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Who's a city gal and who's a cowgirl?

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#1 ·
Just curious to know how many of us here live in town and how many live with the cows? Lol, jokes. :wink: So you a city gal (with the heart of a country cowgirl of course.. or maybe not?) or a "cowgirl"?

I personally live in the city but I hope to move to the country side when I get older. Hopefully my career will permit it, because there is no way I'm driving an hour and a half to work if my job is in the city and my house in the middle of paradise, but none the less, in the middle of nowhere.
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#2 ·
I'm both! :D I moved from urban south Florida to a small town of Waxhaw NC. I work an hour and a half away from home- because Charlotte is the biggest city near me and thats where I go to make money to afford my lifestyle. I would NEVER move back to the city though. Everyday my "breath of frsh air" is driving into my towns "downtown" and there is nothing better than southern hospitality.
 
#3 ·
You're severely limiting your options if, 'no way I'm driving an hour and a half to work' is your attitude.

I work in the city and live in the country. My commute takes about 45 minutes, but there was a time when it took me 2 hours or more to get to work.

You have to make compromises one way or the other, so if the idea of a long commute sticks in your craw then you're not very likely to ever own your own place out in the country.

The farther out you get, the less jobs there are. Of course, the lower the land/home prices, as well as property taxes. So I bought my 5 acre place out in the boondocks and commute. I think it's well worth it.
 
#4 ·
I live in the country. There's even cows in my front yard but I wouldn't consider myself a "Cowgirl". I've never roped a thing, never even tried swinging a rope, my horse is terrified of cows and the only Western saddle I owned, I gifted to a friend since my butt wasn't going to fit in a 12" saddle.

I have pigs, chickens, cows, goats, a dog and of course my horse. I live 45 minutes from a real town (10 from a town with one stoplight, 4 gas stations and a bar).
 
#6 ·
I understand what you mean Speedracer. It's true my options are restricted by not wanting to drive for so long, but the fact is... I rather look hard for a place 45-60 min away from my job (or even less if I move to the Ottawa region), then spend 3-4 hours a day in a car going and coming back from work.

A 45-60 min drive without traffic is fine. But there is (not always, but often) traffic, so if I live an hour and a half away, it could become 2-3 hours commute... which is a lot of gas and time. I'll sacrifice a few acres to be close to other things. Anyways I don't plan on buying a place with 5-10 acres. That's for when I retire, and then I will be willing to be 2 hours away from civilization.
 
#7 ·
I live in the country on a little over 50 acres. I live about 10 miles from "civilization" if a town of less than 5,000 counts as such. I'm fortunate that my commute means walking a few hundred yards to the barn :wink: My hubby works a f/t job outside of the farm, but is on the road all day, every day pretty much. He is a mainline cable fiber optic tech, he covers a few counties in his area but in a company vehicle so there's no added expense due to where we live/commute.

Before I came back to training full time, I commuted 2 hrs one way to work at the brokerage office. All of the driving was a pain but I am not a city girl.
 
#11 ·
I'm sortof both. I live in a suburb of Houston; which, I'm sure you all know- is a very large city. We have about 12,000 people, I believe. Our house is the norm; in a community of 800 homes with basically no yard. About five minutes away from my house though, is a 40 acre horse farm. The whole place is very rustic looking, because it's on Army Corp of Engineer land ( no concrete, 'permanent' buildings, etc allowed) and over half of it is wooded. I ride hunky Quarter Horses and I can rope better than half of the guys, I rodeo and I can cut cattle (we have a whopping ten cows xD) and I've seen my share of bobcats, coyotes, and snakes. But I go back home and I'm right back in the town life xP it's perfect for me, and most of my friends regard me as the 'city cowgirl.' Most of them agree that I don't belong in a town; and I agree with them ^^ I hope to eventually be a REAL country girl. hehe
 
#13 ·
I live in the city. 12 minutes from downtown Seattle. But about 30 minutes from good rural land. I would like to live in the country, but jobs are here. And I think that long commutes are very stressful and in the future will become harder and harder to keep up as the price of gas goes up. My husband takes the bus into the city. He spends a total of an hour a day commuting. I would not want to spend more than that on a commute. So, I guess I am stuck in the city until retirement.
 
#14 ·
I live in the New York City suburbs- Central New Jersey. I'd love to live off in the country with horses on property, but I have to admit, a 45 minute train ride from the city is AWESOME.
 
#15 · (Edited)
I live in smaller town.

Nah, what's wrong with the country, Kaila? :wink: I love it here.

I think that if you life farther, it often means prioritizing what's important to you. Timetables, job choices, many things... I study 50kms away and didn't want to move in that city since I experienced cozier and safer to live in that small town. For cutting costs, I ride there with carpool. It often means waiting 8 hours per a day, despite of it if my day lasts 2 or 8 hours.

...but some people just experience that it's worth of that.
 
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