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user-inactivated · 2510 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pesky whippersnappers are now destroying Applebees, apparently.
I live roughly 35 minutes outside of the city. I own just shy of 2 acres. My house was under 100K. Yea, I have to drive 15 minutes to get anything that requires an exchange of currency, and yea we don't have the new, hip, hot, exciting crap. But if I decide to fuck-off of computers, I can take a third shift stocking job and live decently. Everything in life is a set of trade-offs. I choose to have a life that is not centered around the stress of a 4K/month mortgage and am willing to deal with the consequences of that decision. Living in BFE is definitely not at all for everyone. But the advantage of living somewhere quite, almost serene, affordable, and with enough space around me that I am not on top of my neighbor is worth it for me.