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Rethinking city life?

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  • JollyJ Jolly

    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.

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    brenda
    wrote on last edited by
    #6

    @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. πŸ˜ƒ )

    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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    • MikM Away
      MikM Away
      Mik
      wrote on last edited by Mik
      #7

      @Doctor-Phibes Did you at least offer her a cigarette afterward?

      β€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • brendaB brenda

        @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. πŸ˜ƒ )

        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
        wrote on last edited by
        #8

        @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. πŸ˜ƒ )

        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...

        β€œCry 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". β€” Buck Sexton

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        • JollyJ Jolly

          @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. πŸ˜ƒ )

          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
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          #9

          @Jolly
          Oh, we have that just a couple minutes away from my house, too. Their drive to the grocery store is about 5 minutes. πŸ˜„

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            Loki
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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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              Doctor Phibes
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              #11

              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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              • MikM Mik

                @Doctor-Phibes Did you at least offer her a cigarette afterward?

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                Larry
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                #12

                @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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                • L Loki

                  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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                  brenda
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #13

                  @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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                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                    My guess is that for many, 10 years from now this is going to be a distant memory

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                    brenda
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                    #14

                    @Doctor-Phibes

                    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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                      Larry
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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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                        Doctor Phibes
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                        #16

                        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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                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          If you can't see your neighbors' houses, how do you watch them when they're in the shower?

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                          Jolly
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #17

                          @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.

                          β€œCry 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". β€” Buck Sexton

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                          • JollyJ Jolly

                            @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. πŸ˜ƒ )

                            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...

                            MikM Away
                            MikM Away
                            Mik
                            wrote on last edited by Mik
                            #18

                            @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. πŸ˜ƒ )

                            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.

                            β€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                              If you can't see your neighbors' houses, how do you watch them when they're in the shower?

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                              #19

                              @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. πŸ‘Ή

                              We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences.
                              Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on.

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