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Other than being distant from perishables my homestead 
doesn't provide, like good cheese, I don't miss the 
proximity to shopping. I can find almost anything I need 
or want on eBay for less and have it delivered to my 
doorstep, and enjoy cutting out the middleman and reusing 
or recycling something.

So, after 7 years of homesteading, I would now say I could 
not live without a connection to the Internet.

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.

--Sage


On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:33:39 -0500
 Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
> On Jul 11, 2008, at 11:06 AM, <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
>
> > This is how my city friends determine our "rural-ness": 
> > we
> > are 75 miles from the nearest Starbucks.
> >
> > --Sage
> > Way Out in Texas
>
> Access to shopping is something I hear friends around 
> here talk about.  
> Even before rising gas prices. It would be most 
> interesting for we  
> homestead listers who have homestead property to make a 
> list of the  
> ten most important things to us regarding location of 
> home. I suspect  
> that criteria changes after one has been in a place for 
> five or ten  
> years.
>
> The only thing I seriously do not like about Heartwood 
> is biting  
> insects. It is notable that insect population was not on 
> my criteria  
> list in 1976. If it had been . . . ?
>
>
>
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