Moved an hour out of my city, and now I work fully remote as a baseline rather than because of covid, so I have both worlds. What others said about rural being

Moved an hour out of my city, and now I work fully remote as a baseline rather than because of covid, so I have both worlds. What others said about rural being just as cynicism-inducing is very true, first off. If you're genuinely reclusive you'll be fine but if you're social by nature and are seeking a better type of people, you'll be disappointed. But is it better? Oh hells yah. A flock of Cedar Waxwings came through our yard last week, they were there for about half an hour picking over our trees (end of winter here) and a couple were right outside my window for a few. The above will never happen to you in a city, so if that's the sort of thing that fuels you, you want to be here. If you want to get out of your car at night and hear a stillness you didn't realize existed, and hear packs of coyotes other nights and learn to really hate deer because they're actually not that cute and they eat all your nice plants... It's great man. But it's very much what you make it, and you will largely make it that way alone. I scored the jackpot and got a wife who grew up out here so I had a partner at home from day one - makes a big difference.