>>2785546So I went to the edge of my metro area (about 40 minutes from work) to buy my house. It's not "the wilderness," but there is undeveloped forest behind my subdivision and, aside from my neighborhood, which is about a hundred basic $200-250k-range houses on 1/3 acre lots, the majority of the housing nearby are on 6-60 acre lots. Some are high-end homes, while others are prefabs. There are pros and cons to this. Main con is I'm so far from my work, so my commute sucks.
>pro: very close to "nature"
>con:still need to go to state parks to go hiking, since all the nearby nature is private property
>pro: in my county, if you have enough land, you can shoot guns on your property
>con: the houses that have enough land to shoot on start at around $350k, which I couldn't afford, although there are good shooting clubs within 5 minutes
>pro: my back yard is undeveloped and backs to undeveloped forest
>con:trees do fall in the forest, all the time (I heard one fall earlier today), which can take out a section of your fence or hit your home
>pro:my neighbors generally aren't the kind of nosy, litigious assholes you find in the city, and there are no jews and almost no blacks in the area (so I never smell weed)
>con:low class whites absolutely love to smoke cigarettes--and if they learned in a trailer park, someone will be out on their back porch smoking 24/7
