I look forward to the day when I have a place far out in the boonies well away from any big city

City life is not for me; it brings out the worst in me. Getting to and from work is like a world war dogfight twice daily.

Anytime you want to do anything you have to wade through hordes of people.

More people means stricter governance. Bullshit traffic and parking tickets, all kinds of fees and regulations and permits needed to do all kinds of shit you could just go out and do and no one would ever know out in the sticks.

I do my best to stay away from the bustle as much as I can but during these periods where I work in this particular location every damn day I feel so drained and sick-in-the-spirit. I resent my dependence on this big concrete aberration against nature.

Yes there is less to do out in the country but I don't need to be entertained; I can keep myself occupied with my own projects just fine.

My freedom is on the horizon. I get closer and crave it more every day

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exexec · 61-69, C

We moved to the boonies, but the city came to us. I can still escape with a short drive.

DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F

I like cities but not all the noise that comes with. The older I get the more I consider moving back to a smaller town (but not completely in the sticks).

Funlov · M

I could not live in a city I’m about little over a 1hr from a big city that’s just right my town has 10000 just right safe no all the people 👍

MethDozer · M

I totally feel this. As someone who has made the transition though? It's easy to have a romantacised view and after time, there is a missing of the city. Maybe bit enough to go back. However there are things that the romanticised view gets wrong. Things like distance. The traffic is better and I don't miss it. After awhile though the distance negated some of the charm. It becomes closer to a wash.

More than anything though ia privacy. You feel like you are going to gain a monumental amount of privacy over the city life. In many ways you do, in just as many ways you don't. Everyone will kmow your business and routine in short order. There's a privacy in yhe city of being another face in the crowd and just hiding in plain sight. That is one thing I do sometimes miss a lot. That dimished privacy comes with a boon though too in that part of it is community and a need to be there for each other.

That said there is actually much, much more to do in the sticks. Your possibilities for hobbies and shit to do is almost endless. It's just not as chic, trendy, and reliant on action and throwing money towards spectacle.

That all said I like it better over-all but if you romanticise it too much on the "I'll finally be left alone" it causes some pit falls. Because unless you're a retired hermit far out on the backroads. It isn't true and even then you're " this or that guy" when tou make it to town.

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MethDozer · M

@Eternity word.
I know I don't want to live in it again full time, but I love having that footprint and being known back in my old stomping grounds. I love visiting the hood but I know that full time life isn't really for me anymore.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@Eternity You might like living out in the suburban fringe. I grew up there and while I generally think it's an unholy invention, it does a pretty good job of combining the freedom and tranquility of the rural areas with the services and anonymity of the city.

MethDozer · M

@BlueVeins Don't lie to him. It is the worst of both worlds and that is it. God that suburban fringe sucks

Lilnonames · F

That's were im at in the country and work in the country

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