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Expectations vs reality for those who moved from a city to a small town? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 days ago by DioDurant@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm in the process of doing the above and would like to hear about your experience. Were there any surprises? What was as you expected?

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[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 15 points 2 days ago

Here’s the thing about “groceries in town”. You will find deals at the deli/bakery and possibly the butcher areas of the store. Sometimes. That said, 80% of it is ridiculously priced.

What often happens is people store more food and bundle their drive into town for stuff.

I will, for example, do most of my grocery shopping after my last shift in a run. Less gas and bother and it’s on the way.

We have a large garden. Two freezers. Cold storage. Two fridges. Fruit trees. If a snow storm dropped and we were stuck for a month we’d be fine. The food would get boring, but we’d be fine.

The one danger to this move you’re making will be the sounds or lack thereof. Once you go rural you may have a very hard time going back to hearing people and their vehicles all the time. As in they become a point of grating stress until they stop.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I don't even live in a rural area and am thinking of more ways to store/preserve food. Want to get a bunch of jars to preserve things in. Along with getting an allotment so that I can grow more although currently most fruits I forage from publicly accessible trees/bushes. Recently came back with a sack full of apples and cooked that down to about 5L of unsweetened apple sauce.

I was going to try dehydrating it but the first 2L batch has got me deciding fuck that, it will take so much time/energy to dehydrate it all. Storing it in jars should be much easier in comparison.

[-] DioDurant@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

That's something I've thought about. I already cook most of my food from scratch and expect I should stock up from the bigger town out of the way on occasion. My town does get a lot of snow.

As for the sounds, I'm so looking forward to peace and quiet. There's always someone's car alarm going off in the middle of the night, or the dogs getting into barking and howling matches. Hell is other people.

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