Current Events > I just wanna fuck off to some small-ish town in the mountains

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Closest neighbors out of site, at least 20 minutes outside of town. Rough, hilly surroundings. Running water nearby. Brisk mountain air, baby. Maybe get a dog.

Just live there and chill, bills paid, no job. Learn to fish, experiment with all sorts of recipes. Learn how to do home improvement stuff on my own, make a fun entertainment room

Get up and go to bed when I feel like. It's such a nice dream

You really don't. It's dull as fuck.

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AldousIsDead posted...

You really don't. It's dull as fuck.

it may not seem like it based on how many threads i make about wanting to go out and socialize, but i actually think dull as fuck would be great, generally at least

You know you, I'm just saying it's not all it's cracked up to be. Nice to visit, not to stay.

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I grew up that way, I moved away at 18.

God I miss it, Ive grown to hate cities and traffic.

It is a nice dream.

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I kind of live this way

It's only dull if you are dull. I spend my off months mountaineering and running and exploring


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id like to live like this, but id still like to be close to a relatively big city or town so i dont feel like im in the middle of no where.

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I like living in an apartment near a fairly major intersection. It's Arkansas, so it's not like unbearably busy. Actually if I could move into the house across the street that would be ideal. My only complaint here is I have no yard

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All about dat self reliance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QooQWuqiyLs

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Thighon posted...

bills paid, no job

I mean when you put it this way, just about any living situation sounds good

Driving in those places sucks though. It takes forever to get anywhere because the roads have to have so many twists and turns. No direct routes anywhere

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BB mofo posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QooQWuqiyLs

LOL That was painful. But I assume that was the intent.
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You know what? I'm gonna plan this out. I'm gonna see just how unfeasible (or feasible? :O) it is. This isn't like, a serious course of action or anything but let's see what some research kicks up

I'm about halfway there. I live in a rural town in a neighborhood that's very out of the way (and hard to find without a map since we are smack dab in the middle of three lakes and a nature conservation). But we are still only 40 minutes away from a major city.

But it's still an HOA neighborhood, so while the region is rural, the neighborhood itself is suburban. I'm saving up to buy some acreage of land further out for my wife, me, and the pups and cats.

Most of the things we do for fun anyways are either nature-related or virtual, so the lifestyle doesn't bother us. I've always hated city life.

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This is basically how I've lived for the last 10 years. Bought a small house on 10 acres when it was foreclosed and got a great deal on it. My closest neighbor is nearly a mile away, and it's a 10 minute drive into the tiny town that's basically a police station, churches, 3 restaurants, a small grocery store and a dollar general. I'm on top of the mountain here, good fishing river 10 minutes up the road, the closest Walmart and real civilization is about 20 miles away.

I fish, farm, raise chickens, target shoot with my rifle and my bow. 90% of my land is just woods. I love the life here, even though a lot of people that live around here are trash.

I see deer daily which is cool too, especially in summer when they have babies and they are clumsy and trip over stuff when they run.

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There are a lot of little things I think you take for granted about living in the city/suburbs that you're going to hate if you go rural. For example, think of how annoying it is when you can't find something you want at the store (especially a grocery), but even then you have like five other stores in a small radius you can check out. In a rural area you might not even have a major grocery nearby, or any other kind of big box stores. I know it's easy to hate on big boxes but they're kinda necessary to get a lot of things now.

If you're really good at planning ahead then yeah, you can get a lot of stuff online, and just plan for fewer but larger trips to the grocery, but I like having the option to zip over to a store if I want something right away. Like, you don't gain any conveniences in that regard by living rural, you can still do 80% of your shopping online in the city too. And there are only so many foods that keep well in a fridge/freezer, a lot of produce is out of the question.

MabusIncarnate posted...

This is basically how I've lived for the last 10 years. Bought a small house on 10 acres when it was foreclosed and got a great deal on it. My closest neighbor is nearly a mile away, and it's a 10 minute drive into the tiny town that's basically a police station, churches, 3 restaurants, a small grocery store and a dollar general. I'm on top of the mountain here, good fishing river 10 minutes up the road, the closest Walmart and real civilization is about 20 miles away.

