Griff ahead of the curve: Philly Inq. documents "new ruralism"

Undertoad · 08-28-2005, 02:52 PM

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...l/12493911.htm

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Pushing wheelbarrows full of home-equity or low-interest mortgages, more people all across America are heading for the countryside - to raise animals, to experience life in the rough, sometimes even to grow a crop or two.

This new move to the land is different from back-to-nature trends of the past, real estate and agriculture experts nationwide say. And the people driving it are not New Yorkers moving to now-barely-exurban retreats in Bucks County. They are baby boomers mostly, and many are willing to pay developers to build rural spreads for them.

Some want to live on the soil without actually having to till it - a bit like nongolfers who live on the fringe of a golf course. That's why one developer now building custom farms in Florida will be offering concierge services.

Trilby · 08-28-2005, 03:39 PM

Hell YA! If I'm gonna be on a farm, I'm gonna want a concierge!

Damn, it's good to get back to nature.

russotto · 08-28-2005, 09:42 PM

Methinks this trend might turn around once the boomers wake up and smell the manure.

Rode past the little farm across from the Montco Senior Center yesterday... quite foul. And it was definitely coming from the farm and not the seniors.

zippyt · 08-28-2005, 10:07 PM

I moved from the city to the country , BEST thing we EVER did !!!!!
Well exept for the meth labs blowing up

Griff · 08-29-2005, 06:10 AM

You'd be suprised, well maybe not, how many folks buy land out here because of the low taxes and rural atmospere and then commence agitating for gummint services and trying to get smelly farms shut down. I guess they don't get that when the farm goes they'll be next door to a subdivision.

btw Our next experiment in creatures will involve goats, construction is under way. Maybe my concierge will hand the barn boards up the ladder to me today.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-29-2005, 06:11 PM

A friend has a horse farm. The farm next door was sudivided into $400k McMansions that sold well because of the bucolic views of the pretty horsies.
When they discovered horses come with shit and flies, they tried to put him out of business.

08-28-2005, 03:39 PM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Hell YA! If I'm gonna be on a farm, I'm gonna want a concierge! Damn, it's good to get back to nature. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-28-2005, 10:07 PM	#4
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I moved from the city to the country , BEST thing we EVER did !!!!! Well exept for the meth labs blowing up __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

08-29-2005, 06:10 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You'd be suprised, well maybe not, how many folks buy land out here because of the low taxes and rural atmospere and then commence agitating for gummint services and trying to get smelly farms shut down. I guess they don't get that when the farm goes they'll be next door to a subdivision. btw Our next experiment in creatures will involve goats, construction is under way. Maybe my concierge will hand the barn boards up the ladder to me today. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-29-2005, 06:11 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A friend has a horse farm. The farm next door was sudivided into $400k McMansions that sold well because of the bucolic views of the pretty horsies. When they discovered horses come with shit and flies, they tried to put him out of business. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-28-2005, 09:42 PM	#3
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Methinks this trend might turn around once the boomers wake up and smell the manure. Rode past the little farm across from the Montco Senior Center yesterday... quite foul. And it was definitely coming from the farm and not the seniors.

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