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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

You are rural --no Hooters restaurant.......bford


--- On Fri, 7/11/08, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:

> From: Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] The definition of "rural"
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 4:13 PM
> What they use for their criteria can give real mixed
> messages as to what is 
> rural.  I'm sure that they might decide we aren't
> rural if they just go on 
> what a community has.
> 
> For example, although we don't have a Starbucks (the
> closest one is 24 miles 
> away), we do have a coffee house and we have, right here in
> town:
> 
> 2 grocery stores
> 1 health food/organic store
> Mexican restaurant
> Old-style restaurant/cafe
> Pizza joint
> Dairy/ice cream/sandwich shop
> Bakery
> Farmers market
> 2 bars
> 1 full-service garage
> 2 tire shops/garages
> 3 real estate offices
> Florist
> Video store
> Feed store
> Lumber yard
> 2 nurseries
> Old-fashioned "department" store
> Tailor/seamstress
> Pharmacy
> Health clinic
> Dental clinic
> Vet
> Employment office
> Cal-Trans office
> Dept. of Forestry office
> City water for those that live "in town"
> Electrician and alternative energy specialist
> Roofing company
> A septic company
> A recycling center
> A motel
> A pool
> A skating rink
> Tennis courts
> Library
> Two thrift stores
> A satelite company
> An internet company
> Computer repair
> and an old-fashioned truck stop with gas, diesel, propane
> plus the hamburger 
> join and groceries.
> 
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> >
> > 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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