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My wife and I tried that, but we did not find that there was any amount of anything available online which could make up for the boredom and loneliness of rural
by marssaxman 2y ago
My wife and I tried that, but we did not find that there was any amount of anything available online which could make up for the boredom and loneliness of rural life. We left our affordable house in the sticks behind and moved back to expensive ol' Seattle, where we have friends, things to do, places you can go without having to drive there, and a much better life overall. We'll never go back.
I did enjoy building an elaborate treehouse while we were out there. We still fantasize about building (or maybe just buying) a cabin in the woods, or out on one of the islands. But it's one thing to have a place you can escape to when you feel like it, and quite another to be stuck there all the time.
- chasd00 2y agoyeah my wife really wants to move there but i grew up in the country/sticks and understand the implications. We're considering it a retirement backup plan. like if our finances fall apart or something at least we can go there and huddle together in the cabin heh.
- galleywest200 2y agoHaving outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, kayaking, gardening/farming would make rural living a lot less dull.
- marssaxman 2y agoNo question about it; we did all of those things! We took up new indoor hobbies, too; I learned to bake bread, and my wife made tile mosaics. The life was not without its charms. No matter how busy we kept ourselves, though, it was lonely, and the feeling that I was perpetually just killing time, waiting for something to happen, grew hard to bear.