what are the benefits of living in the country instead of a big city?

Question

i'm moving to the countryside, a small village 45 mins from anywhere, to be nearer my girlfriends family. i;m worried i'll be bored stiff. what will the benefits of country living be be?

Answer 1

i used to live in the city, ive lived in the countryside for 5 months now and hate it!!! i miss the hustle and bustle, i miss being within walking distance of anywhere, and its very isolating!!!!

I want to go home, back to where i first laid my roots....
this place will never be home.....

but everyones different i suppose

Answer 2

Less crime - open space -green fields - less noise - less pollution - you get used to farmers putting manure on the land it will be a bit daunting right enough I have lived in the country all my life and I still complain. I t s wonderful and I have never been bored for 1 minute. Theirs growing vegetables keeping chickens and gathering free range eggs for breakfast. Gathering blackberries for jam making. Dandering along nice peaceful roads or walks with your dog. Waking up each morning to smell the coffee. The country people are a different breed altogether from town-es no offence and their are different rules in the country to observe like not trespasser onto some ones ground. Letting dogs run wild and chasing sheep as a farmer would have the right to shot a dog dead or trespassing. Don't be afraid to get dirty and muck in at the deep end if necessary but just enjoy your self but you'll not be bored if you have an imagination. Driving along country roads is a slower pace too as an animal or something could just walk across your path. I wouldn't live in a town I visit a shop in Town once a week and pick up the goods for a week at a time and shop on the Internet alot as well for other hard to get products a car and a phone is a life line in the country but if you are able a bicycle or moped would be cheaper.

Take time to smell the roses.!! its fun fun fun even in winter when the cars cant get through and you have the winter wonderland post card look.

Answer 3

The benefits of living in the countryside include: more quiet, more privacy, less traffic, less crime, possibly a lower cost of living (depending on where you're moving to, cities tend to be more expensive to live in), greater access to wildlife and nature, fresh air, the local people are sometimes a little more friendly (also dependent on where you're moving to). If you're worried about being bored in such a fun-sterile environment then don't forget to pack up and bring along your computer and internet connection. With it the whole world is at your fingertips, even from the isolation of the countryside!

Answer 4

Country is more serene, skies are more beautiful (especially
at night). Theres the wildlife, alot of animals and birds you
don't see in the city. Very peaceful, not the noise of of the
city. Less traffic, and cleaner air. You will not get bored, you
will adjust and find that you really like it. I've been wanting to
move some where down by a lake myself. Sometime i will,
hope its soon. It will be interesting thats for sure, if you've
never been or lived in the country. I live in the hot desert area.
I want out of it. Hope you enjoy your time there.

Answer 5

I used to live in the city in an apartment complex. Now I live at the head of a hollow away from everyone. My closest neighbors are my parents at the bottom of the hill. The benefits of living here are waking up every morning to the sound of nothing. No slamming doors, no people fighting. You also have clean air, less crime, a place where you don't have to lock your car or even your front door. As for being bored, there are country walks, sunrises and romantic sunsets, watching squirrels and rabbits play and watching baby deer learning to walk.

Answer 6

The biggest benefit would be to get rid of all those people. I hate the city because of all the people. Go to walmart and you can't find a place to park and the cops are on you at every corner and there is no trust at all. I understand why there is no trust because I lived in big cities.

I would rather be in the country and left alone anytime. And in the country you don't have to put up a privacy fence. You can set on your back porch and drink your coffee and just enjoy it and not have to worry the guy that lives behind you stepping out on his porch to have a smoke and being able to see the color of his eyes. You can even park your car in your yard without having 10 people report you to the subdivision management and to think if you want you can even plant a bush without having to worry if you changed the look of the neighborhood and if the guy next door is going to bring down your home value because he puts a chain link fence up next to your nice white high dollar picket fence.

Yup Country life with out people.. I love it.

Answer 7

rosieC has given you the perfect answer for the good life, but has forgotten how long it takes to get anywhere, how horrible the country roads are in the winter, how expensive the village shop is if you have forgotten anything on your monthly Supermarket trip into the nearest town, how bad the gossip is when everyone thinks they know everything about you, how in fact you are considered as an "incomer" for about 20 years before you are fully accepted, and Heaven forbid if you live near a beauty spot when in the summer you will be swamped by tourists..... No., all in all, it is great living in the country, you get to read a lot, listen to all your music (over and over), watch a lot of TV, learn to play scrabble, chess, ludo, etc. and you can take up a hobby you have longed to do but, living in a city, have never had time to do, like bird watching, stamp collecting, carpentry...................

Answer 8

As Rosie said. There are lots of health and psychological benefits, but commuting can be a pain - I know, I used to commute to Manchester from Derbyshire. But there's no doubt the air's cleaner, the population is more sparsely spread so viruses and diseases don't spread in the same way, and there's something calming about going for country walks after the hubbub of the urban week.

Answer 9

We live in the countryside. Clean air, green fields, smelly farms, good fishing, can forget to lock the door at night and nobody comes in. Children safe from some unpleasant influences etc.

My hubby works in London, but he loves coming home at the week-end to escape the rat race and listen only to the peace and quite (well except for the noise of squabbling children)!

Answer 10

Fresh Manure