I havent been on as much as i should. But figured this would be the best forum for this thread.
As some know i made the move to the "country" ,,well as country as i could afford and get to in my state LOL. What i will be posting will be some pro's cons and other stuff i have noticed.
We choose a place that was in that 30 mile to everything radius. Pro's. Im in a small town, shtf or sorts and i wont have to deal with the ghetto like i used to in my old area. Im close to MANY WMA's, parks, forest etc. This means more chances to provide wild game for me during non shtf times.Im close to many rivers and lakes..again a secondary food source ( pre shtf). Just yesterday i caught enough fish for one decent meal. I have land to plant on ( more later on that)
Cons.
distance to work, and goods. kinda explains itself, With gas prices going up it can hit the pocket book at times. LEO presence , there is some but not much fire/ems. WHile there is a station only 5 mins away major medical is again 30 miles away. People, while its a smaller more rural area some people can present problems aka the bad trashy neighbor scenario. Wild animals. Some may laugh at this but no one EVER talks about t his issue when day dreaming of moving to the retreat LOL I am an avid hiker/backpacker hunter etc. I know the rules about food,smells etc. However, if you have a nuisance animal in your area be prepared for it. Lucky for me i moved to an AO were a nuisance bear has taken up residence. After the second time our trash got scattered across our yard and new trash cans battered , we changed our trash methods. However the rest of my area has not. So mr. bear continues out of habit to return ( GFC has been contacted and we were laughed at told more or less - welcome to bear country..). While in some areas unique ways of handling this could be taken, but howver i cant..lol. Why is this an issue. One- safty to family, pets,live stock and property. This bear ( or any animal for that matter) will get braver over time. I have people i know that live 1-2 miles away who have encountered this bear, he is not afraid and has even broke into locked sheds to get to trash. He wasnt afraid of me at 15 ft..during my 1st encounter with him. So as yiou can imagine there will eventually be some issues with this animal. I now have a new fence with a bent section where this bear decided to just look around because he is used to people now.
Power. Since we are in a semi rural area power outages happen at a higher rate than our old AO. Not a major deal now, but until i get a genny or a small AE system, im limited to what i can crank ,charge or put batteries in. water- not really an issue but again, if it goes down, it may take longer to get back up and running luckily i have well on site and a location less than 1/2 mile away with an artisan well/spring ,along with a few filters.
so enough of the yogi bear kick boo boo . lol
So far the most major changes weve made are time adjustments, and our washing( clothes) and trash removal habits. Doesnt seem like much, but when your how time frame changes it can mess with you. For me i have to leave for work early, and i get home late after picking up my child at a way point me and the wife have set up so she does make 2 extra trips into town. Again - gas/distance.
Other than that, there is so much "good" . more so than my few lines posted above.
Quite streets, no sirens ( well sometimes from the fire engines), no more roving groups of young upstanding urban youths. Sun rises and sun sets when i drive- i find that relaxing at times. Sitting on my porch and listening to the crickets and such. Owls, yelling at each other through the swamps . Having a garden finally. Which, having to clear land of sod, roots etc by hand if you havent tried it,,well its a work out LOL. But i have a modular garden plan in place and a bunch of late fall/winter..an late summer plants going. So i have a whole new skill set to learn...getting a multicam'd thumb LMAO. Only down side is maintaining a large yard,i really wanted a ton of land when i 1st was house shopping, now,,with what i have takes almost 2-3 to just keep it clean. Buut its fun work imho.
Ill add more later as i go...but i wanted to get some of these thoughts down before i forget or get sidetracked outdoors. every day is a project and every hour i aint working for da' man, ive had junk to do here...next day off will begetting a ladder and getting on my roof to fix a leak near our weather head before any major roof damage is done....fun times....LOL
As some know i made the move to the "country" ,,well as country as i could afford and get to in my state LOL. What i will be posting will be some pro's cons and other stuff i have noticed.
We choose a place that was in that 30 mile to everything radius. Pro's. Im in a small town, shtf or sorts and i wont have to deal with the ghetto like i used to in my old area. Im close to MANY WMA's, parks, forest etc. This means more chances to provide wild game for me during non shtf times.Im close to many rivers and lakes..again a secondary food source ( pre shtf). Just yesterday i caught enough fish for one decent meal. I have land to plant on ( more later on that)
Cons.
distance to work, and goods. kinda explains itself, With gas prices going up it can hit the pocket book at times. LEO presence , there is some but not much fire/ems. WHile there is a station only 5 mins away major medical is again 30 miles away. People, while its a smaller more rural area some people can present problems aka the bad trashy neighbor scenario. Wild animals. Some may laugh at this but no one EVER talks about t his issue when day dreaming of moving to the retreat LOL I am an avid hiker/backpacker hunter etc. I know the rules about food,smells etc. However, if you have a nuisance animal in your area be prepared for it. Lucky for me i moved to an AO were a nuisance bear has taken up residence. After the second time our trash got scattered across our yard and new trash cans battered , we changed our trash methods. However the rest of my area has not. So mr. bear continues out of habit to return ( GFC has been contacted and we were laughed at told more or less - welcome to bear country..). While in some areas unique ways of handling this could be taken, but howver i cant..lol. Why is this an issue. One- safty to family, pets,live stock and property. This bear ( or any animal for that matter) will get braver over time. I have people i know that live 1-2 miles away who have encountered this bear, he is not afraid and has even broke into locked sheds to get to trash. He wasnt afraid of me at 15 ft..during my 1st encounter with him. So as yiou can imagine there will eventually be some issues with this animal. I now have a new fence with a bent section where this bear decided to just look around because he is used to people now.
Power. Since we are in a semi rural area power outages happen at a higher rate than our old AO. Not a major deal now, but until i get a genny or a small AE system, im limited to what i can crank ,charge or put batteries in. water- not really an issue but again, if it goes down, it may take longer to get back up and running luckily i have well on site and a location less than 1/2 mile away with an artisan well/spring ,along with a few filters.
so enough of the yogi bear kick boo boo . lol
So far the most major changes weve made are time adjustments, and our washing( clothes) and trash removal habits. Doesnt seem like much, but when your how time frame changes it can mess with you. For me i have to leave for work early, and i get home late after picking up my child at a way point me and the wife have set up so she does make 2 extra trips into town. Again - gas/distance.
Other than that, there is so much "good" . more so than my few lines posted above.
Quite streets, no sirens ( well sometimes from the fire engines), no more roving groups of young upstanding urban youths. Sun rises and sun sets when i drive- i find that relaxing at times. Sitting on my porch and listening to the crickets and such. Owls, yelling at each other through the swamps . Having a garden finally. Which, having to clear land of sod, roots etc by hand if you havent tried it,,well its a work out LOL. But i have a modular garden plan in place and a bunch of late fall/winter..an late summer plants going. So i have a whole new skill set to learn...getting a multicam'd thumb LMAO. Only down side is maintaining a large yard,i really wanted a ton of land when i 1st was house shopping, now,,with what i have takes almost 2-3 to just keep it clean. Buut its fun work imho.
Ill add more later as i go...but i wanted to get some of these thoughts down before i forget or get sidetracked outdoors. every day is a project and every hour i aint working for da' man, ive had junk to do here...next day off will begetting a ladder and getting on my roof to fix a leak near our weather head before any major roof damage is done....fun times....LOL
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