a distant memory
Let's hope so. That would mean we haven't seen repeats of this virus, or others as bad or worse.
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I don't even know how people can stand being able to see someone else's house from the yard. You can't see another house from anywhere you stand in my yard, you can't see the road, you can't hear any cars on the road, and at night there are no lights coming from anything. Yet I can be in town in 15 minutes.
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If you can't see your neighbors' houses, how do you watch them when they're in the shower?
I was only joking
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If you can't see your neighbors' houses, how do you watch them when they're in the shower?
@Doctor-Phibes said in Rethinking city life?:
If you can't see your neighbors' houses, how do you watch them when they're in the shower?
Walk over and have a cup of coffee.
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@brenda said in Rethinking city life?:
@Jolly That's rural for your area, not here. Rural towns are what I'm talking about. Not the rural described in the article. I live in what's defined as a rural area, but I'm in a small city. The grocery store is just a few blocks from my house. The library is two blocks away. The medical office is three blocks away. Lots are roomy, and housing is very affordable compared to much of the nation.
The broader range of amenities is 20 to 25 minutes away, including a world famous medical institution, and an international Airport. Heck, even Amtrak is only 45 minutes from here. (That was for George.
)The Twin Cities are 90 minutes away. There are many small cities within 30 to 45 minutes of the Twin Cities. Lots of excellent options for folks who want more elbow room, and still have convenient access to retail and services.
These types of places may be more appealing than before. I'm sure glad we're here.
To me, that's town life.
If you can't routinely pee off your front porch and not worry about the neighbors or traffic, it's not rural to me...
@Jolly said in Rethinking city life?:
@brenda said in Rethinking city life?:
@Jolly That's rural for your area, not here. Rural towns are what I'm talking about. Not the rural described in the article. I live in what's defined as a rural area, but I'm in a small city. The grocery store is just a few blocks from my house. The library is two blocks away. The medical office is three blocks away. Lots are roomy, and housing is very affordable compared to much of the nation.
The broader range of amenities is 20 to 25 minutes away, including a world famous medical institution, and an international Airport. Heck, even Amtrak is only 45 minutes from here. (That was for George.
)The Twin Cities are 90 minutes away. There are many small cities within 30 to 45 minutes of the Twin Cities. Lots of excellent options for folks who want more elbow room, and still have convenient access to retail and services.
These types of places may be more appealing than before. I'm sure glad we're here.
To me, that's town life.
If you can't routinely pee off your front porch and not worry about the neighbors or traffic, it's not rural to me...
Hell, I do that now.
Maybe that's why I'm not so popular in this neighborhood.
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If you can't see your neighbors' houses, how do you watch them when they're in the shower?
@Doctor-Phibes said in Rethinking city life?:
If you can't see your neighbors' houses, how do you watch them when they're in the shower?
That's what a telescope is for.