I fish, farm, raise chickens, target shoot with my rifle and my bow. 90% of my land is just woods. I love the life here, even though a lot of people that live around here are trash.

I see deer daily which is cool too, especially in summer when they have babies and they are clumsy and trip over stuff when they run.

How do you guys provide for yourselves and cover bills? I guess food's covered with livestock, crop, and fishing.

You don't have to go into it I understand privacy concerns on here

Thighon posted...

How do you guys provide for yourselves and cover bills? I guess food's covered with livestock, crop, and fishing.

You don't have to go into it I understand privacy concerns on here

I have a good paying work at home job, and the mortgage is paid off so it's just utilities and internet and whatnot. There's a farmers market every weekend and I'll do some buying and trading there. We only really spend like $200 a month max on groceries, moreso in the winter for sure.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

I have a good paying work at home job, and the mortgage is paid off so it's just utilities and internet and whatnot. There's a farmers market every weekend and I'll do some buying and trading there. We only really spend like $200 a month max on groceries, moreso in the winter for sure.

nice, glad for you guys. that'll be me eventually (yea right)

i think it's more realistic for me to settle into a modest shit-heap apartment in a moderately sized town but even then i have no clue what i'd do for work. i think i'm pretty much resigned to a life and fate of obscure mediocrity unless my investments can somehow pay off

I live on a hill (not ... quite a mountain) in the middle of nowhere, and I hate it tbh. It's far too lonely out here away from everyone else.

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Simp posted...

I live on a hill (not ... quite a mountain) in the middle of nowhere, and I hate it tbh. It's far too lonely out here away from everyone else.

your name is Simp so forgive me if i dont take it too seriously when you say youre lonely

if that was too mean, sorry. but as of rn it made me laugh

Nope! Too many horror movies happen in the middle of nowhere for me to want to do this lol.

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It's something I think I'd like to do as a mini vacation but not as a lifestyle.

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Thighon posted...

your name is Simp so forgive me if i dont take it too seriously when you say youre lonely

if that was too mean, sorry. but as of rn it made me laugh

I mean you yourself come off as being lonely yet you want to do this, I don't know if it really is the right move. Sounds maybe like you're more of an extrovert trapped in an introvert lifestyle and trying to rationalize yourself further into it.

I've had the impulse too, you think "well I'm always alone anyway, might as well take full advantage and go somewhere even more isolated". But is that what you really want? Or do you want to make excuses for yourself not to improve your socialization?

Ilishe posted...

It's something I think I'd like to do as a mini vacation but not as a lifestyle.

That's why I wanna be relatively close to a small-ish town. When I say smallish I mean maybe 5-10k people. I think a town of that size would offer services enough to cover my needs

Plus I'm getting sick-ass VR which I legit think will help in terms of isolation

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I'm much more willing to give peeps a chance these days but they still disappoint me super, super often

Arkansas has plenty of places like that. Problem is it's Arkansas

Thighon posted...

nice, glad for you guys. that'll be me eventually (yea right)

i think it's more realistic for me to settle into a modest shit-heap apartment in a moderately sized town but even then i have no clue what i'd do for work. i think i'm pretty much resigned to a life and fate of obscure mediocrity unless my investments can somehow pay off

Look into stuff like security monitoring. Wife did that for a few years, and the job consisted of her sitting alone for a 6 hour shift watching 16 monitors for different car lots across the US. If you see someone wander on the private property, you call the local police in that area to check it out. If it resulted in an arrest she got a $200 bonus. It's a simple job and you work alone and security usually pays well.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Look into stuff like security monitoring. Wife did that for a few years, and the job consisted of her sitting alone for a 6 hour shift watching 16 monitors for different car lots across the US. If you see someone wander on the private property, you call the local police in that area to check it out. If it resulted in an arrest she got a $200 bonus. It's a simple job and you work alone and security usually pays well.

good lookin out but I can't in good conscience commit to a job that involves me calling the cops on people just cuz they showed up in the wrong place >_>

especially if it incentivizes getting people arrested lol

Axiom posted...

Arkansas has plenty of places like that.

Problem is i-

Problem is it's Arkansas

Yes

MabusIncarnate posted...

