Pulling up stakes

[RedRocker]

As I travel all over the US for work I see many places I like. In Texas there is a little town called Hico, on the edge of the hill country, I could live there, Dallas FT Worth, no way in he**.

higgy, I'll have you know I was born and raised in Dallas.......and you are absolutely correct!! LOL The hill country is beautiful, but it's getting kinda over run. I've spent my whole life getting out of Dallas, gonna retire on 17 acres in Bowie, close enough to family and far enough from urban sprawl.

 

[timwil]

anywhere in arkansas is hard to beat

 

[wdscot]

Bones, the offer includes pleanty of beer and a front porch to sit on. While Spearfish may not be Ashville, it is on the snobbish end of the art community in South Dakota. Theater, Art galaries, Writing Societies, Golf courses, Tennis Courts, etc. All couched in the terms of Rural living and backwards by big city standards. After all the whole state of South Dakota has less then a million people.

This is one of the more exciting times in your life. Enjoy the trip/adventure and don't be too big a hurry to finish the trip.

Wayne

 

[skent]

Bones,

We're looking to bail on Maryland too. Carroll County has boomed beyond the capacity of the roads/water/police/fire. It's very sad, our farm has been in my family since the 1830's but with the huge influx of people trying to get away from Baltimore and Washington, my 45 minute commute (10 years ago) has nearly doubled. The state puts in a bypass back in the 60's, then allows businesses to develop along the bypass, and now they need a bypass for the bypass.

My employer is winding down and we fear a plant closure soon. I'm a few years shy of retirement, but once the youngest child is done with school, I'll have no problem selling out and moving on.

We've looked at S.D. property, along with W.V., N, NC. and the others your are considering.

I'll be watching this post closely!!

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Years ago, I told everyone that if I ever decided to move away from where I'm at, I'd go to western North Carolina. But so far, nothing has promted me to move from here in the heart of Kentucky.

Right around home, it is beginning to develope. That's inevitable. 2 years ago, I got that proverbial "offer I couldn't refuse" and sold my farm. No sooner than we found the new place, a developer has been pounding on the door wanting a shot at buying this place. And he may just get it. I've been eying a new slice of heaven. And from what I've seen, it would be just what you're looking for I do believe.

The Spencer and Nelson County Kentucky area. I ESPECIALLY like the Bloomfield area. Back when tobacco was king in Kentucky, one of the biggest tobacco auction barns in the state was in Bloomfield. Times have changed. The town and surrounding area is rich with history from the mid 1700's on through the mid 1900's. Then the progress stops. Bloomfield looks like the land where time stood still. And that's it's attraction.....NOTHING. No big business. No industry. No interstate highway. No malls. No fast paced city life. Just down home, back home rural life.

Central Kentucky is at the low end of the cost of living. You are less than an hours drive from Louisville or Lexington (#1 and #2 biggest city in state) Homes and real estate are less expensive than any area of the country I've visited. Several state and national parks nearby.

As I mentioned, the area's economy was once based primarily on tobacco. (Still a LOT grown there) Nelson County is more or less the Bourbon Capital of the world. Home to Makers Mark, Wild Turkey, Jim Beam, and all the big players in that field. They draw a very low keyed tourist business. (Mostly in the Bardstown area)

But most of all, it's just rural Kentucky, as close as it comes to what Daniel Boone found when he walked the hills and hollows of Kentucky.

 

[bones1]

wdscot i'm torn,beer or Kentucky

Spencer county looks good too.
These prices are unreal.
Farmwithjunk, steve, look at these! Each link is different,click them all.
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and two in Bloomfield Semonin Realtors | Listing Information
Semonin Realtors | Listing Information

 

[BrianW]

I don't know if it is a question of the grass is always greener or just a matter of perspective. I have lived here in central MD for over 10 years and I hate it strictly because of the weather. I tell everyone this is the worse place weather wise I have ever lived. It is too hot and humid in the summer to enjoy going outside. In the winter, we get enough snow to get in a car wreck, but by the time they get you to the hospital, the snow has melted, so you have the bad parts of winter without the recreational opportunities. I like to joke about it and say we have about 2 to 4 good weeks of weather here. We have two weeks in the spring, but it is usually raining and two in the fall, but I am busy picking up leaves. Just my opinion. For me, the only thing that offsets the weather is I have the best job I have ever had and the schools are great.

Wow Bones!

You live in paradise. Up until a few years ago, I spent a lot of time on your side of the river and on the Virginia side too. I know Waldorf ain't what it was 30 years ago, and I'm sure California (Md) isn't either -- I'm not sure if that is good or bad. But, the water, the weather, the . . . Sheesh.

As someone posted above, the grass isn't greener west of the Mississippi. I'm not sure it is any greener anywhere, compared to where you live. You don't have the biting flies of the Eastern Shore. You don't have mosquitos. You've got crabs. You've got bluefish. You've got rockfish. You've got the most temperate climate in the country.

Have you thought about just vacationing, or maybe getting a cabin, out my way such as in Western, MD, the Cannaan Valley of WV, southern PA, etc. We have a totally different climate (it was 41 degrees this morning), it is lot less expensive out here, we still have the same accents, but you'd still be close to "home."

Good luck,
Knute

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Thanks for the great offer.We have a lot of places to research first but I am leaning toward South Dakota, the better half is thinking the Ashville NC area.I want to be a cowboy and she's the artsy-fartsy type.We'll see about that.(you know **** well who will get their way).
Thanks again Wayne for the kind offer,does that include beer?.

Asheville is beautiful but so is most of the area 1-2 hours travel around Asheville. The problem with Asheville is the land prices are very high. I live about 1-1/2 east from downtown Asheville and visit it often but the beauty of western NC can be seen from Murphy, south of Asheville to West Jefferson, north of Asheville.

I have always wanted to live in Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota. But I don't think I could ever leave Western NC...of course Eastern Tennessee/Kentucky would be close. Southwest Virginia is also very beautiful.

 

[bones1]

Quote"it is too hot and humid in the summer to enjoy going outside. In the winter, we get enough snow to get in a car wreck, but by the time they get you to the hospital, the snow has melted, so you have the bad parts of winter without the recreational opportunities. I like to joke about it and say we have about 2 to 4 good weeks of weather here. We have two weeks in the spring, but it is usually raining and two in the fall, but I am busy picking up leaves. Just my opinion."
A very accurate description Brian.Are you in St Marys?.

 

[bones1]

Asheville is beautiful but so is most of the area 1-2 hours travel around Asheville. The problem with Asheville is the land prices are very high. I live about 1-1/2 east from downtown Asheville and visit it often but the beauty of western NC can be seen from Murphy, south of Asheville to West Jefferson, north of Asheville.

I have always wanted to live in Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota. But I don't think I could ever leave Western NC...of course Eastern Tennessee/Kentucky would be close. Southwest Virginia is also very beautiful.

Hunterridge, I did a little checking on Asheville and you're right, it's a little pricey there.
So far Kentucky, South Dakota and North Carolina(sans Asheville) look good.Did I miss some?.

timwil,haven't looked at Arkansas at all.Huh I'll do that.Isn't it very hot and muggy there?.
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