Hi Folks; Do any of you live in the deep country areas ??
Right here!
One of the more sparsely populated areas in the lower 48 that isn't hanging onto the side of a mountain that even rams don't want to travel on. Is all flat land here, and also very wet. The coldest temp we've recorded here is -50.6°F. The water table is so high that if it drops below about 24" below the surface, full grown trees start dying - all their roots are above that point. It's also in one of the more windy areas of the US. The only time it's NOT windy is when you WANT it to be!! (when mosquitoes are so bad...which is 5 months of the year)
We drive almost 50 miles to town. The closest
larger town is 1 1/2 hours away, but less than 10,000 population. Is over 2 hours to the nearest "city", Grand Forks.
Our county has so few people that there is very low tax base. So much so that within the past 3-4 years, the county has dug up paved roads in need of repair and reverted them back to gravel, as gravel roads are less costly to maintain.
Our nearest neighbor is a mile away as the crow flies, but 5 miles by road. The next nearest is 1 1/2 miles (crow), the next is about 5 miles (crow) or 8 miles by road.
When we first moved here, it was considered "normal" to go up to 2 weeks without another vehicle passing by on the main road (yes, gravel). Now, isn't a day goes by that someone doesn't pass by at some point. DANG! Gonna have to move again. Gettin' to be too many people in the area!
We do, however, have a "Get out of Dodge" bag with the essentials for survival if we have to vacate for any reason.
If one knows how, one can survive with practically nothing. Take your detector so you have something to do in your spare time.
...Only thing is, it's kinda like the weather. If you don't like my sense of humor, just wait five minutes and.....well, you probably STILL won't like it, but it'll be 5 minutes later, anyhow!
