If you had your choice, would you...

[Joe Fields]

[Joe Fields]

1. Mods, please move this poll...

[Squatch]

6. You know...there *is* an alert button.

[wildhorses]

11. where do you want it moved?

looks fine right here:shrug:

[Joe Fields]

14. didn't realize i was in gd when i posted.

par for the course. half the time I don't know where i'm at these days.:crazy:

[bigwillq]

2. Buy a place close enough

to a city but far enough away that I can zone out in my own little world. Kind of like where I live now.

[Sapere aude]

3. We bought 20 acres in the mountains and zoned out.

My wife wanted to move after 3 years. We have our place up for sale. I would stay if she did not feel as she does. But on the other hand. We will be moving to a much more affordable home in the city and be much less in debt. As long as I can have a private yard I'm OK with that. I like to garden in the nude and it isn't a pretty site!

[porphyrian]

4. One, two and three, in no particular order. - n/t

[H2O Man]

5. My choice:

[Joe Fields]

15. yeah. where do I sign up?

[H2O Man]

17. Rural life

has a lot of advantages. It isn't for everyone, to be sure, but I couldn't imagine anything else at this point.

[Joe Fields]

23. yep. spent many years out in the country and in the mountains, far away

from cities, but I am stuck in the city now. don't like it. never did.

[H2O Man]

30. I have

walked the streets of many cities in the United States as a young man. I enjoyed a lot of the benefits that cities offer. But I do not think I could adjust to living in even a small town at this point in my life.

Shortly after the Revolutionary War, the government began to invest in turnpikes that brought people westward. I live in an old stage coach station along what is a long-abandoned turnpike that led to Ithaca, NY. I enjoy rural upstate New York, in part because of views like this, from the trail that is now part of my driveway:



Parts of the old trail are pretty much grown-over these days. This photo shows part of the turnpike that my children enjoy taking hikes on.





My younger son is an amateur boxer, and he likes to jog on it. There is a large stone-pile about 1/2 mile up the trail, and he takes the wheelbarrow up and down to build up endurance. I suppose that cities offer modern gym equipment, while the backwoods offer stones!

[Marie26]

7. Circus

Do traveling circuses even exist anymore?

[Javaman]

13. I did that years ago. it's not as fun as it sounds.

Yes, I ran away with the circus, okay? want to make something of it? LOL

[Joe Fields]

16. what are you, some kind of clown?

:smoke:

[Javaman]

29. Actually, yes I was. LOL nt

[Fresh_Start]

8. I vote for private island

love beach and waves

[wildhorses]

9. i am living #1 to the best of my capabilities

mind you i have quick access to a fairly large 'town'...5 min.

and a major north-south/east-west highway interchange.

i have major cities 1 hour in any direction.

but, i have 10 acres down a dead end dirt road and i own both sides of a creek.

it has not been easy but, my guts keep telling me to hold on to this place and the more i read about what is going on in the world the more i think i need to stay put.

i am stockpiling seeds and first aid equipment and want to purchase a generator as soon as i get a house built.

i dunno, my mother says i'm whacko but wtf i think she is nutso:P

eta photos of 'my place'

flowers on my frontporch


my nephews running in my backyard

[Joe Fields]

18. you're killing me...

I'm turning all kinds of colors, but mostly I'm green with envy...;-)

[wildhorses]

20. green is my favorite color

;) :rofl:

nothing to be envious...it is HARD WORK around here and really more than i can handle by myself. i am just hardheaded enough not to admit defeat

[Joe Fields]

19. what's wrong with the house you're living in?

[wildhorses]

21. >.> shhhh

living in a trailer in the south....kinda makes me white trash doncha think:P

[Joe Fields]

24. be careful how you use that tongue...

and, no, it don't, contrary to what a lot of people think. I lived in trailers when I lived in Colorado, Utah and Nevada. But then I might be considered white trash by some.

Tongue back atcha..:P

[Jamastiene]

10. I'm torn between crawling back in my mother's womb and

saying "fuck it" and buying a piece of land and zoning out in my own little world. I ended up voting for "fuck it."

[Cults4Bush]

12. I want back in!! I want back in!!

not telling why though :P

[Deb]

22. Other - Buy land and tune in

The small portion we're completely responsible for keeps us tuned into the world.

But we love to go zone out in NYC. :-)

[Breeze54]

25. I'm moving soon and strongly considering

a move to a warmer (climate) city. I am tired of huge heating bills and snow
and ice and snowplows and blizzard warnings and high humidity and hurricanes.
I used to live in the southwest, once upon a time and I miss it. I'm just
leary about starting over someplace so new again but I'm free to fly June 3rd.
No more underage children!! All are grown and employed!! It's time for me now!!
But I suspect I'll stay on the east coast until my youngest gets his footing.

I can dream about those beautiful desert sunrises though!

[Annces]

26. Fly to the Stars

"Cottontails. A mating pair performs an interesting ritual before copulation. This usually occurs after dark. The buck chases the doe until she eventually turns and faces him. She then spars at him with her forepaws. They crouch, facing each other, until one of the pair leaps about 2 feet in the air. This behavior is repeated by both animals before mating."

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

27. My Choice Would Be To Live Atop A Mountain Where All Could Come To Me Seeking Wisdom.

Well, either that, or a really warm place with beautiful landscapes and a night sky full of stars, at which marijuana grows readily and I could be left the fuck alone.

[iamahaingttta]

28. I already...

..."live in a city, and take advantage of all it has to offer!"

And I did it by choice!

New York City, the greatest city in the world!!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

31. We did. 3 acres of forest and meadow in Washington.

My wife and I decided that our idea of a perfect retirement would be a nice house in a nice setting and a lot of good books. We both grew up, lived, worked, in L.A. We loved L.A. but got sick of the noise, pollution, malls, crime, and general madness. Moved to Portland in '81, saved our pennies, and found our haven 14 years ago. Retired 8 years ago.

Heaven