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Leave the city for the weekend sometime, experience the difference. It will blow your mind how many stars are visible beyond the city lights. The water is cleaner here-Well water is especially delicious when it's over a freshwater spring. I lived in a house like that when I was young. Really made the difference noticeable when going to cities to visit. You even feel cleaner when showering, the water doesn't smell or leave a weird filmy feeling as opposed to the city water I'm familiar with of downstate Michigan. I'm in the upper half of the mitten, I've spent more than half my life hanging out in the woods- the other bit was downstate. I have land I spend a great deal of time on- gardening, sculpting, building, repairing. I spend time foraging, we have a ton of edibles and medicinals here to gather and utilize. I tend to spend 1-5 hrs in the woods, more during mushroom season, weather and health permitting I like to be out first thing in the morning. It's usually mosquitos that chase me in at dusk, but a good fire helps back them off. I know where the animals move, I see their trails and signs. Good fun tracking and finding wildlife. I do love to fish, but rarely seem to take the time anymore. The fight for the fish is rewarding- great to keep a skill like that tuned- swimming in the river- you shouldn't miss out on something like that. We do canoe/kayak/tubing down the river in the summer, that's great fun, too. Camping, of course, I love rustic camping- when I cant do that I have fire pits on my land- for cooking or gatherings. The guys are working on a shooting range in the yard and through the woods. The place is really shaping up. I can't imagine never leaving the city. I resisted at first, but now can't imagine being stuck in a city. I'm way to socially awkward to be so close to soooo many people. Oh, also fun to build structures from limbs and branches, I've made a ton of fences, shelters/forts, trellaces..Fairy houses.
