City or County... Where do you Tractor?

[shovelmike]

County, don't want the hassles of living in town.

 

[oosik]

I live on the very edge of the county line. A whole lot closer to the adjoining county than a town of any size. 80 acres.

 

[tmcj]

South Central Pa here. Small rural village surrounded by farms. In the valley between a mountain, and rolling ridges to the next mountain. Closest "city" is about 18 miles. A few small towns within 5 miles or so. Country life, tractor life, is good.

 

[Smokeydog]

Live between two growing cities but still in the country. Few farms left. 140 acres of a 1000 acre land grant from North Carolina before state of Tennessee. 4 eminent domains for the greater good. Homestead cabin still here. Kid by wife by telling her someday people will pay to see a farmer then we’ll be rich!

 

[ultrarunner]

Looking like City TBN is pretty rare so far.

 

[psvfd]

County, 20 miles to nearest town.

 

[two_bit_score]

Ive been using my 110TLB in the city limits lately on two places to clean up some wooded areas. It will be going back to the farm soon though. Got a fence project over there.

 

[Harry Palmer]

I live in the county about three miles from a village but ten miles from the city. I'm on one acre with fruit and pecan trees. The sale of the pecan nuts pays for the taxes and some of the cost of water.

 

[MossRoad]

Looking like City TBN is pretty rare so far.

Probably because larger parcels that would require a tractor aren't typically found inside city limits. There are very few lots of 1/4 acre or larger in our town. Very few. You see even just a few riding mowers in town. Our old house was a typical city lot, and as I recall, it was 65' x 135'. We lived on a corner, and that measurement was inside of the sidewalks.

My father bought about 15 acres right on the city limits back in the late 50's and sub-divided it into a neighborhood. There were about 17 houses on it. He kept a tad over 1 acre for himself. All the other lots were well under 1 acre. The 1 acre he kept for himself was actually 3/4 acre and 1/4 acre separate lots, and he built a house for his parents on that other lot when they were elderly.

I recall only 2 people having riding mowers on that block growing up. My folks got the 3rd one after I moved out. Why have a rider when you have a child to push a mower?

 

[GeneV]

We're in Chicago's farther out suburbs, unincorporated so we fall under county jurisdiction. We're on 2.6 acres, one of the smaller lots around here.