which would you do... bush or city (both within 20 mins of work)

[boobaloo]

we're on 2.5acres, 30 minutes from bris city, and we absolutely love it. sure it's more maintenance on a bigger block, but the serenity is beautiful.

bush all the way...

pmsl - if any sicko googles 'bush', he'll be very disappointed with this forum... *sniggers*

[Visitor7]

BUSH! I hate the city, heck I even hate Cairns CBD

[Kazbah]

Depends what you want from the land really. To own the land is a lot of responsibility, but if you're able to have chooks, veggies etc and move more towards self-sustainability, that'd be great! but that's a huge committment (as Punks said).

If you're wanting to hang with friends and do the cafe scene, then city.

But remember, if you move to the bush, and there is bush, you need to consider contingency planning for bushfire, flood etc (not that you don't do that in the city, but there's more support in the city). Is mains power and mains water available, or would it be gensets & tank water with a septic? Personally I wouldn't mind the latter, but other people would.

Also is there telephone service, both mobile and landline? Is it an STD call to your families? Is broadband (or dialup!) available?

Just some stuff to consider

[HotI]

Living in the bush has been great for our relationship. We do stuff together in the yard. We actually know our neighbours. Too often in the city, you live really close but never get to know your neighbours. We take the dogs for beautiful walks and smell fresh air. We have met people in the community through CFA. (There are other opportunities if CFA is not what you want). Space for the kids to run around.

You realise that you can live without shops, and it sounds like they will only be 20 mins drive away anyway. I grew up a city chic but love it here and can't see me moving back for awhile.

[Nelle]

I'd be leaning towards bush, as your family grows, the space will be great.
- But as Punks says, you'd need to consider the upkeep of a place and how time consuming that will be.
- Also - what's your lifestyle like now? I know for us, we're usually homebodies, we go out fairly regularly so we'd try find similar venues to the ones we use now, somewhere to have a coffee, somewhere to shop, somewhere with a church and playgroup and school. So we could move pretty much anywhere, but you need to consider what you couldn't do without.
- And if you have friends/family/good babysitters now, can you find similar where you move to?
- Will you be able to make new friends? Make sure you really check out the local facilities.

[briggsy's girl]

living in the sticks, i thought would be horrible. i didn't live in a big town, but was a townie through and through. out here, we get no mail delivery, and only have a corner store and the pub. i figured i'd just go to town all the time (about 15mins away) - this past week, i haven't bothered. just didn't need to! you learn to not need to go out - you shop more efficiently and we've done what others have suggested and put in vegie patch etc. (we still have an ornamental rose garden though!)

i don't miss being in the town i used to live in - yes, i'm still in town out here, but town isn't big, and i can go all week without seeing anyone unless i go out of my way to meet up with them - works for me wonderfully!

[~clover~]

Bush! Its close enough to the city from the sounds of things to keep up with cafe lunches etc.
I think about the kids getting older...I personally would love the room for the kids to have a motorbike if they like. That sort of thing...

[Astrid]

We live 15 minutes from the city on a 1/2 acre block (about to get more). Yes it is a bit more work than a suburban block, but that is part of the appeal of being out here. Would much rather work on the veggie patch than an ornamental rose garden. It is fabulous walking out the back door and not seeing neighbours, other than cows. We were getting to the point in the suburbs that we hated going outside due to the neighbours. It is so peaceful, even with the frogs getting very noisy at night.

There are downsides, as already listed. I have to drive everywhere, there is not grabbing the kids and the pram to just go for a walk to the local park. We have an awful satellite net connection, which is expensive compared to ADSL. Having friends over seems to take more effort and forward planning. No drop ins as someone is just around the corner.

Do your own list of pro's and con's. See what side has the most on it, or the most significant factors listed. That may help you decide.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

We live 15 minutes from the city on a 1/2 acre block (about to get more). Yes it is a bit more work than a suburban block, but that is part of the appeal of being out here. Would much rather work on the veggie patch than an ornamental rose garden. It is fabulous walking out the back door and not seeing neighbours, other than cows. We were getting to the point in the suburbs that we hated going outside due to the neighbours. It is so peaceful, even with the frogs getting very noisy at night.

There are downsides, as already listed. I have to drive everywhere, there is not grabbing the kids and the pram to just go for a walk to the local park. We have an awful satellite net connection, which is expensive compared to ADSL. Having friends over seems to take more effort and forward planning. No drop ins as someone is just around the corner.

Do your own list of pro's and con's. See what side has the most on it, or the most significant factors listed. That may help you decide.

woooohooo to the cows.. its all i can see when i look out my back door.. oh and 2 bulls, they get a little noisy, but no frogs here.

We have a great internet connection through iprimus.