Maybe your wife is onto something? I mean, I live on some land in the middle of nowhere, where there's nothing to do, but we both want to live here. Some people

Maybe your wife is onto something? I mean, I live on some land in the middle of nowhere, where there's nothing to do, but we both want to live here. Some people really don't. It can sound nice, but if you're the kind of person who wants to be near restaurants other than McDonald's, or to have playmates for your kids nearby, or doesn't want to get in the car for a minimum half-hour round trip every time you need a gallon of milk, it might not be for you. Being out in the country where you can do whatever you want also means that your neighbors can do whatever they want. So some idiot setting off cherry bombs, or another one shooting skeet/target practice in his backyard, or heating a house with wood and smoking out the entire neighborhood when there's a temperature inversion is just as valid a use of property as your gardening. And when the various hunting seasons start, well, gunshots carry a pretty long distance at 6AM. On a good day, I think the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. On a bad day, I just want to shoot everyone else, but that's me.