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I live in Central New Jersey. It's a big city but I have always liked the rural areas since they are a bit quieter. I have visited friends in PA and I loved visiting there, one was in Bethlehem PA and the other lived way out in the boonies but both were beautiful. Of course if I traveled a little, there are rural areas here in NJ also but as I said I live in a very urban area.

As much as I love rural areas, the thing is you have to travel to get anywhere. That wouldn't be so bad but when you're used to living minutes away from everything, it does make a big difference to me. If I had lived in a rural area all my life, I guess I wouldn't know any better and just travel a lot further to get anywhere. I am spoiled tho living in the city. So as the saying goes rural areas are "a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there" but it sure is perty
 

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I love this area.
I'm in the Mojave desert in the Mojave Valley.
Tri-state area, right on the Colorado river.

Needles CA, Mohave Valley AZ, Fort Mohave AZ, Bullhead City AZ and Laughlin NV

Plenty of trail riding (bike, quad or horse), boating, water skiing, fishing, swimming, golfing, gambling and a great area for photography.
Mojave Nature Preserve and the Topock Wetlands Reserve.
Mitchell Caverns all close by.

However, terrible, terrible, terrible depression area, no work to be had.
 

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We're "boonie people". In central PA. It's nice and rural. For years, we didn't have a lot of stores and we still don't have the big restaurant chains here, just Applebees and such (I hate Applebees), fast food joints, that kind of stuff. We have found a lot of really nice ethnic restaurants in town, though, which are probably better in the long run. Great Mexican place with delicious food. A really nice Austrian restaurant. And now we have an Irish pub, with wonderful food.

In town to us means Lewisburg, which is truly a beautiful community. Home to Bucknell University, Lewisburg prides itself on its Victorian atmosphere (especially around Christmas) and the ecletic shops and different restaurants along Market Street. If we go south, we hit Selinsgrove, which has Susquehanna University and some nice stores, too.

We have a lot of the bigger stores now, with several malls. Not really within walking distance, although I probably could walk to the new mall since I'm a walker.

I love our views. We're on a hill, so we can see virtually forever to the south; we can see the river fog in the morning from the Susquehanna; I have some pictures of the ribbon of fog that winds to the south of us, following the river. It's dark enough at night that we can see the stars and we'll sit for hours outside watching the sky at night. It's fairly quiet for the most part.

That being said, if our kids move to North Carolina, we'd probably move there, too, once we retire.
 
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Originally Posted by crittermom

I LOVE it here,and never want to move away
Where is here?
You don't have to give an exact location if you don't want to but I have no idea of what "here" is....
 

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I live on the NC coast and I love it here. In fact I live on land that has been passed down in my family for about two hundred years. I lived here on this same spot growing up and the farm belonged to my grandmother and grandaddy. We tore down the farmhouse and built here. I hope I live here until I die. I love coastal NC.
 

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Originally Posted by Winchester

We're "boonie people". In central PA. It's nice and rural. For years, we didn't have a lot of stores and we still don't have the big restaurant chains here, just Applebees and such (I hate Applebees), fast food joints, that kind of stuff. We have found a lot of really nice ethnic restaurants in town, though, which are probably better in the long run. Great Mexican place with delicious food. A really nice Austrian restaurant. And now we have an Irish pub, with wonderful food.

In town to us means Lewisburg, which is truly a beautiful community. Home to Bucknell University, Lewisburg prides itself on its Victorian atmosphere (especially around Christmas) and the ecletic shops and different restaurants along Market Street. If we go south, we hit Selinsgrove, which has Susquehanna University and some nice stores, too.

We have a lot of the bigger stores now, with several malls. Not really within walking distance, although I probably could walk to the new mall since I'm a walker.

I love our views. We're on a hill, so we can see virtually forever to the south; we can see the river fog in the morning from the Susquehanna; I have some pictures of the ribbon of fog that winds to the south of us, following the river. It's dark enough at night that we can see the stars and we'll sit for hours outside watching the sky at night. It's fairly quiet for the most part.

That being said, if our kids move to North Carolina, we'd probably move there, too, once we retire.
We're "boonie people". Now that sounds like the next horror movie, lol.
 

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Originally Posted by Winchester

Whatever.
Im right in the boonies with ya Winchester!! Just 'over the river and thru the woods' Hahaha..........Ill take the boonies any day over the drugs, violence, and gangs that are starting show up in our area!!!!!! Atleast I know out here the worst thing Ive got to worry about is Children of the Corn..LMAO Damn cornfields!!!!
 

