Rethinking city life?
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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.
wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 15:42 last edited by@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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wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 15:42 last edited by Mik
@Doctor-Phibes Did you at least offer her a cigarette afterward?
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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.
wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 15:44 last edited by@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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@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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wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 16:01 last edited by
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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wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 16:20 last edited by
My guess is that for many, 10 years from now this is going to be a distant memory
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@Doctor-Phibes Did you at least offer her a cigarette afterward?
wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 17:03 last edited by@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.
wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 17:17 last edited by@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
wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 17:19 last edited byLet's hope so. That would mean we haven't seen repeats of this virus, or others as bad or worse.
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wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 17:29 last edited by
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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wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 18:41 last edited by
If you can't see your neighbors' houses, how do you watch them when they're in the shower?
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If you can't see your neighbors' houses, how do you watch them when they're in the shower?
wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 18:53 last edited by@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...
wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 19:03 last edited by Mik@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?
wrote on 18 Apr 2020, 20:06 last edited by@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.
