Post by: Guest on May 11, 2006, 08:35:32 AM
Our immediate enviroment is great, and it will stay that way due to the terrain- there is a very steep unbuildable ravine behind us that acts like a natural barrior- no houses in view, and we work at home, BUT as soon as we leave it is developments and box stores.
My dream place would have a 60 to 100 acres of hardwoods and softwoods, rolling hills, a bit of good farmland, and some rocky outcropping. A stream is nice. In short, very similar in landscape to where I grew up in central Connecticut, but with out the subdevelopments and multimillion dollar homes. Not to high on the heat and humidity please. A political climate where people have some independence, I hate dogma. Nieghbors who like to garden, shoot , fly small airplanes ride motorcycles and drink good beer would be great. Anywhere near a golf course is probably too suburban for me. A small college town within a couple hours drive might be nice for some artsy craftsy stuff.
My definition of rural is a place you walk down the road with a rifle in hand, not in hunting season, and you don't get the police called on you. Or a place you can put an ultra light strip on the back 40 without having to fight the county. Maybe a place you could build a small dam for power and fish without a jillion enviromental wacko's opposing every move. (I am not talking boulder dam here, maybe a 5 foot high structure for a pond. Around here, that would take an act of Divine Intervention.)
Places I would NOT consider- Cal., NY, NJ, IL., Fl, LOU.,MISS., AK., TX ,ND,MIN.,, some for political reasons and some for climate. (guess which!) Do not get offended if your state is in the list, some of them are bueatifull places but I just can't take the heat!
Some places I have thought about - The northern New Engand states- Vermont, NH, Maine.-- Pennsylvania, and the Carolinas.-- Virginia, Tenn., KT.-- Nothern AZ or NM. -- Eastern WA. or Ore. (altho I hate being lorded over by the Masters in Olympia or Salem.)
Your thought's, please. Thank you!
Post by: mtnbkr on May 11, 2006, 08:40:46 AM
Chris
Post by: Brad Johnson on May 11, 2006, 08:41:53 AM
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Your thought's, please. Thank you!
I think you're nuts for wanting to leave a place that sounds so serene and peaceful, even given the encroachment of modern man. 
I'd be tempted to stay as long as the neighbors are... well... neighborly. The land value will only keep going up, and someday a business busybody may well be tempted to offer you much more than residential market value. Then you can cash in on the temporary artificially inflated value and bail.
Just my $0.02.
Brad
Post by: K Frame on May 11, 2006, 08:45:29 AM
Close enough to Harrisburg and State College to have some contact with humanity, but still low property prices.
Post by: Ben on May 11, 2006, 08:58:16 AM
http://www.landandfarm.com/lf/
Then check here for local conditions:
http://www.city-data.com/
Post by: grampster on May 11, 2006, 09:14:33 AM
Post by: charby on May 11, 2006, 09:16:58 AM
100 or so acres that are wooded and tillable will set you back as high as -$400k. Iowa also has a forest reserve program that you can put the timber into and not have to pay property tax or income tax on the timber you sell from it. There are guidelines but they are easy to follow.
NE IA was missed by the last two glaciers and is very similar to the drift-less zone of Wisconsin. Wooded stands of oak, walnut, maple, white pine, poplar and aspen. Doesn't look anything like what people think Iowa looks like. Its within a few hours drive of a lot of Big Ten schools, smaller universities and a ton of private colleges. People there are good people. Lots of streams filled with trout.
It is where I am going to live in the future.
C
Post by: Stand_watie on May 11, 2006, 04:40:02 PM
Post by: Guest on May 11, 2006, 05:08:16 PM
For 300k, you could buy a good share of the county.
Post by: Otherguy Overby on May 11, 2006, 06:17:14 PM
Missouri doesn't allow suppressors, though.
Where I am in Arkansas the only rural restrictions are: If a proposed building has plumbing the land has to perc for septic and wells have to be approved by the county health department (and 100 or more feet from septic). That's it, no zoning, building codes or anything. My neighbor dozed off about 40 acres of trees to make a personal ultralight airport so he could crash his ultralight...
Post by: Antibubba on May 11, 2006, 06:24:16 PM
Post by: Art Eatman on May 11, 2006, 07:22:31 PM
In the CenTex hill country, generally north of Fredericksburg, the humidity is low in summer. Daytime highs will hit 90 to 95, sure, but nights are cool.
Lemme put it this way: 90 degrees and 30% beats hell out of 80 degrees and 80%.
, Art
Post by: doczinn on May 11, 2006, 10:34:52 PM
You just put that there to make me cry, didn't you?
Post by: Jamisjockey on May 12, 2006, 03:58:42 AM
I'll bet you can find all your qualifications here, except your neighbors probably won't drink beer.
Post by: Guest on May 12, 2006, 04:45:06 AM
Post by: Ben on May 12, 2006, 05:46:56 AM
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You just put that there to make me cry, didn't you?
You don't know how many times I've opened that link up to the 32,000 acres in Oregon and just daydreamed.
Post by: mfree on May 12, 2006, 06:11:48 AM
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Post by: Felonious Monk/Fignozzle on May 12, 2006, 05:16:55 PM
Post by: Guest on May 12, 2006, 07:08:31 PM
Bob
Post by: bg on May 13, 2006, 10:09:52 PM
there once in a while...
http://www.sheridanwyoming.org/
Post by: elkhunter on May 14, 2006, 07:38:18 AM
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You don't know how many times I've opened that link up to the 32,000 acres in Oregon and just daydreamed.
I know the general area where that piece of land is located, and hopefully i'll win the lottery someday. That is an awsome piece of land, doubt you could actually get it to pay off in any amount of time, though.
Post by: Ben on May 14, 2006, 01:24:26 PM
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That is an awsome piece of land, doubt you could actually get it to pay off in any amount of time, though.
Yeah, for the price I figured it is somewhat too good to be true, at least from an income generation perspective in anything but the very long term, but for someone with the discretionary funds who likes solitude, awesome retirement property.
Post by: MillCreek on May 14, 2006, 04:39:12 PM
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