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Originally Posted by 3CatsN1Dog

Im right in the boonies with ya Winchester!! Just 'over the river and thru the woods' Hahaha..........Ill take the boonies any day over the drugs, violence, and gangs that are starting show up in our area!!!!!! Atleast I know out here the worst thing Ive got to worry about is Children of the Corn..LMAO Damn cornfields!!!!
I hear you! I like my boonies! And darn it, I like my cornfields, too!!
 

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Originally Posted by Winchester

We're "boonie people". In central PA. It's nice and rural. For years, we didn't have a lot of stores and we still don't have the big restaurant chains here, just Applebees and such (I hate Applebees), fast food joints, that kind of stuff. We have found a lot of really nice ethnic restaurants in town, though, which are probably better in the long run. Great Mexican place with delicious food. A really nice Austrian restaurant. And now we have an Irish pub, with wonderful food.

In town to us means Lewisburg, which is truly a beautiful community. Home to Bucknell University, Lewisburg prides itself on its Victorian atmosphere (especially around Christmas) and the ecletic shops and different restaurants along Market Street. If we go south, we hit Selinsgrove, which has Susquehanna University and some nice stores, too.

We have a lot of the bigger stores now, with several malls. Not really within walking distance, although I probably could walk to the new mall since I'm a walker.

I love our views. We're on a hill, so we can see virtually forever to the south; we can see the river fog in the morning from the Susquehanna; I have some pictures of the ribbon of fog that winds to the south of us, following the river. It's dark enough at night that we can see the stars and we'll sit for hours outside watching the sky at night. It's fairly quiet for the most part.

That being said, if our kids move to North Carolina, we'd probably move there, too, once we retire.
Originally Posted by LaRussa

We're "boonie people". Now that sounds like the next horror movie, lol.
Why???
Winchester's hometown sounds more like a dream to me than a nightmare... For sure! God, how I wish I had that just about now...
 

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Originally Posted by Carolina

Why???
Winchester's hometown sounds more like a dream to me than a nightmare... For sure! God, how I wish I had that just about now...
Thank you! And it really is a nice place to live. It's rather quiet for the most part. Very rural, but we're not talking 30 miles to a restaurant or anything like that. The closest town is about 7 miles away and Lewisburg is really pretty; so is Selinsgrove. 3CatsN1Dog can testify to that, too, because she literally does live over the river and through the woods from me! I'll have to post some pictures of our views sometimes. The other day when DH was out for his walk, he saw a flock of wild turkeys down in the field. You know, turkeys are big birds. I never realized how big they really are. Wow!

We have deer throughout here; there's a deer path that goes down between our house and our neighbor's house. In the summer time, sometimes I'll get up early in the morning and sit on the swing on the deck out back to wait for them. If I'm really quiet and don't move, they'll come down through.

We have a family of groundhogs in the back part of our back yard. Two males and a female (we named the boys the Blondie Brothers and the female is called the Brunette Bombshell). The female is tame enough that she'll come up on our deck, sprawl out on the deck, and sun her belly. I couldn't believe it the first time I saw her do that. The cats don't seem to mind her.

Oh, and we had a bullfrog last year! Somehow, he ended up in the pool and he spent the summer there in the fence area around the pool. We called him Jeremiah (from Joy to the World by Three Dog Night). If we went outside on the deck, he'd leave the pool and hide somewhere in the bushes, but if we stayed in the house, we could hear him singing. It was neat for us to hear him.

Like I said, it's a rural area and overall, it's pretty quiet. It's not an area that everyone would enjoy living in. But most people who visit here with us really seem to enjoy their stay.

Thanks, Carolina!
 

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What do people define as "rural" or "the boonies"? My town has a population of 1,000 people. Now to me, that is small town. For others, small town is 10,000.

Do I like it here? Yes. Am I staying? No - can't find a decent job.
 

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Originally Posted by Winchester

Thank you! And it really is a nice place to live. It's rather quiet for the most part. Very rural, but we're not talking 30 miles to a restaurant or anything like that. The closest town is about 7 miles away and Lewisburg is really pretty; so is Selinsgrove. 3CatsN1Dog can testify to that, too, because she literally does live over the river and through the woods from me! I'll have to post some pictures of our views sometimes. The other day when DH was out for his walk, he saw a flock of wild turkeys down in the field. You know, turkeys are big birds. I never realized how big they really are. Wow!

We have deer throughout here; there's a deer path that goes down between our house and our neighbor's house. In the summer time, sometimes I'll get up early in the morning and sit on the swing on the deck out back to wait for them. If I'm really quiet and don't move, they'll come down through.

