Funny Stuff Pro vs Con on Country Living - Page 7

Holladay · 07:06 PM

Or "Why I should Live in the Big City"

Reading about the murder in St. Louis thread got me thinking. Why is good and bad to living out in the country.

Definition of "Out in the Country" is distance to buying stuff. I would say 45 miles. The ideal spot would be on 10-20 acres just outside of town. Those are cool CHEATERS. I am talking about out in the boonies.

Sorry about the format. I couldn't think of a better way

Pros:

Privacy is the biggest one.
I can go get the mail in my scuvvies.
Boff the wife on the trampoline.
No noisey neighbors including lawnmowers.
The closest neighbor in 1/2 mile away.
You know everybody.
Have a clay pigeon thrower in the back yard.
Can have multiple BIG dogs.
Dogs don't have to have fences. It's dog heaven. (when I whistle, it might take them 10 min to come because they were a mile away.
Get to have a big toys: big lawn mower, small tractor with all the implements.
Can have a big garden.
Can have a nice big green lawn to play football with the kids.
No neighborhood restrictions and guidelines.
Can play my guitar REALLY loud (if I had a guitar).
Get to sit in the back yard watching the sun go down over the valley with no noise at all except for those darn birds.
Can see vividly the Milky Way.
Can pee anywhere I want (fertilization).
Can plant a tree anywhere.
Get to have a 4 wheel drive vehicle for the snow.
Have a lot of space to do anything, like storing multiple vehicles.
Barns are cool.
Kids can play AirSoft gun fighting in the hay loft (except at night when they come in and ask where are the candles?)
No traffic, I live 15 miles from work and have only one stop sign and see 10 cars.
Property taxes are relatively cheap.
Have well water, thus no crap in the water to filter for my fish tanks...and don't have to pay a water bill.
I water my lawn for free!
Family and friends don't just stop by, they arrange a good time.
No City tax.
I don't have to lock my door (I don't know where the key is)
The BIG dogs keep the burglars away (Beware of Dog sign helps too. I added an "S")
Can own a bunch of guns and use them all.

Cons:

Isolation is the biggest one.
If I need a wiget to work on the house, it takes 2 hrs round trip to Home Depot.
When you DO go to town it takes all day, not only the drive, but you have to load up on everything because you don't want to go back soon.
Everybody knows you.
Big toys are expensive.
Mowing 2 acres sucks, weedeating is a real pain.
Kids can't hop on their bikes to visit a friend, you have to taxi them everywhere.
Gas is expensive.
Vehicles are expensive including the insurance for multiple vehicles (which you have because you have the space to store them)
If you have had a few, it is a loonnnggg way to walk since there is no corner bar.
I can't water my lawn because the well gives out.
Friends just don't swing by.
Finding a decent job can be hard.
Big gardens suck, weeding them and watering them all the time.
Big yards suck, if you fertilize well, your second home is the lawnmower seat and it better be a big expensive one.
Grass seed is expensive, I have to keep over seeding because my grass dies due to no water.
Up keep and maintenance is a lot of work (something always breaks) and expensive.
Guns suck. If you have a big place, people what to come over and shoot pigeons. They use all your guns and you have to clean them and pay for the shells.
Internet sucks...I have 3 different providers and none work at the same time.

That is about all off the top of my head. Please add more.

**HemiEd** · 05-26-2016, 05:46 PM

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eDave · 05-26-2016, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Baconeater

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**Buehler445** · 05-26-2016, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Holladay

Bermuda Triangle? Brown County has, in theory, some of the best dirt around. I understand that at one point a bunch of Russian farmers came over to do a study. Hiawatha, Sabetha, and Falls City all have some pretty nice businesses.

I believe that Hiawatha has a "pull" ratio of ~1.6. It has by far one of the best libraries around. They built a new aquatic park a few years back. They don't have very many empty buildings in down town. They revitalized down town 4 yrs ago and is quite nice. It is centered on Hwy 73 and 36. It is the largest town on 36 between St. Joe and Denver. Hwy 36 is part of the old Pony Express routes to Denver. It is located ~ 1hr from Topeka, Omaha, KC. It has started to be a nice place for virtual working. My wife works for Raytheon from our bedroom loft.

There is 3 casinos within 20 miles: Sac and Fox, Kickapoo (Golden Eagle), and the Iowa (Casino White Cloud). 4 if you include The Prairie Band Casino north of Holton. They just built an amazing golf course.

