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[bikerbabe]

I could be happy living in a rural community in CO or MT or WY but DH does not do well in cold weather with his asthma and he also needs quality VA medical care. The local area seems to have one of the few good VA medical centers.

[Teacups]

Wyoming is the best state so beautiful...just would have to go to city for Doctors twice a year.

[RedTop]

I have always enjoyed living out, and when I was growing up, this area was far more secluded than it is now. When it snows, our road is usually plowed within 4 hours; years ago, we would be snowed in for up to a week before the snow plow came through. We now have a school in this community, and there are 3x as many people living on this road than during the time I grew up, first married, and settled on property purchased by my grandfather in the 1940's. My husband used to be the first person on this road to leave for work in the mornings, but now the work traffic starts at 4 a.m. When the weather was bad, the working men who lived down the road knew that if they could make it from their house as far as our house, there would be tracks for them to drive in from this point, because my husband would have already gone out to work and broken a path for everyone else. I prefer to live a very quiet and peaceful life in the country, and try to limit my trips into town as much as possible. I only make Wal-Mart runs every 3 months, and go to my regular grocery store once a month. I could definitely withdraw more from the public world, and live quite happily.

[minkbunny]

Redtop, You sound very content and happy.

Isn't it beautiful to be the first person to drive down a snowy road in the winter?

When we were dating, there came a big snow and my now husband said, Hop in the truck. I said, Why, where are we going? He said, We are going to be the first person at the lake in this blizzard.

And we were,

[Teacups]

On 6/24/2014 RedTop said:

I have always enjoyed living out, and when I was growing up, this area was far more secluded than it is now. When it snows, our road is usually plowed within 4 hours; years ago, we would be snowed in for up to a week before the snow plow came through. We now have a school in this community, and there are 3x as many people living on this road than during the time I grew up, first married, and settled on property purchased by my grandfather in the 1940's. My husband used to be the first person on this road to leave for work in the mornings, but now the work traffic starts at 4 a.m. When the weather was bad, the working men who lived down the road knew that if they could make it from their house as far as our house, there would be tracks for them to drive in from this point, because my husband would have already gone out to work and broken a path for everyone else. I prefer to live a very quiet and peaceful life in the country, and try to limit my trips into town as much as possible. I only make Wal-Mart runs every 3 months, and go to my regular grocery store once a month. I could definitely withdraw more from the public world, and live quite happily.

wow so lucky!!

[RainyDayGal]

On 6/24/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 6/24/2014 nunya said:

oh yes, that too!

Wouldn't you miss libraries, restaurants, movies, a nearby drugstore or a grocery store with fresh food?

How about knowing an ambulance could be at your service within minutes, or MD specialists that could save your life?

I get the lure of the outdoors, our vacations were that when I was a kid. I learned to fish, chop wood, shoot a rifle, all of that, but I wouldn't want it every day.

I'm sure their car would drive them to places. I wouldn't miss those things. And if I did, hop in the car and go. The older I get the more I just want away from it all. I've been around "it" way too many years. I've always wanted my own island.

[Madame Lorrraine]

""high racking vets""

This made me think of veterinarians who set up pool balls. Sorry; I just couldn't stop myself.

[minkbunny]

[Mominohio]

On 6/24/2014 AprilFlowers said:

How could anyone go off grid.....it would be impossible.....!

The Amish do it all the time. And many more than just the Amish.

Most of us are only about 3 generations out from folks who lived (at least the first part of their lives) this way. We are just spoiled.

[Love my grandkids]

But as far as I know the Amish pay taxes, therefore, they are on the grid. They have businesses which require licenses and taxes to be paid. On the grid.