# How do people not understand wanting to live in the country?

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**Created:** [October 10, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-not-understand-wanting-to-live-in-the-country/670908 "2013-10-10T18:43:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-not-understand-wanting-to-live-in-the-country/670908/161 "2015-10-29T22:33:16Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> What’s in the country?
> 
> More dirt. More cows. More space
> 
> Less of everything else.

Less traffic  
Less real estate cost per square foot  
Less crime  
Shorter commutes  
More privacy

I prefer living in the city for various reasons but there are valid reasons to live in the country.

Ironically when I lived in the country sometimes common stores like grocery stores were closer. In the country the grocery store may be 3 minutes away. In the city, if you live in an isolated food desert it may take a 20 minute drive to get to a good grocery store.

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