We’ve heard all the stats on how people around the world are moving from the countryside to cities. But is city-life all it’s cut out to be?
A competitive, individualistic rat race, filled with a wonderful smattering of business, personality and culture is what the modern city offers – but beneath the glitz is a loss of personal time and expensive living costs which can hamper a lot of the fun.
Even when you secure a decent pay packet cities find a way to diminish your income at every passing moment: be it extortionate rent, travel costs, $7 coffee’s or just the temptation to paint the town on a Saturday night or go on a whimsical shopping spree. Often there is more to do, but you simply can’t afford to participate.
On the other hand, country towns make it actively difficult to spend money – a night out can involve a restaurant quality meal for $15, a free star gaze on a balmy summer’s night and a nightcap at your place (which includes multiple bedrooms, bathrooms, a garage and perhaps a pool).
If you’re a dog lover, driving enthusiast or nature addict you can thoroughly enjoy these things without the city cutting your lunch. And best of all no one cares what brand of clothes or shoes you strut around with or in fact if you wear shoes at all. Ultimately, the countryside offers a more authentic definition of freedom than the city.
Perhaps the best social good of smaller rural towns is how people are inclined to talk to each other unlike the smart-phone socially challenged zombies of larger towns. A simple ‘g’day mate’ can go a long way.
And volunteer work isn’t something you do just for your resume – you feel a part of the community and want to build on genuine human relationships for the better. You’re not concerned about saving the world from ‘climate change’ you’re more dedicated to putting time in to the local school board.
Of course you won’t be able to Uber around town in your Hugo Boss suit whilst drinking your soy latte on your way to an unnecessary business meeting charged out at $300 an hour in 6 minute intervals but hey, I’m sure you’ll be thinking of that when you finish work early in the arvo, go for a run through the free and leafy streets with your Lab and then meet your new friends for a beer in the sun at the local micro-brewery!
The real challenge for people who want to move to the country is finding a sustainable, decent paying job that can meet all the needs of your new lifestyle. In today’s digital world there’s no reason why you would be restricted from moving to the country and working from home or even starting a small business with its headquarters on a nice 1-acre plot of land.
If that sounds like you then we can help you move to the natural freedom and beauty of the country.