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  • V

    Come on down to Georgia, y'all!
    Buy some land without neighbors nearby and enjoy your dogs.
    Reading these posts reminds me why I moved to a rural area in the south.

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  • Rita JeanR

    Vicki would love it but years ago I owed a house in a little town called Hume, Mo. It was 10 miles one way to get milk now if want Wal-Mart or anything else it was 25 miles one way. I am spoiled now I am always having to go to store after something and I was always out of something when I lived there. My blessing was granny was 1/2 mile away and had what I needed. Give me that good old county air yes but as Eva always said it's New York I rather have or in my case Prairie Village.

    Rita Jean

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  • BasenjimammaB

    We are in a neighborhood with no HOA or deed restrictions, so that is good, our yard is about 1/2 acre, Ok size, but we are trying to actually move further out, into country..meaning I would drive my kids 25 miles each way to school, and I am exited about that potential. Country side peace in this hectic world..its a good thing, so long as I have a car and a freeway is close by..

    Petra and Pippin

    with Otis in my heart…

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  • Rita JeanR

    Basenjimamma I do not mean to sound crazy but are you crazy? Does Texas not have school buses? What about when kids get into sports and other things and have to go back to school in the evening. That is a lot of miles a week.

    Rita Jean

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  • BasenjimammaB

    My daughter is in a private school, very small, only goes to school 4 days a week, and later, years later, if we change our mind we will find a school closer to our hopefully new home…yeah, probably crazy, but oh well, I am a crazy Swede.

    Petra and Pippin

    with Otis in my heart…

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  • Rita JeanR

    That's ok Basenjimamma I drive a Saab and we all know it comes from Sweden so does that make me crazy???

    Rita Jean

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  • BasenjimammaB

    Well as a Volvo driver I would say so…only kidding. Being that I am from over there, driving some distances is normal, shoot, walking about 6 miles to school is what I did, if I missed the bus..Where my mom lives, you have to take a walk on ferry, that goes once an hour..if you miss it you wait for the next one, now that sucks..IMO..that is where I have gotten americanized.

    Petra and Pippin

    with Otis in my heart…

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  • Rita JeanR

    6 miles kids today would go over the deep end for sure. I am not to wild about water so no ferry for me. Must be why me and Jaycee get along no wild water for us. Nothing wrong with being americanized.

    Rita Jean

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  • BasenjimammaB

    and some kids need to walk some of their weight off, isn't it typical..?

    Petra and Pippin

    with Otis in my heart…

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  • Rita JeanR

    My son is a large boy not due to not walking just large like my uncle. Eli was 13 end of July and his weight is 130 lbs or so and 10 men's shoe to 10 1/2 and he is 5'6. Eli big boy but I have seen some kids that walking really was needed every day. That is my baby.

    Rita Jean

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    My Neighbor…

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