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As another in a long line that identifies with this, my partner and I are taking steps to buy a small acreage on the outskirts of a city where we can 'free-ran

As another in a long line that identifies with this, my partner and I are taking steps to buy a small acreage on the outskirts of a city where we can 'free-range' our kids whilst giving me access to city work. While we also want this lifestyle we think this is super important for our young'uns (5&7) and I'm more than happy to accept the additional commute to give them this. This will take my commute to about 90 min each way but I'll try and offset with 2 days a week working from home if possible. So for all the people acknowledging the loss, it's completely an option to give your kids a free range life if you willing to give up the inner city life yourself.

cknoxrun 10y ago
I am very lucky, the core of my city has a practically untouched river valley running through it. My kids play in the creek and woods near the river every day. But from there we are a 10 minute walk to downtown. Are there no wild places downtown where you live?
- Gustomaximus 10y ago
  Very much have access to bush. I'm in suburbia in the middle of a national park: https://goo.gl/Chb3fU https://goo.gl/Chb3fU We want to take that further with an acreage for animals, hobby farmer experience, rural lifestyle vs city suburb etc. I know we might hate it in reality but we'll never know if we dont try.
tqkxzugoaupvwqr 10y ago
Before you buy property and extend your commute to 3 hours per day, you should test if such a long commute doesn’t slowly deteriorate your life. Start today. Tell your wife you want to test the commute back home, then pick a route that takes 1.5 hours. Tomorrow take a route that takes 1.5 hours to work. Repeat for the next 3 months. Ask your employer for those 2 days per week home office. See if it works for both of you. If your employer is not willing to let you remote work now then it is going to be a big gamble later. If you can keep it up without problems, I’m all for it, go ahead and buy that property. My guess is after a while you might feel stressed and tired and think “This commute sucks. Luckily this ends after three months!”. If you catch yourself thinking this, you should reconsider your plan of moving this far away from your job. (Or think about looking for a new job closer to that property.)
- Gustomaximus 10y ago
  Thanks for the insight. I currently have a 75 min commute so know what I'm getting into. It's really is something to consider. I find the travel time is OK when you have fairly direct transport where you can do something. For me the significant majority time is on the train so I work on my side business which works nicely having that time immediately pre/post office hours. It does take much time from life so I personally wouldn't do it if I was driving and unable to get stuff done.

cknoxrun 10y ago

I am very lucky, the core of my city has a practically untouched river valley running through it. My kids play in the creek and woods near the river every day. But from there we are a 10 minute walk to downtown. Are there no wild places downtown where you live?

Gustomaximus 10y ago
Very much have access to bush. I'm in suburbia in the middle of a national park: https://goo.gl/Chb3fU https://goo.gl/Chb3fU We want to take that further with an acreage for animals, hobby farmer experience, rural lifestyle vs city suburb etc. I know we might hate it in reality but we'll never know if we dont try.

tqkxzugoaupvwqr 10y ago

Before you buy property and extend your commute to 3 hours per day, you should test if such a long commute doesn’t slowly deteriorate your life. Start today. Tell your wife you want to test the commute back home, then pick a route that takes 1.5 hours. Tomorrow take a route that takes 1.5 hours to work. Repeat for the next 3 months. Ask your employer for those 2 days per week home office. See if it works for both of you. If your employer is not willing to let you remote work now then it is going to be a big gamble later. If you can keep it up without problems, I’m all for it, go ahead and buy that property. My guess is after a while you might feel stressed and tired and think “This commute sucks. Luckily this ends after three months!”. If you catch yourself thinking this, you should reconsider your plan of moving this far away from your job. (Or think about looking for a new job closer to that property.)

Gustomaximus 10y ago
Thanks for the insight. I currently have a 75 min commute so know what I'm getting into. It's really is something to consider. I find the travel time is OK when you have fairly direct transport where you can do something. For me the significant majority time is on the train so I work on my side business which works nicely having that time immediately pre/post office hours. It does take much time from life so I personally wouldn't do it if I was driving and unable to get stuff done.