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Urban, but small-ish (~16K population). Close enough to the city that I can get there without undue time or cost, but far enough away to avoid all the city crap. | |||
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I’m in the same boat as Bendable. It’s not really the suburbs and not really rural. I can drive less than two miles and shoot guns in the desert. There is a Home Depot, and Walmart, and a few grocery stores. If you want to buy anything that Walmart, Safeway, Home Depot, or Ace Hardware doesn’t carry, it’s a trip to Phoenix. Example, I needed black Levi’s brand Jeans. I had to go to Phoenix. Car needed window tint, Phoenix it was. Prescott is an hour away, Phoenix is an hour and a half.
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Small farm(7+ Acres)amid other small farms. Can still shoot and hunt here. Eight miles to nearest shopping of any size. | |||
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Doubtful... |
I don’t really hit it. I just curse at it when I get there if the light’s red. Best regards, Tom I have no comment at this time. | |||
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I live in the second largest city in Iowa but the whole place is much more like suburbs in other states for the most part. My cul de sac has a grand total of four single family homes. Recently there has been a boom of constructing apartment buildings which is due to the Derecho that hit a couple of years ago and damaged many older homes beyond repair. Like many cities MidWest agricultural states we tend to prefer a bit of elbow room around our homes. We don't have any row housing or build on the property line except by mistake. The “POLICE" Their job Is To Save Your Ass, Not Kiss It The muzzle end of a .45 pretty much says "go away" in any language - Clint Smith | |||
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"I’m in the same boat as Bendable" We have a smallish Tru Value, a pharmacy and a grocery store, Not A supermarket. ,two banks four church's. Two gas stations. Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| Jack of All Trades, Master of Nothing  |
Suburban, kind of. It's Alaska suburban, moose are known to wander through the neighborhood, black bears raid trash cans in the summer. Walk across the road and I can hike down to the river. Eagle River is kind of a small town, technically part of the Municipality of Anchorage, but the base separates us from the rest of Anchorage. I really love the neighborhood I live in; close enough to Anchorage to be convenient, yet separated enough I feel like I'm living in Alaska and not Los Anchorage. My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. | |||
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Happily Retired |
Definitely rural. We have about 75 acres here. No neighbors, my backyard is my range, 15 minutes to town and the deer hunting is fantastic. We love it. .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. | |||
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This...(without the Mrs DF, of course) My favorite pastime...hangin on the deck waiting for dinner to wander thru...  This message has been edited. Last edited by: pace40, ____________ Pace | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
Surburban for now, but I'm about 3.75 years from retirement and planning to be rural. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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No neighbors within sight of my home. 1 mile to our community which consists of a church and a dozen or so houses. Another 5 miles to "town" which is near an interstate. It has 2 gas stations, farm and feed store, church, Dollar General, local butcher shop, barber shop, grade school, family medical clinic, 2 bars, and volunteer fire dept. No traffic light. No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride. | |||
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I considered our area semi-rural when we moved here 20 years ago. It's become suburban, though my town does not have police, fire, emergency or schools. "Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
I grew up in a really small town. We had two gas stations, but they shared the same pump. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Same here on the east side, at one time Red Bug Road was two lane, now it's 4 lane all the way through Oviedo. I could get on my motorcycle and be out in farm land in 5 minutes, now 20 and it's heavy traffic on all roads. Subdivisions are popping up everywhere hundreds of homes, new shopping centers on every corner, traffic all day. | |||
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Ducatista |
My nearest neighbor is 5 acres away. And that is too close! ___________________ "He who is without oil, shall throw the first rod" Compressions 9.5:1 | |||
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I'm on the edge of town in a 20 year old neighborhood. Rural starts to the east of me for about a half a mile, then it's forest all the way to Montana. ------------- The sadder but wiser girl for me. | |||
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Just at 25 miles to the first stop light. 1/2 mile as the crow flys to the closest neighbor. Almost heaven for us. Silent | |||
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| Not as lean, not as mean, Still a Marine  |
I'm in the 20 minute bubble... its 20 minutes to anything and everything. We do have the small town convince store/gas station, and a Dollar General, but aside from that it's a good twenty minute drive to any of the 3 towns that circle us to get to a grocery store, pharmacy, hardware store or any restaurants. And I don't mind it one bit! I shall respect you until you open your mouth, from that point on, you must earn it yourself. | |||
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Trowbridge Park. I guess its a suburb. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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| It's pronounced just the way it's spelled |
I think I’m not too far from Beancooker. I’m half an hour from Phoenix and an hour from Prescott. Suburbs bordering on rural, I can see the National forest from my house. | |||
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