If you like golf, there are 4 quite nice 9 hole course within 30 miles. Oh by the way, membership is $450, there are no tee times, if someone is playing slow in front of you...hop a few holes in front of them. The wife and I played 9 holes in 54 min on a Saturday. During lunch, I have gone out to hole 3 and worked my short game (<100yds) for 30 min. It was like my own private course.

Can't do that in the city!!

Give me your rainfall on my soil and I would hate to bet.

BucEyedPea · 05-26-2016, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Some of the Native American casinos are way out in the middle of nowhere. I did some research for one that I think was probably 50 miles from any town of 10,000 or more. Oddly, they seemed to get a good number of customers, too, despite being 40 miles off the interstate.

We have one in Tampa. Just a 45 minute drive for me.

Hoopsdoc · 05-26-2016, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Pro: Everything

Con: Nothing

This.

Actually, the only downside to living in BFE that I can think of is in an emergency. The nearest hospital to me is 30 minutes away.

I've lived in the country all my life. I can urinate in broad daylight on any part of my property and no one would know it.

Country living rools.

**Rain Man** · 05-26-2016, 08:04 PM

Oh, good point, hoopsdoc. Emergency care is a big advantage of being urban, and I personally would value that over being able to urinate freely in my yard.

Red Dawg · 05-26-2016, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

This.

Actually, the only downside to living in BFE that I can think of is in an emergency. The nearest hospital to me is 30 minutes away.

I've lived in the country all my life. I can urinate in broad daylight on any part of my property and no one would know it.

Country living rools.

The only downside? Really? How about having to drive 50 miles to go anywhere? That is a downside. Nobody wants to drive out in the country to come see you either.

BWillie · 05-26-2016, 08:14 PM

I see almost zero upside to living in the country except the fact that your land and home price is cheaper. That is it.

BWillie · 05-26-2016, 08:17 PM

Privacy is the biggest one.
I can go get the mail in my scuvvies.
Boff the wife on the trampoline.
No noisey neighbors including lawnmowers.
The closest neighbor in 1/2 mile away.
You know everybody.
Have a clay pigeon thrower in the back yard.
Can have multiple BIG dogs.
Dogs don't have to have fences. It's dog heaven. (when I whistle, it might take them 10 min to come because they were a mile away.
Get to have a big toys: big lawn mower, small tractor with all the implements.
Can have a big garden.
Can have a nice big green lawn to play football with the kids.
No neighborhood restrictions and guidelines.
Can play my guitar REALLY loud (if I had a guitar).
Get to sit in the back yard watching the sun go down over the valley with no noise at all except for those darn birds.
Can see vividly the Milky Way.
Can pee anywhere I want (fertilization).
Can plant a tree anywhere.
Get to have a 4 wheel drive vehicle for the snow.
Have a lot of space to do anything, like storing multiple vehicles.
Barns are cool.
Kids can play AirSoft gun fighting in the hay loft (except at night when they come in and ask where are the candles?)
No traffic, I live 15 miles from work and have only one stop sign and see 10 cars.
Property taxes are relatively cheap.
Have well water, thus no crap in the water to filter for my fish tanks...and don't have to pay a water bill.
I water my lawn for free!
Family and friends don't just stop by, they arrange a good time.
No City tax.
I don't have to lock my door (I don't know where the key is)
The BIG dogs keep the burglars away (Beware of Dog sign helps too. I added an "S")
Can own a bunch of guns and use them all.

I bolded the only one that I think is any real advantage.

**Rain Man** · 05-26-2016, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuckdaddy

The only downside? Really? How about having to drive 50 miles to go anywhere? That is a downside. Nobody wants to drive out in the country to come see you either.

I think your last sentence may be an advantage.

**Rain Man** · 05-26-2016, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

Can have multiple BIG dogs.
Dogs don't have to have fences. It's dog heaven. (when I whistle, it might take them 10 min to come because they were a mile away.

The dogs are running around on Buehler's cropland, I presume?

**notorious** · 05-26-2016, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I think your last sentence may be an advantage.

Very few pop-ins.

Big bonus

threebag · 05-26-2016, 09:12 PM

I live on a quarter section with 7 ponds. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Unless maybe we could get the Take 5 bar back in the candy pool.

