"Moving away from the city". What to expect?

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1/2 acre and country that's funny.. I have no crystal ball but if a person doesn't have a spot of dirt now attaining one in the future is going to be very costly.. Chicken **** , cow farts, pig pens and people shooting guns is what we have to put up with.. Yes I burn my burnable trash too.. On a cool note we have a building where I can become Rooftop Korean..
 

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I get what you mean but that is not the case.

My goal is not to live next to some compressor station 30 minutes north of Atoka, if that's what it truly means to be "in the country".

However, I think it would be advantageous to be outside of the turnpike loop, since as OKC grows it will quickly fill up the space to that point. Just this weekend I rode through Harrah to see what it was like, and there's some acreages out there that looked alright. So something along these lines.
I hear ya , Mustang, Luther and such were country when I was growing now they are just the outskirts of OKC. Harrah, and out that way is still a little country. I grew up north and east of Thunderbird lake , still pretty country out there. We had 10 acres and the best part I remember was sitting out against a tree and hearing nothing but locusts frogs and birds!! Peaceful!!
Live in OKC now and I am looking to the southeast part of the state for property to buy... Good luck on finding you a little peace of Heaven!
 

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1/2 acre and country that's funny.. I have no crystal ball but if a person doesn't have a spot of dirt now attaining one in the future is going to be very costly.. Chicken **** , cow farts, pig pens and people shooting guns is what we have to put up with.. Yes I burn my burnable trash too.. On a cool note we have a building where I can become Rooftop Korean..
That IS what country living is. Dirt blows. Tumbleweeds blow. Dirt blows again. Smells blow to you or away depending on wind direction.

If you live on a dirt or gravel road, dirt blows. It usually finds a way inside the house.

I see people move in a double wide or build a house 50 feet off from a gravel road and then gripe about everyone driving by so fast. (Many county road speed limits are 45 and 55 mph)
 

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Something like that. Still mulling over my options.. no commitments to anything in particular yet.

I live in mustang. It’s not bad, property values are skyrocketing. Gonna be hard to find much in the way of acreage in a few years. It’s already difficult, and expensive. There’s no issue with emergency services and the like, plenty of local and county cops in the area. I have great schools, trash service, and a fire dept 2 miles from my house.
Tuttle is about the same, I dunno about the schools though. I don’t really count this stuff as country, it’s more suburban with terrible traffic than country. But it’s nice if you still want to be close the OKC.

One acre still isn't much. I live on 35 acres and wish I had more.
It sure isn’t. I keep thinking of how much I want to look for when it comes time to build in a few years, the number keeps going up.
Also if it matters to you also make sure you find out what your internet and telephone options are. Not everywhere has cell coverage or internet.

Satellite internet isn't cheap or reliable. And speed isn't very good.

satelite internet is not only highway robbery, but it’s slower than what I remember dialup being.
 

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