In a city you have access to many cultural things but also have to deal with the problems associated with congestion and high population density. In the country or woods you are isolated it is quieter the taxes are lower as property in general is not at a premum related to scarcity, demand etc. But access to common commodities such as a discount store or even electricity or running water may be difficult, limited or not available. For people with money for their money often it is better with some additional investment in solar systems, water retention systems and water saving devices, generators etc. to have a better standard of living outside the city regions or even populated regions. But then one has to consider the fact that people thieves like drug abusers often know about the limited survielance of those regions and select them to break into while being passed off as illegal immigrants passing through such rural areas in Texas. Locally the crack addicts know when the snow birds are gone and tend to break into such places such that the addition of security systems, alarms, dogs for protection etc. are needed additional expenses. One is less apt to be broken into in a rural area but when it happens it may be even more dangerous than in the city because of the lack of being able to have ready assistance in the form of police near by.
But in a smaller city nearby friends and family as I have experienced in the past in rural areas where people live in town then raise cattle and crops outside of town it tends to be very safe comparatively to a very large city. I am speaking of a town of working class people of about 300 houses. But my experiences are limited. Most places you intend to move to or live in will have write ups in magazines, online or in district studies as to quality of schools, amount of crime etc.
I lost weight when in a very rural area while visiting relatives because we had to carry our water into the house as it came from a local well twice a week. At one time they had no electricity or water when it was a 3 house town and at that time my understanding is it was scarey because of wild animals like bears. But they have to travel about 20 to 30 minutes down the road to a more developed town for commodities of any reasonable price. For discount stores it is about half a day on a bus for about 7 dollars which is not bad for a long trip but not the best for going for well priced groceries etc.
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Scarey thing no regular doctors there only a couple days a week when she visits her clinic there. And a bad accident may definitely mean death there. Which is rare but I think in the cases I heard even a hospital could not have saved them. Be careful whom you cut down trees with and where you stand do not cut trees down near someone else cutting a tree down at the same time is my advice from that awful accident.