We have a family of groundhogs in the back part of our back yard. Two males and a female (we named the boys the Blondie Brothers and the female is called the Brunette Bombshell). The female is tame enough that she'll come up on our deck, sprawl out on the deck, and sun her belly. I couldn't believe it the first time I saw her do that. The cats don't seem to mind her.

Oh, and we had a bullfrog last year! Somehow, he ended up in the pool and he spent the summer there in the fence area around the pool. We called him Jeremiah (from Joy to the World by Three Dog Night). If we went outside on the deck, he'd leave the pool and hide somewhere in the bushes, but if we stayed in the house, we could hear him singing. It was neat for us to hear him.

Like I said, it's a rural area and overall, it's pretty quiet. It's not an area that everyone would enjoy living in. But most people who visit here with us really seem to enjoy their stay.

Thanks, Carolina!
We get the same thing with animals. There are 2-3 big barns and then our trailor and the original farm house on our property with a couple little shed/barns spattered thru out. Me being "crazy" and having an over active imagination I hate having the cornfields right next to our house and across the street. But somedays when I look out our bay window we have a giant "burn pile" where we throw the old barn wood from them renovating a few of them and other stuff that gets lit twice a year and we always see groundhogs up there they are so darn funny to watch when they are playing. We also have a few that live right off our driveway, I have to be careful during spring and summer when Franklin is outside playing because he loves to snoop around those groundhog holes. The babies are the cutest things EVER! We also see turkeys all the time and have even seen deer really early in the morning in our yard eating the left over corn. We always have bunnies around and Franklin LOVES to chase them. It really is beautiful around here.
We are close enough that going grocery shopping isnt a hardship because town is only 3 miles from our house plus then going into Selinsgrove (where I grew up and my family still lives) we can go to the mall, Wal-Mart and other restaurants that are over there. Lewisburg is gorgeous its one of the few towns I think that still holds onto that Victorian look. Now parking on the main street is a PITA but its nice to just find a place to park and walk up and down the street because its so gorgeous in that town and people there are really nice.
I love where I live and wouldnt trade it in for the world. I would hope that if BF and I ever were able to buy a house we could just convince our landlord to let us buy this land and build a house on it. I dont miss living in town at all its just too nice and peaceful out here!!!!
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I don't mind where I live. Sure we have some frigid winters, and sometimes in the spring we get major flooding.

But when I hear about hurricanes, earthquakes, Tsunami's, Volcano's and who knows what else, I'll take snow, cold and flooding any day!
 

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Originally Posted by 3CatsN1Dog

Me being "crazy" and having an over active imagination I hate having the cornfields right next to our house and across the street.
Way too much Stephen King! I don't mind the cornfields. But one night, years ago, our son and I were outside, snuggled in sleeping bags, waiting for the Persids meteor showers. He was lying on the deck floor and I was on the swing. It was very foggy and chilly, but we were hoping it would clear out long enough to see at least a few meteors. I swear we could actually see the fog moving down the hill. It was downright spooky.

When the fog got to the end of trees at the rear property line, my son got up and said, "OK, that's it! Too much King! I'm going inside and so are you!"
 

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LMAO!! The funny thing is that I HATE scary movies, I will watch them during the day when its really bright outside but not at night. I had a slightly traumatic childhood where my "dad" would deliberately scare the hell out of me. Like putting knives in my baby dolls hands and placing them at the foot of my bed for when I woke up in the middle of the night, hiding outside my window with a ski mask on and tapping on the glass, hiding under my bed and grabbing my ankles so I screamed bloody murder. Those types of things just instigated my imagination to go overboard. I hate driving over bridges because I imagine them collapsing, getting into an accident and going over the side of a cliff, stuff like that. Its stupid but thats the way my imagination works!!! Hence the reason cornfields are EVIL!!!! LOL!!!!! Atleast my side of the bed isnt next to the window anymore its by the closet so all I have to worry about is the boogey man!!! Hahaha
 
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Originally Posted by LaRussa

We're "boonie people". Now that sounds like the next horror movie, lol.
I was trying to find a way to explain to you guys how I interpreted this post and couldn't seem to find the words to convince people that I thought it was done with humor not meaning to be demeaning to the people who actually live there. But I see now that a few people have mentioned the corn fields and steven king and horror movies that perhaps now you can see that was probably what LaRussa meant. I thought it was funny anyway. I think small rural towns are used in alot of horror movies and "Boonie People" would be a great cheesy title for a horror flick.
Sorry if you didn't see the humor in it. I think people get oversensitive sometimes.
 
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