Moving to the country?

If you had the chance to buy a place in the country

  • yes

    Votes: 88 95.7%

  • no

    Votes: 4 4.3%
  • Total voters
    92
  • Poll closed .
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Canadian Bush Wacker

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If you had a chance to buy a place in the country with tons of crownland around you and no one around you. With hunting right out your back door and room for all the toys, But you still would have to drive 1 hour to work and back every day.
Would you go for it? yes or no? And why?
I am not getting any younger, and if I wait, I won't be able to do such a thing. Give me some of your pro's and con's. I like the idea of after a long day coming home and being able to play with my toys off the deck,lol.
 
Been there done that... it is great to have a country home but commuting in the winter can be brutal.
Here is an idea... buy your country dream and a duplex or a house with an apartment in the city. Rent the house and live in the apartment through the week... the gas money you save and the rental money will pay the mortgage on your country property.
I have lived on my dream property for 18 years.... I am never going back.
 
I just bought what you described last spring and can't begin to tell you how happy we are. I don't drive to work evry day so Iam sure that may influrnce your decision. I am 51 and wish I did this 20 years ago
 
I have lived in the country all my life and have no interest in living in any city. unless you are going really far back in the woods you are going to need some very understanding neighbours if you want to play with your toys from your back deck. there are more and more people moving to the country for peace and quiet and most don't want to come home and listen to gun shots in the evening, plus there are the legal issues. dispatching nusience animals is one thing but a prolonged target shooting session is something else. if you move farther back than you should also note that you are a higher risk for break in / theft.
however if you can afford it I saw got for it. like they say; land is a good investment because they are not making any more of it.
just my thoughts.
 
We are doing this. Construction on our property in Prince George will begin in March. Our place is just outside city limits and backs onto Crown land. I should be able to ATV out of my garage and straight into moose/deer country. The drive to work will be ~15 minutes each way. I can hardly wait!
 
I lived on an acerage with great hunting right out my back door, and I found that I had less time to enjoy it than I did before. We worked so hard raising chickens, turkeys, pigs, and the 1/2 hour drive to work used up all our time. Last summer we where flooded out, and we ended up moving into a small town of 2000, and work is now a 5 min drive at best. I am planning on getting more fishing and hunting done now that I have a lot more time on my hands.
 
ALready did it.

I live on 6 acres outside of Pemberton BC.

I commute to Whistler 5 days a week, and it is anywhere from a 40 minute drive to 1 hr, depending on if thee is traffic.(there isn't much, but sometimes there are trucks and campers etc)

A winter commute can be trouble sometimes. It's taken me 2.5hrs to get home aon some nights. SOme nigths I will even stay at a friends place, but very rarely. Basiclaly it is not a big issue for me, as I have a proper vehicle, and the roads are kept fairly clear ayway.

COmmutes in Vancouver are often 40minutes to an hour anyway. And that commute is bumper to bumper gridlock.

However, there is NOTHING that would make me go back to living in town.

When i get home, I kick back and RELAX, or muck around or go hutning or whatever.

I was just testing out some handloads a coupe of hours ago. As more people ave moved into the area over the years, I don't shoot as much as I used to (like hundreds at a time) but a few rounds I don't mind. I've never had someone complain about it, either.

My closest neighbor is about 500 yards form me and he is a old time buddy of mine. Next closest is about m, and also an old time buddy.

At night I can't hear traffic, sirens, the next door party, or any of that town noise.

If I want to have a big party, noone will complain, either!:)

I love living here, and the only real drawback is that I can't get takeout CHinese food. Also, most of my friends think it is "too far" to come visit me, but I think that is a big plus in many ways.;)
 
heck, I live in the city,work in the city and it still takes me 1hr to get to work.

I have been lookin at a chunk of land kinda like you describe, but its a 2hr commute. I am seriously thinkin about it just ta get outta the big smoke. ahh gotta love T.O. NOT!!!!!!!!!
 
I'm working through a plan to do just this. I grew up in the city, and have lived in a bigger city (Vancouver) as well as smaller towns (Cochrane AB and Invermere BC).

