I did this 3 years ago. Marketing side, not developer though. I moved form Sydney to rural outskirts of Brisbane. Brisbane is still a major city and we are ~1 h

I did this 3 years ago. Marketing side, not developer though. I moved form Sydney to rural outskirts of Brisbane. Brisbane is still a major city and we are ~1 hour to CBD. Where I am its smaller rural blocks often around 40 acres. These quickly get smaller as you head to the city until you hit suburbia 15-20 min closer in. For myself and family its be absolutely awesome. There a great blend of IT and physical work having a WFH desk job on a farm. Also so much activity is on your doorstep so going for a hike/dirt bike/horse ride etc is something you can do for a quick break and get back to the office. Its a real game changer in doing these things which in city life was often planned weeks ahead and took much of a day. And generally great for family life, just the little things like the other day I build an impromptu flying fox off some wire rope we had around as kids latest hobby is to head into the bush looking for trees to climb. For me its been incredible, but that said it wouldn't be ever-ones cup of tee. If you go the farm route its like having 2 jobs and your really tied to animal if you want to take holidays, so get friendly with your neighbours. Also having never really done physical work I love this aspect and even bought a bulldozer to do some road works and clearing rather than hire someone, its really cool. If you like bars and clubs its not going to be ideal either as there no much going for social scene and at least around here some areas are unsavoury that you get with city fringes. But if you have family it probably will give you more quality time together. If your thinking to would be good, Id say do it fast. The older you get the harder it will be. We see people like us doing it and no-one seems to dislike it.