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<blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 2026627" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p>This may or may not be the case. Certain neighborhoods, simply by virtue of the fact they are a "old fashioned" neighborhood, where the neighbors all know each other, and while there may only be a select few you visit with regularity, everyone is acquainted with each other and because of it's location, may actually fare better than "outliers" with acreages and not enough manpower to protect it.</p><p></p><p>Now that I am more "situationally aware" (yes, yes, yes ... again, thank you GC <img src="/images/smilies/rolleyes2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes2" title="Rolleyes2 :rolleyes2" data-shortname=":rolleyes2" />) I've seen many neighborhoods where I believe the neighbors are making efforts to be more self-sufficient. I have no illusions -- I am absolutely positive that if I have noticed it I'm sure folks I don't know, but who know what to look for, have noticed it, too. It is amazing what you can learn about a neighborhood just by walking your dogs and looking around. I know where every nurse, LEO, construction worker, mechanic, welder, gardener, backyard chicken "farmer", and several hunters (and yes, the trouble makers and deadbeats) are in my neighborhood ... I'm pretty damned sure they all know where I am, too.</p><p></p><p>I'm not young enough to have some pie-in-the-sky expectation that GC and I are gonna buy a section of land and I'm gonna farm it all by myself while he hangs out at with the county deputies at the local coffee shop when he retires. You can do a LOT with a normal suburban backyard and some good neighbors. While I want a piece of land out in the country I do not see me ever selling this house. One of us WILL get sick and need regular medical care ... I'm not gonna be 45 minutes from the nearest oncology clinic or dialysis center when one of us has to come into town several times a week for procedures that, without, we would be gone inside 2 weeks. </p><p></p><p>I tend to believe that you should "flower" where you are "planted" ... if you don't you find yourself on the short end of the stick, whether the STHF or not ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BadgeBunny, post: 2026627, member: 1242"] This may or may not be the case. Certain neighborhoods, simply by virtue of the fact they are a "old fashioned" neighborhood, where the neighbors all know each other, and while there may only be a select few you visit with regularity, everyone is acquainted with each other and because of it's location, may actually fare better than "outliers" with acreages and not enough manpower to protect it. Now that I am more "situationally aware" (yes, yes, yes ... again, thank you GC :rolleyes2) I've seen many neighborhoods where I believe the neighbors are making efforts to be more self-sufficient. I have no illusions -- I am absolutely positive that if I have noticed it I'm sure folks I don't know, but who know what to look for, have noticed it, too. It is amazing what you can learn about a neighborhood just by walking your dogs and looking around. I know where every nurse, LEO, construction worker, mechanic, welder, gardener, backyard chicken "farmer", and several hunters (and yes, the trouble makers and deadbeats) are in my neighborhood ... I'm pretty damned sure they all know where I am, too. I'm not young enough to have some pie-in-the-sky expectation that GC and I are gonna buy a section of land and I'm gonna farm it all by myself while he hangs out at with the county deputies at the local coffee shop when he retires. You can do a LOT with a normal suburban backyard and some good neighbors. While I want a piece of land out in the country I do not see me ever selling this house. One of us WILL get sick and need regular medical care ... I'm not gonna be 45 minutes from the nearest oncology clinic or dialysis center when one of us has to come into town several times a week for procedures that, without, we would be gone inside 2 weeks. I tend to believe that you should "flower" where you are "planted" ... if you don't you find yourself on the short end of the stick, whether the STHF or not ... [/QUOTE]
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