As I approach my 30th birthday, I feel strongly compelled to move to a place in the country and settle down. The description above would be about perfect. Maybe a few horses, chickens and what not.

At this point I'm committed to do what ever it takes to "Get 'er done" by the time I'm 35.

I may have even found a likeminded gal who loves hunting and the country to saddle up with. We'll see...
 
I would definitely get the property in the country (actually already have it), but forget the commuting thing, just find work closer to home. I did the commuting thing for 3 yrs, 1.5 hrs each way in heavy traffic, could cut it down to about 45 mins if I left a 1/2hr earlier and sat in a coffee shop till 8:00. Never again, thats 15 hrs a week that I spent getting to and from work, basically working 15hrs for no pay in my oppinion (almost 2 working days!).
 
Hell yes. I live on 36 acres 79 kms from downtown Toronto. It's 55 minutes to downtown in non peak hours or about 90 minutes during the rush. I don't drive it every day now but I have at other times.

When I pull off the 401 to take the back roads home life gets a whole lot better. Winter driving can be a challenge but the nature of my work allows me to commute on the information highway when that happens.

I've lived in Toronto. I am not going back even if I can't get good Chinese food locally either. I can however hunt grouse, ducks, deer and turkey in my back yard. That's a good trade off as far as I'm concerned.
 
Bush Wacker, you should be jumping on an opportunity like that! You'll be kicking yourself in a few years if you don't. I moved out to West St. Paul about 5 years ago (by no means the country, but better than the sardine-like neighborhood I used to live in where I'd open my blinds and see my neighbor taking a piss in his bathroom....)

An hour commute is nothing. I only live about 5 miles outside city limits and it still takes me 45-60 mins to get to the University (vs 30 mins at old house). After a long day the drive is quite relaxing.

So if you have acreage and nearby crown land that no on will ever move into, then it sounds like a dream setting. ;)
 
My Girlfriend was commuting 40 minutes into work from my house... fuel was about $125 a week. So we just bought another house 10 minutes from her work and we are putting a bachelor apt in the basement. The rental will pay the mortgage and she now has a nice investment property.:)
The best part is I am living the bachelor life 5 days a week and she comes out on weekends to perform her duties! ;)
Life is good......:cool:
 
Hmmm - Having achieved "freedom 46", moving to the country was a priority. I lived in urban centers all my life, so I thought it would be a challenge to adjust to a rural existence. To be honest, I do miss some of the urban amenities, such as entertainment, good ethnic cuisine, women that weigh less than I do, etc. But I can always drive to the "big smoke" for a weekend of fun. Its the best of both worlds. (You know you've gone country when you belong to several hunt camps...)
Just a heads up - If you live in cottage country - get used to being offered way too many drinks - alcohol is the Holy Grail up here.
 
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It's a no brainer as your poll results show.
Leave the "big city" to the crack heads, teachers, and lieberals.
Would you want David Miller for a neighbour?
(if so I've got a house for sale!)
 
Canadian Bush Wacker.........as the last post said...it's a no brainer. Yes make the move. Years ago I lived in Vancouver, then Alberta and eventually moved to Manitoba.

Why you may ask? Less people. BC is getting overpopulated, Alberta is go.... go...go 24 hours a day, too many people, and you can't get away from the oil and gas circus. Even in the middle of no-where there are tanker trucks running 24 hours a day.

Now I am on a half section with my horses. Deer, moose, elk, black bear in the back yard and next to no people. Just the way I like it!

A one hour commute isn't too bad. Better that than spending 24/7 in the too many rats in a cage environment!:)
 
I live on 100 acres miles from nowhere if I ask I can hunt on any of the 1800 acres around me.. we have deer, bear, wolf, fox, lynx, fisher, or wild turkey all on my property.. None of the neighbors mind hearing gunshots I hear them regularly...
 
AS a matter of fact I just bought 3.5 Acres in the country less than a month ago. All poplar and oak trees, all I know is that I have one hell of a summer ahead of me with tree clearing. The best part is the area is bow hunting only. :D
 
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