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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Moving to the country



So there's this family who've moved out to the country. They are living the dream. Unfortunately, they are somewhat underfunded and have no idea what they are doing.

When I say underfunded, I mean they don't have furniture. Now that might be romantic for a young couple starting out, but this is a large family of ten. Having basic things like beds might be nice.

They also are having difficulty with their well and septic. Their house has a well and septic system rated for four people, not ten. Not only that, they don't know that there are many things you don't flush down a septic system. In fact, they have no idea that a septic system is a living system with little creatures breaking down waste. When they started having problems, they flushed down gallons of bleach, thinking that would make things better. Turns out killing all those little hard working creatures only makes things worse.

I've no idea how they are going to deal with winter. They may not even own a snow shovel.

Dreams turn into nightmares.

Now I can truly understand wanting to live in the country, but you need some knowledge and skills. That's especially true if you can't just write checks to solve problems.

They may have been much better off moving to a town of about ten thousand people or so. Big city problems are avoided, but some basic services can be had. That family of ten would have benefited greatly with things like town water, sewer, and other services. Small town living can be a pretty decent compromise.

-Sixbears

10 comments:

  1. It's always best to study any place that you are planning to move to. Being able to foresee future possible problems can save a ton of both headaches and money. I totally agree that some folks just aren't ready for a move to the raw country.

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    1. They had a dream, which is good, but then you've got to wake up and do the numbers.

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  2. Good comment on septic systems as they are design for the number of users. Overloading the system will quickly bring nothing but grief to you.

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    1. There are ways to stretch them, but stretching from four to ten is a bit much. Also, as systems age, they lose capacity.

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  3. Am glad I grew up in the country. Have moved around a lot in my life but made it back to the country and here I'll stay. Unfortunately a lot more people are moving to my neck of the woods.

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    1. You need a certain skill set for successful country living.

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  4. I was blessed. I was always a country boy and still am.

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    1. I went from a smallish town to out in the woods. It's a much easier jump that from a big city.

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  5. Chances are, anyone that such poor judgment would be in a mess in town as well, with utilities turned off and still no furniture. It's a shame, but chances are, they're the kind of folks you coulkdn't help if you tried.

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    1. Good point Gorges. This is probably not their first bad decision in life.

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