Re: Looking for Ways to Annoy the Neighbors

A. Smith wrote:

I don't think it is right for city folk to come out to what used to be
the country, buy up two acres of a former farmer who couldn't
pay the taxes or got too old, or whatever and quit. I don't much
blame the farmers. This area is now much more residential
than farm. If my brother doesn't want our place, I'll chop it up,
sell the pieces, and try to find something more rural around here.

In a way, you are very fortunate. Many rural areas have lost almost
all of their population, and are reverting to wilderness and ghost
towns. Much of the Midwest now meets the population requirements for
wilderness. All of the old 100 acre farms are gone, and the 1000 acre
farms are going.

You must live within commuting distance of a city.

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