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Well, if you've been in the city with wall to wall cement and cars suburbia would be a good start to the country. Small steps, small steps….
"Country" in that it has grass and potentially offers the abilty to spread out one's arms and not smack a half-dozen people by doing so at any given time.
"Country" in that it has grass and potentially offers the abilty to spread out one's arms and not smack a half-dozen people by doing so at any given time.
We have so much room in Australia that even city living is not dense.
Most folk have a big backyard for example.
High rise apartments are almost unheard of.
I didn't appreciate the green and clean until I went to Asia. Coming home was almost a culture shock, all those lawns and empty roads, and I live in one of Australia's Capital Cities. We don't even have traffic jams here.
We have so much room in Australia that even city living is not dense.
I'm sure you're familiar with NYC, however, where the poster is from and will be commuting back and forth from. It's dense.
I live in an urban area, currently..one with loads of greenspace, yards, few lofts and highrise dwellings compared to other cities its size. It's very spread out and has huge swaths of undeveloped green land and forested area within city limits. It's not dense at all. Traffic is completely nonexistent, you can park anywhere (and that's even without widespread public transit, everyone drives). It's not crowded at all. In the U.S., mileage varies greatly, in terms of urban density.
I personally prefer a less dense city, but some urbanites loathe it, and find this city too sprawly and, in their minds, underdeveloped. Until I lived here, I didn't even know it was possible to live in the inner urban core of a city and have a single family house with a big yard. It's not only possible here, it's completely normal. Not so in other U.S. cities in which I've lived.
The OP says, "I got a bigger/nicer condo with pool and tennis)."
That's nice, but he has not found the country yet. He also needs a new girlfriend who is actually FROM the country to help him survive.
When will he use that pool and tennis? He's going to be living in his car! If there's an accident, snow, rain, a deer fart from 30 miles away, traffic will be hell. That 90 minutes isn't going to be 90 minutes in rush hour or bad weather. Sounds like a party for an insane asylum.
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Originally Posted by TabulaRasa
His God's Country is apparently Westchester Co., NY. You know...the new frontier.
I've heard Westchester Co. called a number of things. And frontier was not one of them until today! Let me know when people start dressing like Little House on the Prairie....horse and carriage comes back into fashion outside of Central Park.....and Pa plays his fiddle!
When will he use that pool and tennis? He's going to be living in his car! If there's an accident, snow, rain, a deer fart from 30 miles away, traffic will be hell. That 90 minutes isn't going to be 90 minutes in rush hour or bad weather. Sounds like a party for an insane asylum.
I've heard Westchester Co. called a number of things. And frontier was not one of them until today! Let me know when people start dressing like Little House on the Prairie....horse and carriage comes back into fashion outside of Central Park.....and Pa plays his fiddle!
I agree about the 3 hr drive. Yikes!
I think TR meant that tongue-in-cheek when she referred to Westchester as a frontier. And I don't know anyone who dresses like Little House on the Prairie; horse and carriages are not uncommon in areas where Amish live, and fiddles are played a lot at blue grass festivals.
I think TR meant that tongue-in-cheek when she referred to Westchester as a frontier. And I don't know anyone who dresses like Little House on the Prairie; horse and carriages are not uncommon in areas where Amish live, and fiddles are played a lot at blue grass festivals.
Now that's God's country!
Oooooh Amish in Westchester Co would be perfect! New tourism draw! Ha.
I know she was joking about Westchester Co. I was also joking. I am from NYS.
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Let me know when people start dressing like Little House on the Prairie....horse and carriage comes back into fashion outside of Central Park.....and Pa plays his fiddle! 
