Do you feel like Texas is TOO big? Or too spread out? (Houston: living, storage)

[MynameisnotPeter]

And that the lack of people near you (if you live in a rural area) makes you feel lonely?

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by MynameisnotPeter

And that the lack of people near you (if you live in a rural area) makes you feel lonely?

Texas is not too big land-wise.

It IS too big population-wise, with 26 million and counting. People and traffic everywhere other than the very small towns.

I live in probably the most remote rural part of West Texas--and no, I don't feel lonely!

[MynameisnotPeter]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

Texas is not too big land-wise.

It IS too big population-wise, with 26 million and counting. People and traffic everywhere other than the very small towns.

I live in probably the most remote rural part of West Texas--and no, I don't feel lonely!

How do you not feel lonely in a remote rural area?

[Restrain]

Some people like the Big Empty. My wife cannot stand it. As the Green Acres Theme goes, "give me the city life". LOL

[TexasHorseLady]

Originally Posted by MynameisnotPeter

How do you not feel lonely in a remote rural area?

Because it's not empty, it's full of beauty. If you get outside of the idea that you only exist if there are a lot of other people around, you can get to know yourself better, you can have room to breathe, and the people you do encounter are all the more precious (and vice versa).

[Westerntraveler]

I wish it was bigger lol ya I know but I love how it is huge and you can drive for the better part of 2 days and still be in Texas.

[Westerntraveler]

Also,I hope the population continues to grow fast

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by MynameisnotPeter

How do you not feel lonely in a remote rural area?

Texas Horse Lady said it better than I could!

But while this area is remote, there are still around 9,600 other people in this county, with close to 6,000 of them here in town. I still have neighbors.

I just don't have the traffic and crowds of Houston, Austin, Dallas, or even smaller places like Midland-Odessa, et al.....I grew up in a place yet smaller, so I'm used to it besides that.

I could have gone even more remote by moving to the Davis Mountains Resort--now that is isolated. You have to have a water storage tank on most of the properties out there. Given the elevations (5500+), I was very, very tempted.

There are people all over this tri-county area (Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio) who live yet more isolated, a long way from any of the towns--and they like it that way.

[Trainwreck20]

How do you not feel lonely in a remote rural area?

There are all sorts of people, some of which want the hustle and bustle of a highly populated area (i.e. my wife) whereas others can go for a week or two w/o seeing another living soul and be perfectly happy (i.e. my dad, although he sees my mom ). You can find 'remote' in just about any state - upstate NY has some wonderfully remote areas - so it isn't really related to the size of the state, or even the population.

[lonestar2007]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

Texas is not too big land-wise.

It IS too big population-wise, with 26 million and counting. People and traffic everywhere other than the very small towns.

I agree 100%.

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

Because it's not empty, it's full of beauty. If you get outside of the idea that you only exist if there are a lot of other people around, you can get to know yourself better, you can have room to breathe, and the people you do encounter are all the more precious (and vice versa).

This is so very true.

Originally Posted by MynameisnotPeter

And that the lack of people near you (if you live in a rural area) makes you feel lonely?

The presence or lack of people is not necessarily the basis for loneliness. You can actually be very lonely living within the very heart of a large city.