I live on about 80,000 acres of land.... the closest town has a population of around 50 (which includes people on surrounding farms etc LOL). The closest supermarket and next biggest town is 50kms away, it has an IGA and a Target Country and a few little boutique type shops. The little town has a school for K-7 which is one big classroom and has two teacher two days a week and one teacher on the 3rd day, the other two days per week the children (a whole 15?) are bussed in to the big school in the big town lol.

I LOVE it here, the kids love it, so much space and freedom and fresh air. I hate having to drive so far just to get groceries BUT we are so much better off for it, we used to live in a town with a population of around 9,000 and it had sooo many fast food options we were eating way too much take-out. Now we go out about once a month to a restaurant on the highway (about 25kms drive) and have a nice healthy meal out.

The good side is better eating, healthier diet and no excuses not to exercise! There is plenty of space for the kids, we aren't concerned bout security at all. It really is a stress free way of living. The down side is that the food shopping is more expensive here, but the IGA still do reasonably good specials.

I was nervous about the schooling situation especially given DS1 has ASD amongst a few other issues, but it really has been the best thing for him. None of us have been sick since moving here (with the exception of my own current issues which are not contagious anyway). The health things were a bit of a worry too, especially given DS1's history, but we've got in with a great doctor and the local therapists are not as busy as what the ones where we were living were.

All in all, we love it and the kids love it

*ETA* As a family we are far more involved in community projects too. I attended my first P&C meeting this year and in that meeting I managed to get the secretary job lol.