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Rural/Farm Life

PoindexterOglethorpe

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11. My suggestion is that you do a lot of serious

Reply to OnionPatch (Original post)

Thu May 6, 2021, 11:34 AM

May 2021

visiting to any area you are thinking of moving to. Rent for six months or a year, not just a month. It can take a longer time than you might think to figure out what a place is really like.

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Back to rural life....advice anyone? [View all] OnionPatch May 2021 OP

No advice, but here's a link to a tool to assess the political leanings of a neighborhood intrepidity May 2021 #1

Oh wow, that's fantastic!! OnionPatch May 2021 #8

I finally saw this thread and was about to reply... Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #13

Good luck in your search Sherman A1 May 2021 #2

Thanks. I have no problem keeping the stickers off. OnionPatch May 2021 #4

I agree with you about the joys of the Shenandoah valley but I don't know much about it... TreasonousBastard May 2021 #3

I've had thoughts about New York but never thought there was anything rural in Long Island. OnionPatch May 2021 #6

visit the areas you may be interested in... markie May 2021 #5

Great ideas. OnionPatch May 2021 #7

I put out democratic yard signs and bumper stickers... jcgoldie May 2021 #9

I have found my conservative neighbors to be some of the best people I have ever met Kali May 2021 #10

My suggestion is that you do a lot of serious PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #11

Hear hear! cilla4progress May 2021 #12

We're kind of loners anyway Bayard May 2021 #14

I'm kind of a loner too. OnionPatch May 2021 #15

Yikes! Bayard May 2021 #16