HonestChieffan · 05-26-2016, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Cons
Well problems
Shitty septic tanks
Shit roads

I live in town and work in the country. I'll give you the other perspective: Working around yuppie mother****ers that want to live in the country.

Pros:
You can usually get rain or hail reports

Cons:
Bitches whine when it rains because they cant get their no clearance itty bitty car down the road. You know where you can live without crap roads? Town. GTFO

Bitches want you to clean snow, fix roads, pull you out, etc. Because you have a tractor. F U. It cost $300,000 and gets > 1mpg.

Bitches cuss you out or turn you into the state when you spray next to their garden which they put RIGHT NEXT to my field when they know I spray any number of broadlef herbicides and they think I killed their shit when its really just drought stressed. **** you the **** out of this place. You know where you can underwater tomatoes without broadleaf herbicides? Town. GTFO.

Bitches invariably find a reason to drive or ride their stupid ****ing 4 legged hayburners through my field. **** you. I don't drive my combine through your office and monster truck your computer. Don't **** with what makes me money or one of these days I'm going to shoot you and your 4 legged hayburner in the face. You know where they have good roads, driveways and places drive your car or to run your 4 legged hayburners? Town. GTFO

Nothing pisses me off more when people expect me to stop doing what makes me moneybecause it impedes their hobbies or pristine landscape that they paid for all of an acre of. Even bitches that whine about the roads, utilities, whatever when they CHOSE to expose themselves to it.

There are good neighbors in the county. And then there are one who sucks the peniss that I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire.

X2.....throw in the dillwads who complain that pigs shit, manure is used as fertilizer and no one cares if you think its smelly, and yes calves raise hell for three days when they are weaned.

**LoneWolf** · 05-27-2016, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

Privacy is the biggest one.
I can go get the mail in my scuvvies.
Boff the wife on the trampoline.
No noisey neighbors including lawnmowers.
The closest neighbor in 1/2 mile away.
You know everybody.
Have a clay pigeon thrower in the back yard.
Can have multiple BIG dogs.
Dogs don't have to have fences. It's dog heaven. (when I whistle, it might take them 10 min to come because they were a mile away.
Get to have a big toys: big lawn mower, small tractor with all the implements.
Can have a big garden.
Can have a nice big green lawn to play football with the kids.
No neighborhood restrictions and guidelines.
Can play my guitar REALLY loud (if I had a guitar).
Get to sit in the back yard watching the sun go down over the valley with no noise at all except for those darn birds.
Can see vividly the Milky Way.
Can pee anywhere I want (fertilization).
Can plant a tree anywhere.
Get to have a 4 wheel drive vehicle for the snow.
Have a lot of space to do anything, like storing multiple vehicles.
Barns are cool.
Kids can play AirSoft gun fighting in the hay loft (except at night when they come in and ask where are the candles?)
No traffic, I live 15 miles from work and have only one stop sign and see 10 cars.
Property taxes are relatively cheap.
Have well water, thus no crap in the water to filter for my fish tanks...and don't have to pay a water bill.
I water my lawn for free!
Family and friends don't just stop by, they arrange a good time.
No City tax.
I don't have to lock my door (I don't know where the key is)
The BIG dogs keep the burglars away (Beware of Dog sign helps too. I added an "S")
Can own a bunch of guns and use them all.

I bolded the only one that I think is any real advantage.

You know how I know you're gay? You didn't bold the line about boffing the wife on the trampoline.

