Grew up in the middle of nowhere. No bus. No shop. No pub. It was hell. Left home for the city at the first opportunity and will never go back. I don't want to be dependent on a car ever again.
Honestly I feel like I'm going in your direction just want from middle of nowhere Vermont to Florida for college and man its nice not having to pack water and food to bike 30 miles up and down mountains I'm still amazed by my determination as a kid to get anywhere on bike fr I continued doing that even after I got a car
Ditto! My first 18 years were oh-so-boring and even today, I'm approaching 50, still don't want that mind-killing wasteland back in my life. Building a house in an interesting spot next year: totally in nature, still near a city, no suburb-shit, next neighbor 200 meter away + big trees in between. We searched for many years (and paid hurtful money). Still, you need a car there, planning some solar stuff, we'll see.