A question for people who live in the country?

I've always dreamed of what it would be like to live in the country, surrounded by nature! But I have a question about the practicality of such a lifestyle.



1) What do you do about groceries? (e.g. How often do you get them, and how far do you have to drive? Or do you grow your own food?)



2) Do you get postal service? (Honestly I think with email and such I could probably live without it, but I'm curious.)



3) When something breaks, do you have to pay extra for the repairman (since he has to travel further)?



I know it's a lot of questions but this is something I *really* want to do! Please answer. I am tired of the city.



(Sorry if this is the wrong category... I wasn't sure where to put it and figured that someone who lives in the country would probably homeschool their kids, thus I might be able to find someone here.)A question for people who live in the country?
1. We're pretty self sufficient: we grow a lot of our own veggies, fruit, etc; bake our own bread, etc; keep our own house cows for milk, butter, yogurt, cheese, etc; our own poultry for eggs, as well as meat; we also rear (and slaughter and butcher) our own meat.

Any groceries that we can't get or make or grow for ourselves, we have to order from town. They are then sent out to us on the mail plane. Occasionally Mum may fly or even drive into town to get something urgent but that's pretty rare; she'd probably have to have more than one 'urgent' reason to go to town before she'd do that!



2. Yes, we get proper post. The mail plane comes up this way - weather permitting - twice a month.



3. What's a repairman, lol? It costs a lot for everything up here; spare parts take weeks to arrive from the city; when they do arrive, you have to do the repairs yourself (or at least, your dad does them).
I don't live in a rural area now, but I used to.



"The country" can mean a lot of different things. There are very remote areas where the nearest grocery store is 100 miles away, and there are other places where the nearest store is maybe 5 or 10 miles away. So shopping comes down to a question of what is convenient for you. You do want to plan your trips, because if you run out of paper clips, you're not going to want to drive 20 miles to the nearest Staples store.



Almost everywhere has postal service. You're more likely, in fact, to have daily postal service than you are to get a high-speed Internet connection.



As for something breaking, you probably don't have to pay more, but your choice of who you can get to fix something may be more limited, and it may take an extra day or two for parts to come.



Hope this helps.A question for people who live in the country?
I live in the country. We have a ten acre hobby farm. We love it! We have a multitude of pets, a lot of room for gardening, dirtbiking, etc. and plenty of space for the children to roam. There is an abundance of wildlife to observe...it is great!



1. Even in the country, there are usually grocery stores relatively close. We have one less than five minutes away and another about ten minutes away. I guess it depends on how far out you are, because I know of others further out than us. We grocery shop about once a week, but it is not too far away to stop in for something we need or forgot. Wal Mart is a different story, and the mall, as they are about 20 minutes or more away. Yes, we do garden and grow some of our own fruits and vegetables, and trade with others.



2. Yes, we have a post office again less than five minutes away. They deliver our mail six days a week. Even the people further out that I know get their mail delivered daily.



3. No. My husband can fix most things, and if he can not-there are other people that live out here in the country. We know electricians, painters, someone with a fence business, plumbers, heating and a/c, mechanics, etc.



The only thing we miss out on is pizza delivery. It is probably better for our health anyway;) My children's only experience with an ice cream truck was when one showed up at the playground we were at. But, they are willing to trade that for the pets we could not have if we lived elsewhere, and the fact that if we lived in town they could not ride dirt bikes, go carts, etc.



We are not really that far out. It seems like it to most people that are used to living in town, but you get used to it out here. The "city" is only about half an hour away, and that includes malls, doctor's offices, etc. However, town (a few minutse away) has a drug store, hardware store, gas station, grocery store, etc. There are of course schools out here. No public transportation.



We go to "town" daily, and the "city" atleast once a week.
1) We do one big grocery trip a week, pretty much the same as when we lived in the suburbs. The difference is that we have to plan a little better and don't make an extra trip for one item we forgot. If we forget, then we do without until we can tack that on to some other trip into town.. It is a 14-mile trip, so that can make an 89垄 jar of mustard really expensive if you count the gas. We do have a garden, but that is for just a few veggies and strawberries part-time. We don't can or freeze them, although a lot of folks do.



2) Yes, we get postal delivery every day except Sunday.



3) Repair prices depend on the repair service, yes, some do charge an extra travel fee, but some don't. A lot of things we fix or install ourselves, like a faucet or hot water tank, or we take an item in to be fixed if we can. My son did this with an engine for his truck.



4) You did not ask about water or sewer. This is the biggie when you are looking for differences. ...and pizza delivery, of course!A question for people who live in the country?
1. you buy alot, eat a little, and whenever you go into town buy some food. you can grow your own food too



2. um. YES. Everyday.



3. No....
Good questions!



I drive about 10 minutes to get to town, where I can run my errands etc. This is probably not much longer than city people travel to get their groceries. I shop about once per week if I'm organized. My parents have cows, so they shop once every two weeks.



I grow as much of my own food as I can. YUM. There is certainly more opportunity to be self-sufficient.



My town, which is actually a small city, has a post office. Even teeny tiny towns do, or they have mailboxes on their main street.



The repairman is rural too, so he doesn't charge us more. Common sense would apply here. We try to fix our own things if we can, which just makes sense for anyone.



Country life is peaceful. We can get excitement and crowds if we want, but we always have a quiet place. Our home and yard is our haven. I hope you find what you're looking for.
We live in a rural area and love it.



Groceries are bought at Walmart any time I go into town which is just about everyday.



We get the mail and email too. We have a satellite service that provides high speed Internet.



If something breaks (just like in the city) we call the repairman. We don't pay anything extra but we don't live that far out (about 10 miles).



We also have access to public schools so not all of us home school. We choose to home school and after we move to the city we will continue. I will not put my kids back into a public school!
Sure you could live in the country email, on line shopping, pay bills on line. or you could go into to town once a month and buy all your supplys and grocerys. monthly.I'm also moving to the country.and looking forward to it myself.you can always find a local handy man who would help out.things seem farther but in reality how long do you sit in traffic.just to go a few miles. less stress live longer good luck.......