I have a good paying work at home job, and the mortgage is paid off so it's just utilities and internet and whatnot. There's a farmers market every weekend and I'll do some buying and trading there. We only really spend like $200 a month max on groceries, moreso in the winter for sure.

How's the internet? Also, do you get a phone signal when you're not on wifi?

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It sounds nice, but if I ever move again it will not be to the mountains (too cold and too much snow). I grew up in Baton Rouge and my property was sort of remote. I had neighbors, but everyone had a few acres and kept to themselves. You could actually walk outside and shoot a gun without disturbing your neighbors.

WaterLink posted...

How's the internet? Also, do you get a phone signal when you're not on wifi?

Internet is about 800mb download, they installed fiber optic lines a few years ago. I get one bar phone signal until I get to town lol.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Internet is about 800mb download, they installed fiber optic lines a few years ago

Daaaaamn they got fiber lines out there that's nuts. Never woulda expected that, just assumed I'd have slow internet if I lived out there. Wild

One of my neighbors is the town mayor, so I think that had a lot to do with why it got installed out here. Before they did that, internet was basically DSL.

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@dolomedes about to live that life.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

I get one bar phone signal until I get to town lol.

That would make me mad but it sounds like you don't do much driving. I use my GPS everywhere I go even if I know the route just in case there's roadblocks or a wreck holding up traffic so I know ahead of time to find a new route. Also need to play my music and be able to call if I break down or get into a wreck. It would infuriate me not being able to use my phone until I'm 20 miles from home lol

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I grew up in an appalachian town of around 900 people. One stop light in the entire county. Only chain place was Dairy Queen. No Walmart or anything.

I miss it alot!

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Thighon posted...

How do you guys provide for yourselves and cover bills? I guess food's covered with livestock, crop, and fishing.

You don't have to go into it I understand privacy concerns on here

@Thighon
I think people underestimate how expensive it is to live in a city.

Never eat out, never commute to work, never pay for streaming or tv, never pay for parking or concerts or anything. Your fun is free, some of your food is free. Housing is cheap. You also never sit in traffic or wait in line so you have a lot more free time to take classes or work on projects

So $100-$150/mo for food, $700 mortgage (half paid by your spouse), +insurances, no debt... You're looking at $700-$1000 every month in total costs

I always was accused of being a trust funder... I just live simply

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Coloradough posted...

I think people underestimate how expensive it is to live in a city.

I've lived in a city. Btw, no need to Tag me - the topic creator gets a notification just from you posting in their topic

Coloradough posted...

Never eat out, never commute to work, never pay for streaming or tv, never pay for parking or concerts or anything. Your fun is free, some of your food is free. Housing is cheap.

Most of this really has nothing to do with "the city"

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Thighon posted...

the topic creator gets a notification just from you posting in their topic

You can turn that off. I know I did

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Balrog0 posted...

Most of this really has nothing to do with "the city"

Well sure but it's all things that living a city life lead to.

Fewer outdoor opportunities lead to electronic entertainment, more commuting means less free time so you eat out, etc etc

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Coloradough posted...

Well sure but it's all things that living a city life lead to.

Fewer outdoor opportunities lead to electronic entertainment, more commuting means less free time so you eat out, etc etc

I'd argue that the outdoor opportunities are much better, there are tons of parks you can visit and if you want to get away from people more then it isn't that far of a drive. If you want to go somewhere with ZERO people or shoot guns from your backyard then yeah you're SOL but there are going to be things you can do in one place and not the other. Nowhere has everything, but the city generally has much more, even if it sometimes costs money. I live within my means anyway so it really doesn't matter to me, what am I getting out of saving more? I'd rather enjoy life now in my relative physical prime than think about maximizing how I'm going to live when I'm like 70.

If you prefer the country life anyway more power to you but I think people should avoid the trappings of idealizing it cause many of them might well find it's not all it's cracked up to be.

Vermont is the Holy Land.
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SiO4 posted...

Vermont is the Holy Land.

My therapist has an estate in Vermont he inherited and talks about it all the time. The pictures are amazing and from his description it sounds perfect. Pipe dream for me, tho