Here's something to think about. It's all nice to move out to the
"country"
and it is all the things you say, especially in recent contrast to
NYC. It
may take a decade or two but you will realize something. You may move
back
to the city, retain the inner peace of the country lifestyle and
appreciate
even more what the city has to offer.

Perhaps, but I seriously doubt it.


One thing with living out there is that you are ever more dependent
on
technology on a first hand basis. You can't live without a car.


I could not live without a car in Manhattan or Queens.

Time spent
commuting to places(which are now further away) takes out of your
life.

Every place I go to is a bit further away, but I park easily and find
I'm done faster because population density is far less. That means
less stress and better health.


The
choices are less, quality tends to be lower.

The grocery stores out here are amazing, far better than anything I
saw in the city EVER. Restaurants are great, but we're cooking more
and eating better. I lost 11 lbs since we got here. And once
again....we all feel better.


You'll find the people moving
in are bringing the city with them.

NO one can build where we are. We're on watershed land.


The people who lived for 10 years or
more will complain about how the place has changed and in ten years
you will
too.


Just the opposite. Today we spent some time with a neighbor who took
us to a few local parks for Thomas, He commented how the area, while a
bit more developed (and certainly far more expensive) was still the
same place he sought 25 years ago when he was a fireman commuting to
NYC. And our community cannot be built on in any way.


It's rare that a parent first mentions their son/daughter is happy
or
mentions it at all.They will usually start to pursue happiness on the
day
they retire.

That's very sad and not at all how we work. We're having fun now and
in every way possible. Suzanne wants to know when I plan to build my
own observatory! Why wait until I'm 70? Why wait 10 more years for a
C&C 99? Thomas has no financial worries, so NOW is the time to enjoy
and expand on life while we're young and strong. We're planning a 6
week trip to Greece. Suzanne wants a pond. We're having a LOT of fun,
so much so that I really can't beleive each day.


Why suffer through 85% of your life to try
to make the last 15% liveable?


That's a question to ask Dave. That guy has more regrets than Paris
Hilton has genital warts.


If people learned to live on less, they would have so much more.
That is
why the good Capt Neal is such a role model.

Ah, a good point at last.


An unfettered life, simply and
well lived.


There is fetterment of denial and weight of isolation. We can only
hope he copes in some way.



an acknowledgement of reality and the courage to pursue
it. Is it no wonder that the healthiest people are usually the
happiest?

Sound and well made points, Bob.
Now I need to cut some support posts for my new theatre screen.
Goodnight, sir.


RB
35s5
NY