[Homestead] The definition of "rural"

bob ford bobford79 at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 11 13:56:17 EDT 2008


Please elaborate, if you please.  I am confused why your "like minded" friends with whom you socialized moved away to socialize with someone
else with similar (to you) like mindedness.  Are they just moving to a metro area for the arts and nightlife.  I am confused.  Thanks...bobford


--- On Fri, 7/11/08, eureka at hctc.net <eureka at hctc.net> wrote:


> 
> In retrospect, the other thing I might put on that list is 
> a place where there is some evidence of like-minded 
> people. Two of the three couples with which we socialize 
> have moved/are moving thousands of miles away, to be 
> closer to more people like us. They underestimated the 
> social isolation a rural life can bring. Again, if we 
> didn't have the Internet connecting us to our friends,
> we 
> might not be able to handle it either.



      



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