For people that live away from the city: HOw do you survive?

Question

I am talking about deep in the country,also!

Yes we try to survive here too..
I just wanted to know if you guy have supermarkets in the area or have to hunt your own food..
I know I am very naive..

How do you get your supplies and need..

Answer 1

That's a good one! I think the same thing of people living IN the city!

Answer 2

O Keeper of the Peace in the cold cold City, I wonder that about YOU and here you asking it about us......
right now I have a small city (62K people) with a very good library a decent shopping centre, one lake a half block away and 2 Great Lakes a couple hours drive away. We're good. The garden's in the back yard and my parents are a couple hours away and that doesn't mean city driving.

When I was a child we lived 15 miles from everywhere, my best friend was my cousin, our dogs, the cows and the trees. We played in the creeks, got filty dirty and loved it. The weekly trip to the local library was *the Thing*.

And I wonder how you survive.
Blessings and Keep you safe.

Answer 3

Well that would of course depend on what you see as Surviving. I live quite a distance from a city and have an advanced degree in Hazardous Waste Management. However, becuase my degree is useful ONLY in a large city and I choose to live in an extremely rural are I take what ever job will allow me to pay my bills and leave a little extra to save. Currently, I manage a group home for the Developmentally Disabled. It doesn't require my skills and training but it DOES provide a liveable wage and allows me to live my life among the natural world in reasonable comfort. Essentially we do whatever we CAN to live but then again, isn';t that what MOST people in the cities do as well?

Raji the Green Witch

Answer 4

My sister, who is Australian, lived in Carrington, ND, for 5 years. She barely survived it emotionally because the town people were so insular and would not be friendly once they knew she wasn't from around there. Country folk could be a bit more friendly, IMO.

I grew up in the country (outside a town of 5000). I loved it, and found it so much more friendly than the city, but then, I've heard that Ozzies are some of the most friendly people in the world.

Answer 5

IT SUCKS!!! I live like 35 miles from a city, and it sucks so bad. I used to live in a city, and could go out at all hours of the night, there was always stuff open, the malls were right there, etc. Now, just to go shopping it is an adventure.

Answer 6

Personally, I don't see how people survive IN the city. I live outside Seattle, in a community of about 10,000 people, and that's big enough for me. If I had my way, I'd live in a completely rural area. I guess it just proves that everybody needs something different, no? :-)

Answer 7

Well to start, I grow my own fruits and veggies, I get my water from a well, I can milk a goat for milk (better then cows milk), I can take the eggs from the chickens, I kill then pluck the chickens as well as kill, skin and eat the rabbits, and then for essentials like light bulbs and toilet paper, I go to the General Store in our local town that has a population of under 4,000.

Edit PS - I also have guns with shells and bullets to keep the city scum from taking advantage of me!

Answer 8

Converting potential chemical energy contained in food into thermal, chemical, and kinetic energy, along with the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen through respiration.

Same as most people, I think.

Answer 9

I prefer it. I've lived in the city as well but I didn't like it very much. It's all a matter of perspective, preference, and choice.

Answer 10

With relaxing country air, quiet neighbors and beautiful lakes every where I turn, I would probably die now in the city
Love,
A reformed city slicker