Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
> Pete C. wrote:
>
> > Yep. I've been to plenty of cities, and I can't think of a single
> > desirable thing in a city that I don't have within a ten minute drive
> > from my quiet, safe, peaceful, spacious home and yard.
>
> Turkish restaurant? Coffee house with chess masters in residence? YMCA?

No Turkish restaurant nearby, plenty of others though. Plenty of coffee
places as well, but I wouldn't know if they had any chess folks since I
generally do my coffee at home. Probably a YMCA nearby, but not a place
I'd go to, a number of other commercial gyms around.

Plenty of shopping in that 10 min radius, Mal-Wart, Target, BBB, Best
Buy, Petsmart, Petco, Tractor Supply, Sam's, Radio Shack, Home Depot,
Lowe's, Academy Sports, Gander Mountain, Office Depot, etc. Got movie
theaters, museums, music venues, a hospital, etc. as well. A bit further
out at about 20 min I've got a very big lake with campgrounds, marinas
and whatnot. Out at 30 min I've got a big casino resort.

What I don't have is city noise and light pollution, overcrowding,
sidewalks full of homeless people, gangs, graphiti, drive-by shootings
and other city crime, restrictions and limitations, pollution, etc.