05-25-2016, 04:47 PM
Holladay Veteran Join Date: Sep 2000 Casino cash: $2519480	Pro vs Con on Country Living Or "Why I should Live in the Big City" Reading about the murder in St. Louis thread got me thinking. Why is good and bad to living out in the country. Definition of "Out in the Country" is distance to buying stuff. I would say 45 miles. The ideal spot would be on 10-20 acres just outside of town. Those are cool CHEATERS. I am talking about out in the boonies. Sorry about the format. I couldn't think of a better way Pros: Privacy is the biggest one. I can go get the mail in my scuvvies. Boff the wife on the trampoline. No noisey neighbors including lawnmowers. The closest neighbor in 1/2 mile away. You know everybody. Have a clay pigeon thrower in the back yard. Can have multiple BIG dogs. Dogs don't have to have fences. It's dog heaven. (when I whistle, it might take them 10 min to come because they were a mile away. Get to have a big toys: big lawn mower, small tractor with all the implements. Can have a big garden. Can have a nice big green lawn to play football with the kids. No neighborhood restrictions and guidelines. Can play my guitar REALLY loud (if I had a guitar). Get to sit in the back yard watching the sun go down over the valley with no noise at all except for those darn birds. Can see vividly the Milky Way. Can pee anywhere I want (fertilization). Can plant a tree anywhere. Get to have a 4 wheel drive vehicle for the snow. Have a lot of space to do anything, like storing multiple vehicles. Barns are cool. Kids can play AirSoft gun fighting in the hay loft (except at night when they come in and ask where are the candles?) No traffic, I live 15 miles from work and have only one stop sign and see 10 cars. Property taxes are relatively cheap. Have well water, thus no crap in the water to filter for my fish tanks...and don't have to pay a water bill. I water my lawn for free! Family and friends don't just stop by, they arrange a good time. No City tax. I don't have to lock my door (I don't know where the key is) The BIG dogs keep the burglars away (Beware of Dog sign helps too. I added an "S") Can own a bunch of guns and use them all. Cons: Isolation is the biggest one. If I need a wiget to work on the house, it takes 2 hrs round trip to Home Depot. When you DO go to town it takes all day, not only the drive, but you have to load up on everything because you don't want to go back soon. Everybody knows you. Big toys are expensive. Mowing 2 acres sucks, weedeating is a real pain. Kids can't hop on their bikes to visit a friend, you have to taxi them everywhere. Gas is expensive. Vehicles are expensive including the insurance for multiple vehicles (which you have because you have the space to store them) If you have had a few, it is a loonnnggg way to walk since there is no corner bar. I can't water my lawn because the well gives out. Friends just don't swing by. Finding a decent job can be hard. Big gardens suck, weeding them and watering them all the time. Big yards suck, if you fertilize well, your second home is the lawnmower seat and it better be a big expensive one. Grass seed is expensive, I have to keep over seeding because my grass dies due to no water. Up keep and maintenance is a lot of work (something always breaks) and expensive. Guns suck. If you have a big place, people what to come over and shoot pigeons. They use all your guns and you have to clean them and pay for the shells. Internet sucks...I have 3 different providers and none work at the same time. That is about all off the top of my head. Please add more. Last edited by Holladay; 07-07-2016 at 07:06 PM..
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BWillie Future NBA Finals MVP Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth Casino cash: $2321241	Privacy is the biggest one. I can go get the mail in my scuvvies. Boff the wife on the trampoline. No noisey neighbors including lawnmowers. The closest neighbor in 1/2 mile away. You know everybody. Have a clay pigeon thrower in the back yard. Can have multiple BIG dogs. Dogs don't have to have fences. It's dog heaven. (when I whistle, it might take them 10 min to come because they were a mile away. Get to have a big toys: big lawn mower, small tractor with all the implements. Can have a big garden. Can have a nice big green lawn to play football with the kids. No neighborhood restrictions and guidelines. Can play my guitar REALLY loud (if I had a guitar). Get to sit in the back yard watching the sun go down over the valley with no noise at all except for those darn birds. Can see vividly the Milky Way. Can pee anywhere I want (fertilization). Can plant a tree anywhere. Get to have a 4 wheel drive vehicle for the snow. Have a lot of space to do anything, like storing multiple vehicles. Barns are cool. Kids can play AirSoft gun fighting in the hay loft (except at night when they come in and ask where are the candles?) No traffic, I live 15 miles from work and have only one stop sign and see 10 cars. Property taxes are relatively cheap. Have well water, thus no crap in the water to filter for my fish tanks...and don't have to pay a water bill. I water my lawn for free! Family and friends don't just stop by, they arrange a good time. No City tax. I don't have to lock my door (I don't know where the key is) The BIG dogs keep the burglars away (Beware of Dog sign helps too. I added an "S") Can own a bunch of guns and use them all. I bolded the only one that I think is any real advantage. __________________ Who wants free money? Use the link below to sign up at Bovada, BetOnline, Black Chip Poker and Ignition. Contact me for private deals, spot bonuses, possible rakeback or any questions! Bovada, Ignition, BetOnline, Black Chip Poker: baldeaglepoker.com Bovada Poker is back! Get up to $500 poker deposit bonus.
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