Why do you live where you live?

Bird · Dec 10, 2001

Our youngest daughter (age 32) called Saturday and told my wife that she and her son (age 12) had been crying all day; had to have their rat terrier put down after goodness knows how much money, surgery, etc. for an intestinal blockage.

thumperjb · Dec 10, 2001

I grew up in PA and joined the Army moving around every 2 years till '83 then settled in northernTexas. I would still be there if my mother hadn’t gotten ill and needed some help. Now I live in central Alabama. I bought 20 acres and created a stray animal sanctuary. I currently support 12 dogs, 10 cats and a few goats. It still amazes me how some folks can carelessly dispose of unwanted animals on the side of country roads. It was great to hear that you guys cherish your animals

Move? umm maybe if I could find another place even further out in the country where I could rescue even more animals.

PTRich · Dec 10, 2001

I like you have lived many places. I ended up where I started, Willington Connecticut. I live on a main road close to the highway. My road is very busy but I live 1600' off it so it is nice and quiet. We are 15 minutes from nowhere and 30 - 60 minutes to everywhere. Takes a little planning for shopping but not much. I feel we have the best of both worlds, 20 minutes to Home Depot and the Mall but still quiet country living. I can not see any neighbors from my yard witch I like. Like I tell my wife, the boys room is inside and the mens room is outside. We have a lot of deer, turkeys, coyotes, fish, owls etc... When I grew up I never dreamed I would live here but now I would not give it up for anything./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

PTRich.

s1120 · Dec 10, 2001

Well, hopefully I will be moving back to area that I was born it next year. I was born in Columbia county NY, and lived there till I was about 5 years, Then we moved just a bit north to Schodack NY for a few years. Then it was back to my hometown for high school. After that I wanted to move out of the country, and got an apartment in Schenectady NY. Ya that was nice for a few years. Got a house, got married, and now want to move BACK to the country. As we were looking for a house, I found a piece of land less than ½ mile from my moms house, where I used to live. Now I am glad to be moving back. I think it will be a much better place to rise kids. My wife is also looking forwards to it. She is a city girl, and has never lived in the country. Is she in for a surprise! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Youare · Dec 10, 2001

I think every one now and then kind of dreams of what it would be like to live in a different place than where they do. Those who live in a colder climate wonder what it would be like to live where it may be a little warmer. On those real hot and humid times we may long for a place where it doesn't get that hot. Every place has it's good seasons and it's better seasons.

I live in the relitive country of central New England. A place that can get down right cold in the winter and there are some stretches of summer heat that are just hot. But, it's for all those times in between the extremes that we live where we do.

I like where I live. We don't have to worry about snakes that could kill you if you intrude on thier proprety. We don't have a host of bugs that like to borrow under your skin or try to bite your head off, except for a few weeks of black fly time in the spring.

We do have four solid seasons, each one bringing their own special beauty. From almost any where you can be at the sea coast in a couple of hours or less or be in the mountians, Green or White.

I have neighbors, who live in Germany all but 12 weeks out of the year who say that this is one of the most beautiful places on earth, they purchased 400 acres of land here as opposed to buying land any where else. Their 35 year old son flew over from Germany for just a weekend about a month ago after going through some pretty rough times at home. He said to me, "you don't know how special a place this is and how lucky you are to be able to live here all the time." Just to be able to sit at the edge of the pond and think about what the important things are in life, away from the noise of the city and the pressures of business refreshed him.

Sure, New England is not the easiest place to live in, it has it's challenges, but it's for all those times in between that we live where we do. Each one of us is different and so we live in different areas we all like different things about where we are. I glad we all don't live in the same place, I wouldn't have as much tractor driving space as I do, maybe I wouldn't need a tractor that would be sad.

Being content with where you are is half the battle. I am greatful for where I am and the blessings that I have right here.

Randy

MossRoad · Dec 10, 2001

When you were looking for land did you notice that the highest prices were for parcels with big city phone number but rural school systems?

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RobS · Dec 11, 2001

MR, not sure if we noticed that or not. We did notice that the smaller the lot, the higher the per acre cost. We think we got a pretty good deal after looking at a lot of property and making an offer on two other parcels. We end up in Edwardsburg schools, Niles address, Cass county (Milton twp) and Niles phone (we think). The biggie for us was the Edwardsburg schools. We didn't even look in Indiana as we'd have to move to far from those in-laws to get rural and decent schools /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Boondox · Dec 11, 2001

Randy -- You said a mouthful, brother! I, too, look forward to the variety offered by the different seasons. And after nine years at sea and another 8 years confined in college, I find the wide open spaces are good for the soul. I see by your profile you're a manufacturing engineer. What sort of mfg? We might be facing the same sort of challenges on the job.

Pete

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MossRoad · Dec 11, 2001

Yeah. Land prices under 20 acres are outrageous. If you can raise the cash though, 80 acre parcels can be had for 2500-3500 per acre.

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Youare · Dec 11, 2001

Pete,

For 27 years I worked at a company that makes printing machines (systems) for marking and identifying products. Most of that equipment was tagreted for the electronics industry marking chips and other small electronic devices. They also made some machines for the textile and garment industry. For about 24 years I was involved with the division that produced the printing element side of the business. I designed and manufactured rubber and plastic molds, set-up and EDM process for engraving metal type, designed and built machines for in-house processes.

Then came the late 90's and down-sizing and I was given the opportunity to work some place else. I would have been content to stay there the rest of my working life. As it turned out I was blessed with a job working as the Maintenance supervisor at a company in Vermont that makes optical filters, a whole new world to me. Now three years later I am part of a team developing new products and the equipment to manufacture those products plus oversee the Maintenance department.

That's enough to bore most people, but I like what I am doing and I am thankful that I was rooted out of my previous job.

Randy