40 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I didn't grow up in the city, but loved it.  I grew up in suburbia, Delaware County, and same applies.

 

I lived 1/2 hour by rail from William Pann / City Hall for about 40 yrs, on & off, and owned 3 houses, one in Philly (SW) and 2 in Delaware County.  Always keeping one unit open for myself.  Last 5 years at Germantown (Memphis areas), and the whole country is great IMHO

 

Don't get me wrong I enjoyed traveling around Pennsylvania, New Jersey , Delaware, Maryland etc. But it is just not the same as Australia or Canada, as I understand it, for wide open spaces which is what this thread is about.

As I said before city people just don't get it. Suburbia included.

Not a condemnation of city people but until you experience a really big place, with very few people, it will be hard to comprehend what the OP is going through.

To get some perspective, where I grew up land size was measured in 100's or 1000's of square miles not acres. My idea of fun was riding  motorbikes on a salt lake with friends The lake was 19 miles wide and 29 miles long. Not big by local standards. It was a tiny part of the bigger sheep station that encompassed the mining town I grew up in.

I saw a world record motorbike speed attempt on a salt lake just south of this one. Treble the size.

 

To be honest 90% of Australians wouldn't know about what the OP is talking about as most live in the 5 major cities.

2 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Don't get me wrong I enjoyed traveling around Pennsylvania, New Jersey , Delaware, Maryland etc. But it is just not the same as Australia or Canada, as I understand it, for wide open spaces which is what this thread is about.

As I said before city people just don't get it. Suburbia included.

Not a condemnation of city people but until you experience a really big place, with very few people, it will be hard to comprehend what the OP is going through.

To get some perspective, where I grew up land size was measured in 100's or 1000's of square miles not acres. My idea of fun was riding  motorbikes on a salt lake with friends The lake was 19 miles wide and 29 miles long. Not big by local standards. It was a tiny part of the bigger sheep station that encompassed the mining town I grew up in.

I saw a world record motorbike speed attempt on a salt lake just south of this one. Treble the size.

 

To be honest 90% of Australians wouldn't know about what the OP is talking about as most live in the 5 major cities.

We live rural now, as our closest neighbor is 100+m away.   East side of house is pineapple fields, South side is all coconuts.  Live on unpaved stone soi.  Last house at the deep end of the soi, and other house at beginning of soi & main rd is only neighbor.  We're slowly buying all the lots in between.  Don't won't neighbors.

 

Use to live in the mountains of W. Virginia, worked at the airport and we had 3 flights, nine or 12 psgr Beech 99s.  Loved it, but didn't pay any money. 

 

Lived fairly rural most of the time here in TH.