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> But I would bet that every service you might reasonably need is within a few kilometers of your home, and every conceivable service is likely within 100km. T

by lqet 3y ago

> But I would bet that every service you might reasonably need is within a few kilometers of your home, and every conceivable service is likely within 100km. That is correct. Kindergarten, doctors, train station and my work are all within 7 kilometers. My wife's work is 60 km away, but reachable via train in 40 min. My parents live 400 km away, but are also reachable via train in 3h. I am not advocating this lifestyle at all. I don't even think it is a lifestyle - as mentioned above, we didn't consciously decide to not own a car, it's just something that slowly developed. As my wife cannot drive, living in an area like you are describing would be a prison sentence for her, so we avoid that. This has also has its downsides: a house in a remote black forest village with a bus every 2 hours would cost 1/3 of what a house costs in our area.

sandworm101 3y ago
>> would be a prison sentence for her People around here say exactly the same thing about cities. Not being able to go hunting/hiking/camping/fishing. Not being able to ride a dirtbike/snowmobile. Getting a ticket if you cut down a tree in your back yard without government permission. Having to pay for parking. Having to adjust your work schedule around the mass transit schedule. People looking in through your windows. Being woken up by cop cars at all hours. They describe city life as "prison".
- epistasis 3y ago
  That doesn't sound like a prison at all, it sounds like there are different tradeoffs. The closest thing to a "prison" is not being able to hunt/hike/etc. which I can assure you is simply not true and people in cities do that frequently, just with perhaps an extra hour of travel time. Being isolated in an area that depends on a car for any movement but not being able to drive actually is isolating like a a prison, however.
  - sandworm101 3y ago
    I've lived most of my life in big cities. Unless you live in Vancouver, and even then only certain parts of such cities, hiking let alone hunting is a weekend thing at best. When I am now I have a couple guys who think it completely normal to take a few ducks on a Thursday morning before coming to work for 8am.

by lqet 3y ago

sandworm101 3y ago

>> would be a prison sentence for her People around here say exactly the same thing about cities. Not being able to go hunting/hiking/camping/fishing. Not being able to ride a dirtbike/snowmobile. Getting a ticket if you cut down a tree in your back yard without government permission. Having to pay for parking. Having to adjust your work schedule around the mass transit schedule. People looking in through your windows. Being woken up by cop cars at all hours. They describe city life as "prison".

epistasis 3y ago
That doesn't sound like a prison at all, it sounds like there are different tradeoffs. The closest thing to a "prison" is not being able to hunt/hike/etc. which I can assure you is simply not true and people in cities do that frequently, just with perhaps an extra hour of travel time. Being isolated in an area that depends on a car for any movement but not being able to drive actually is isolating like a a prison, however.
- sandworm101 3y ago
  I've lived most of my life in big cities. Unless you live in Vancouver, and even then only certain parts of such cities, hiking let alone hunting is a weekend thing at best. When I am now I have a couple guys who think it completely normal to take a few ducks on a Thursday morning before coming to work for 8am.