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Starcrossed · 41-45, F
I've never lived urban, and when I lived rural in my 20s I found I missed having stores and dining establishments open 24/7 entirely too much.
Decided by 22 that I didn't want to be more than 20 mins from a Walmart type store [not that I ever shop there, but every once in a while life presents midnight craft hour emergencies, and a 90 min driving time round trip to the store sucks balls at any hour - far more when there's wildlife out and about in the pitch black].
I can recognize I'm far better at having food/houseware/cleaning/craft supplies stocked at my age, and even remote small villages/townships have better goods/services available than 20 yrs ago. I do love me some Amazon Prime Now deliveries which aren't yet available rurally.
Can I pick exurbs ... right on the borderlands where the farms and woods start? Close enough to the metro for convenience but far enough it's quiet with stars and a big wooded lot that buts up against public land?
Decided by 22 that I didn't want to be more than 20 mins from a Walmart type store [not that I ever shop there, but every once in a while life presents midnight craft hour emergencies, and a 90 min driving time round trip to the store sucks balls at any hour - far more when there's wildlife out and about in the pitch black].
I can recognize I'm far better at having food/houseware/cleaning/craft supplies stocked at my age, and even remote small villages/townships have better goods/services available than 20 yrs ago. I do love me some Amazon Prime Now deliveries which aren't yet available rurally.
Can I pick exurbs ... right on the borderlands where the farms and woods start? Close enough to the metro for convenience but far enough it's quiet with stars and a big wooded lot that buts up against public land?