bozz Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Well been in my new place for almost 2 months...and I guess I'm still getting use to being further away from all the shopping areas.....I'm only 4 miles away from stores...like walmart,gas stations,....video renting places,.Dicks sporting goods and you know all those important stops...hee....hee. Everything seems so far now....when before I could ride a bike to these places.....we are in a new development and got 16" of snow and nobody will come in to plow.....so my wife is stranded with cabin fever and 2 wheel drive only....anyhoo I was wondering how far away your guys live from stores and such as mention above....?? I guess I am really a city boy who loves the country and do like my backyard deer hunting......thats the trade off huh ?? Again how far away are ya from the nearest shops and how often to you go in to the city ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... If I was within 20 miles it would still be to close for me. However I am within everything by a 5 minute drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... my situation sounds a lot like yours bozz. i grew up in the city, lived in the city all my life until my wife and i bought our 5 acres in Licking county, and have been living in the country since 1994. my wife was born and raised in the country, so she's used to the remoteness. given the two--city or country living--no brainer, country all the way. i can walk right out my back door and hunt rabbit and pheasant, and one of these days, i'll actually kill a deer back there. to answer your question: the nearest little town is Johnstown which is about 5 miles away. it has a big Kroger, a Mc'd's and just recently a Wendy's, but that's aboot it. sunbury is 6 miles away, but the only thing there that i need is the mail. columbus is about 20 minutes away to the west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... 20 miles from walmart/ 60 miles from gander mt/oh...and I treasure my "elbow" room, I think Im safe for awhile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... I can be to McDonalds, Subway and such in 5 min. the closest city is 2 1/2 hours ( thank God ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... The closest Wally World or Target or just about any big name store is about 25 miles away. We live in a small town of about 2200 people. I am excited because we are getting a Pamida. After 5 years of wanting to live in the Twin Cities, I am happy to be living in a small town near family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckNrut Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... We live across the street from a drug store, drive past all the major sportingoods stores on the way home from work, and have great hunting 15 minutes from home - the best of both worlds so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaskMan Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... I live about 80 miles from the nearest city and Walmart. The nearest town (over 50 people) is 15 miles. I'd like to be further into the sticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozz Posted December 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... Yeah I miss my drug store from across the street too for renting vids,....they even sell hunting and fishing license's......forgot to mention....I live south of Dayton, Ohio.....now in Miami township....where ya can shoot your guns out your backyard and nobody cares because they shoot their's too......my wife is only 4 miles from the mall....so she is fine.....we just saw a snow plow go by and skip our street.....DANG....whats up with that....lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... Closest small towns are about 6-7 miles away, we are about half way between 2 of them. There is a wal mart about 8 miles from here. The big grocery stores like Krogers and other shopping are about a 30 minute drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... I grew up about 10 miles from town and loved it. I have been a towny since going to college and yearn to be able to go out the back door and not see another house. We are about 4 blocks from the nearest gas station 3 from the nearest church. I can go to any store in town incl. Wal-mart and 3 different groc. in less than 3 minutes. On the down side the closest fishing and hunting is 25 minutes away. My long term goal is to have about 100 acers at least 5 miles from town. That's where the hunting land starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... I'm only about 5-10 minutes from the local metropolitan area we call "Indiana". We dont have any big hunting stores like Dicks or Gander Mountain but we gots a Wal-Mart Supercenter, couple malls, a few other "shopping developments" and a variety of other useless stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailkiller Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... i can get to just about everything i need in less than 15 minute drive.......except bass pro or cabelas!!!!!! walmart dicks hunting shops food stores and department stores!!!!!! i would like to be at least 10 miles from anything or anyone!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambuscher Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... You can't get there from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... 45 miles away from our Walmart and Dicks... Although I work pretty close to them so I hit them on lunch time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... I live miles and miles from anything, except bars. I wouldn't have it any other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... [ QUOTE ] I live miles and miles from anything, except bars. I wouldn't have it any other way. [/ QUOTE ] Oh, to be a Wisconsinite! If there's not a bar here, drive over the next hill. I live in a small town of 8000. My parents farm is three miles out of town, and all of the other farms I hunt are within 20 minutes... as is Walmart and Gander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... We are less than twenty miles from a shopping (a couple of miles for groceries) store such as Walmart or Kmart. There are no Gander Mountain, Cabelas, Dicks or the like here . With the exception of groceries, we go shopping maybe once a month, if that. I would rather read a book than watch a video, so video stores don't even count in my book. The best way to avoid cabin fever is to get out and enjoy the snow. Snow shoeing, skiing (either cross country or downhill), sledding, snowmobiling or just curl up with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozz Posted December 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... Yeah we do have a bass pro shop only 35 miles away......we took the dirt bike out early in the snow....that was fun.....wish I had that atv....spent most of the day pulling out stuck cars because the our da gum ROADS STILL AREN'T PLOW.....I even pull out the Federal express truck....lol....mail man got stuck and ups truck as well...ha......gotta hand it to them for trying !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_218 Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... About 8 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Re: Country living..... Four miles? lol.... I am 25 minutes from WalMart,,,,30 from Dicks,,,, but only ten from a grocery store. All stores are due east from me. Head any other way and there is not much for close to an hour. Jimmy likes it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Re: Country living..... We are about 8 miles from the nearest city. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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