Any advice on what I need to know about country living/owning property?
I lived in town for 40 years and now I live 20 mins out of the big city near a small town and I love it. We have 6 acres and 5 of that is mowed so that takes up some time to keep the yard looking like a golf course. We deal with drifting snow in the winter and have a truck to plow snow. The wind can be pretty strong at times since it’s more open out here. We have a well and septic, many things I never had to deal with living in town.
My neighbors are great, 2 of them have horses so there is some distance between us but still close enough to go over if needed. One neighbor has a dirt bike track and sometimes the cycles get loud but it’s not that often or bad. I smell lots of animal poop too but that’s mostly “country fresh” air to me now. There is a gun club not far away and they fire off rounds there often, especially when hunting season is near. Lots of coyotes howling at night but not too many critters here to worry about.
We have amazing starry nights, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, big bonfires, parties every so often with a live band, old cars doing burnouts, plenty of room for the herd of kids to play, a big shed and big house, I love it. When some of the kids get older and move out we will downsize a little, less land and a smaller house would make things easier but I really enjoy living out here ❤️
I lived in town for 40 years and now I live 20 mins out of the big city near a small town and I love it. We have 6 acres and 5 of that is mowed so that takes up some time to keep the yard looking like a golf course. We deal with drifting snow in the winter and have a truck to plow snow. The wind can be pretty strong at times since it’s more open out here. We have a well and septic, many things I never had to deal with living in town.
My neighbors are great, 2 of them have horses so there is some distance between us but still close enough to go over if needed. One neighbor has a dirt bike track and sometimes the cycles get loud but it’s not that often or bad. I smell lots of animal poop too but that’s mostly “country fresh” air to me now. There is a gun club not far away and they fire off rounds there often, especially when hunting season is near. Lots of coyotes howling at night but not too many critters here to worry about.
We have amazing starry nights, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, big bonfires, parties every so often with a live band, old cars doing burnouts, plenty of room for the herd of kids to play, a big shed and big house, I love it. When some of the kids get older and move out we will downsize a little, less land and a smaller house would make things easier but I really enjoy living out here ❤️