Movin South... Silly yankee questions...

[k0ua]

I'm gonna sit here on this pallet and watch this one.

I am with you, I think I am going to sit this one out..

 

[fidowanttobe]

I'm sorry but Y'all are confused! "North" is North Dakota, and "south" is of course, "SOUTH Dakota! I too have been all over this great nation and will agree with almost all the comments on here. Respect and lack of attitude has found me friendly people everywhere.
But on the chigger-tick-snake-fire-ant-gator discussion, NO! No way, nu-uh, not happenin. I will gladly push or blow snow. Besides, it is a balmy 50 degrees here today!

 

[Texas Dawg]

From my experience it seems that from north or south, when city folk move to a rural area that is where the clash is. If someone from Atlanta moves to rural North Dakota, they will have just as much trouble fitting in as would someone from NYC moving to rural Mississippi. People who live in rural areas tend to be very self sufficient and willing to help their friends and neighbors (yes there are the Grumpy Gus exceptions). People from the city tend to be go go go and often can't see the forest for the trees. Same thing when rural folk move to the big city, it can be very difficult to get used to, especially the traffic and noise. I have lived in both, and much prefer the rural life. I can always get in my car and drive into the city.

 

[lostcreekranch]

From my experience it seems that from north or south, when city folk move to a rural area that is where the clash is. If someone from Atlanta moves to rural North Dakota, they will have just as much trouble fitting in as would someone from NYC moving to rural Mississippi. People who live in rural areas tend to be very self sufficient and willing to help their friends and neighbors (yes there are the Grumpy Gus exceptions). People from the city tend to be go go go and often can't see the forest for the trees. Same thing when rural folk move to the big city, it can be very difficult to get used to, especially the traffic and noise. I have lived in both, and much prefer the rural life. I can always get in my car and drive into the city.

Dawg;

I agree. We have numerous folk who were born, raised, and lived in the "big city" be it Houston, Dallas, Austin, etc. They have no rural background whatsoever any many times, more money than sense. They pay too much for land and buy a bunch of expensive, sometime mis-matched tractor and equipment that they have no earthly idea how to operate or maintain.

Guess that's why John Deere and other dealers put together tractor, loader, cutter, box blade packages together on a bumper pull trailer? Some are 20 HP others are say 45 HP. The newbies show up in their Tahoes w/o a trailer hitch and buy em' up.

Kind a like the city boy hunters with new truck, trailer and new 4- wheelers hauling ***** down I-10 at 80 mph with nothing tied down. One of them passed me a few years back doing easily 85 mph, weaving from lane to lane passing others. Two nice new 4-wheelers, neither tied down and no tail gate on trailer. About 10 miles further down the road I saw one of the formerly nice 4-wheelers balled up 30 ft off the road, total wreck. About another 10 miles down the road saw the other one rolled up In the median along with some nice new coolers in the middle of the road hit by trucks etc. No sign of the pickup truck and trailer? Bet they were surprised when they got to their destination with an empty trailer. Dumb *****!

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[mbohuntr]

My ideal home would be where farmers drive their tractors into the gas station for a fill up. I was raised on a farm, and would like to return there.
As a kid I remember going to the hardware store with my dad. I would walk the store looking at the tools, and dad would be chewing the fat with the counter guy who happened to know the part numbers to most john deere tractors by heart. The men would sit by the coal stove and watch the snow pile up.

Something about living in the country that gets into your soul...

 

[Steppenwolfe]

You got that right!

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"

"I'm right ch'eer, Juliet...I'd a been here sooner, but that darn tarnado come ovah the hill like a freight train... blowed my trailer house plum away...and man was I skeert!"

That's good... blowed 'er oda the crick, fer sho.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I susgest South Louisiana and in the Lafayette area,

I agree. I live about 10 miles west of Lafayette. I think it's the best place in the world to live. Although I visited Coff's Harbor, NSW, Australia, and that place is a close second to the Lafayette area.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

My ideal home would be where farmers drive their tractors into the gas station for a fill up. I was raised on a farm, and would like to return there.
As a kid I remember going to the hardware store with my dad. I would walk the store looking at the tools, and dad would be chewing the fat with the counter guy who happened to know the part numbers to most john deere tractors by heart. The men would sit by the coal stove and watch the snow pile up.

Something about living in the country that gets into your soul...

So the two most rural sates as defined by the US Census Bureau as percent of the population living in rural areas are Maine and Vermont.
If you rank the states from highest population density to least....
NJ is #1, AK is #50, LA #23, MS #32, AR #34. (TX btw is #26)
Seems if you want low pop density you need to go West or way North.

 

[Texas Dawg]

My ideal home would be where farmers drive their tractors into the gas station for a fill up. I was raised on a farm, and would like to return there.
As a kid I remember going to the hardware store with my dad. I would walk the store looking at the tools, and dad would be chewing the fat with the counter guy who happened to know the part numbers to most john deere tractors by heart. The men would sit by the coal stove and watch the snow pile up.

Something about living in the country that gets into your soul...

When you were a kid you went to the barber shop with the stripe pole to get a haircut. All the old men met at the lunch counter in the local pharmacy for breakfast and to solve the worlds problems. Mom got her hair done every week at the beauty shop and came home with all the local news (gossip). Everyone went to church on Sunday mornings. While some things we have today are "indispensable" I think we all can look back and appreciate a simpler time in a small town.

 

[Texas Dawg]

So the two most rural sates as defined by the US Census Bureau as percent of the population living in rural areas are Maine and Vermont.
If you rank the states from highest population density to least....
NJ is #1, AK is #50, LA #23, MS #32, AR #34. (TX btw is #26)
Seems if you want low pop density you need to go West or way North.

Texas may be #26, but when you go west of the DFW metroplex you would swear you were out there by your self. One of my co-workers had a place out in SW Texas about 30 miles north of Del Rio. It was dirt cheap, but you had to drive for at least 1/2 and hour to get gas or groceries. I think Texas has tried to bunch everybody into 5-6 large areas and the rest is wide open.