Oaktree
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One of the prices you pay for living in a rural area. If you live miles from nowhere you can't expect emergency services to be there in a couple minutes. All things considered, a 10 minute response time sounds pretty good.
Got to love developments in rural areas
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I think the further we move away from metropolitan areas, the further away we are from assistance if needed. That's something to consider as we age, as far as medical assistance goes.
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That's why we are no longer planning to retire in the mountains and keeping the city house... Mtn house planned out for wheel chairs but may never see one.
Up on Long Island, our fire department's motto was; We never lost a foundation. The one time that they did save a house from a fire, they left the electric meter in and the basement had an electrical fire that finished off the rest of the house (in the middle of the night).
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Yikes!
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Yes. I have often thought about trying to live out as long as we can on the farm. But then also think about when I need help as we get older not only with the work maintaining the acreage but medical emergencies etc.
I will hate making the decision to leave the farm and move back to town when the time comes. I just hope I get the timing right.
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Sometimes, fate intervenes.
When I bought my acreage back in 1979, the nearest hospital was an hour away. The fire department and local police were non existent. Even though I was young back then, I did give it some thought. As mentioned above, I figured I'd deal with the situation when the time came. Well, my wife and I are in our 70's now and that time has come.
Since 1979, our little nearby town has grown. We now have a decent hospital, volunteer fire department and a local police station all within a 15 minute drive. Heck, we also have Walmart, Home Depot and a Tractor Supply nearby as well.
Yes, the area has lost some of it's rural charm but little has physically changed in a 5 mile radius of our homestead. On the down side are the traffic lights, increased traffic, building codes and the inevitable tax increase that came along with all the above improvements.
Had all this not happened, we would almost certainly be looking to relocate in the very near future.
When I bought my acreage back in 1979, the nearest hospital was an hour away. The fire department and local police were non existent. Even though I was young back then, I did give it some thought. As mentioned above, I figured I'd deal with the situation when the time came. Well, my wife and I are in our 70's now and that time has come.
Since 1979, our little nearby town has grown. We now have a decent hospital, volunteer fire department and a local police station all within a 15 minute drive. Heck, we also have Walmart, Home Depot and a Tractor Supply nearby as well.
Yes, the area has lost some of it's rural charm but little has physically changed in a 5 mile radius of our homestead. On the down side are the traffic lights, increased traffic, building codes and the inevitable tax increase that came along with all the above improvements.
Had all this not happened, we would almost certainly be looking to relocate in the very near future.
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It's interesting in that as we're just hitting our 60's, we're thinking of now moving out further, to our property towards North Liberty, or, perhaps a lake house somewhere. My in-laws live west of town towards Crumstown. Always have had good emergency response over there. 3 miles past Mayflower.
We have a friend that's had two major heart attacks. The last one, (I may have told this story already) he was playing golf with a guy half his age. Last thing he remembers was walking up to the ball on one of the greens. Next thing, he wakes up in the hospital. Apparently, he had his 2nd major heart attack right on a green. Fortunately the guy half his age was a cardiologist and did CPR on him for about 15 minutes and saved his life. Very lucky.
Did you know an AED (Automated External Defibrillator ) costs less than $2K? Might be something to consider having around the homestead.
Don't know how much an internal one (ICD) costs. I do know our elderly neighbor had one implanted and it saved him half a dozen times. My young neighbor saw the old neighbor with his car stuck in the snow, shoveling away. So he stopped by and offered to shovel it out. Old guy said "Thanks, I think my defibrillator just went off." Young guy laughed. Old guy keeled over right in front of him.
Young guy calls 911. Before the fire department got there, the old guy was already talking to us. (I'd run out there when I saw them talking, looked away, and saw the old dude on the ground). We told him the ambulance was coming and he said "OK." When they got there, they were gonna put the old guy on a gurney, but he got up and started walking to his house.
They convinced him to turn around and walk to the ambulance and took him in for observation. Tough old dude.Anyhow, always something to think about.
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He died doing what he loved....
screaming under a brush hog as he got chopped to bits.
I told my kids to never tell anyone I died doing what I loved, as I love living, not dying. For example, I love ice fishing. I dislike drowning. (I had a close call when I was a kid and developed a fear of water that took a couple years to get over.) If I die from drowning while ice fishing, I'd prefer that my kids would say "He died in an ice fishing incident. He'd like to reminded everyone to please be careful if you engage in this activity." instead of "He died doing what he loved." because hey, I don't love drowning.