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How much $$$ would it take to get you to move off of your homestead?
I'd like to turn the question around that Deb862 poised when she asked how many would be willing to take a huge cut in pay to move to a homestead. My question is for you who already live in the country on a homestead. How much more pay would it take to get you to move off the land and back into a metropolis? For us, I'm thinking an employer would have to quadruple our pay. We'd work for a few years at this payscale, save as much as we could and then retire to live in the north country again. On second thought, forget it. I'm not sure if I could ever move to the Big City no matter how much $$$ an employer could entice me with. Money and quality of life are not necessarily related....at least they aren't for us.
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10/15/06, 05:36 PM
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At least 6 figures. I would keep my land, pay it off, build everything like I wanted it and more back full time as soon as possible.
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I agree with Donsgal. Actually it has gotten to where I don't like the traffic in Waverly and it is a small town.
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10/15/06, 06:05 PM
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No amount of money would get me to move to a city. Well, maybe a million dollars, if I only had to stay a VERY short time and then could run back home to the homestead. LOL
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10/15/06, 06:07 PM
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10/15/06, 06:11 PM
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We JUST finished our retirement home in the woods, passive solar, earth sheltered. If someone knocked on our door and offered us $500,000 (after taxes), I would sell.BUT....NEVER move to a city or town. We would build or buy in the country again...Joan
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10/15/06, 06:16 PM
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My place is for sale got a spare $420,000 ?
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10/15/06, 06:26 PM
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At least 6 figures. I would keep my land, pay it off, build everything like I wanted it and more back full time as soon as possible.
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OK, we are working toward it, but do not currently homestead. But I do have something for those of you who currently do to think about with regard to this thread's question.
My husband and I EACH currently make a 6 figure income. Granted, we work in a very metropolitan area (Washington, DC) and commute 75 miles ONE way EACH day in extreme traffic congestion (1 and 1/2 hours one way at the minimum). The area we live in is very expensive, so we are not rich by any stretch of the imagination. But the commute alone takes it's toll (I could not, and doubt many of you could, tolerate living in the city), and I assure you a 6 figure income comes with it's own demands and stresses. Trust me when I tell you, it is NOT worth it! Basically, I feel we have sold our souls. We struggled for years to get to where we are today, only to learn it ain't all it's cracked up to be.
Keep your soul. Keep your happiness. You may struggle with a low income to make a living, but you will struggle to live life if you sell your soul for pieces of silver.
It may sound easy for me to say, but I started with less than nothing. Very low income family in the very deep south. At 40 years old I put myself through college at night (first in my rather large family to earn a degree) and traveled to Kansas from Virginia every single week (Sunday - Thursday) for over 3 years to gain experience and build a reputation. I achieved what I was after, and now I find that I was happier when I paid bills and celebrated for having enough left over for a 6 pack of beer and a pack of cigerettes.
My perspective may be different because we are not there yet and are working to get there without a mortgage, or any other borrowed money. But knowing what I know about making decent money, it is hard for me to imagine having the place of my dreams and giving it up, even temporarily, to make "a lot" of money. The more money you make, the more that is expected of you, and the less quality time you have to live life.
I envy those of you that homestead and live life as you define. I just can't imagine having that and giving it up for any reason or any price. You have in your hands what most of us struggle for.
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10/15/06, 06:30 PM
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House and 10 acres here, $295k.
10.5 acres 30 miles up in the hills, $195k.
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10/15/06, 06:41 PM
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how, much is the going rate for a toe tag? no sir not moving into no big city. 
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10/15/06, 06:47 PM
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I don't think any amount of money would move me to the city.
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10/15/06, 07:18 PM
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What price could I put on the joy I see in my dh eyes as he looks over our little piece of heaven .... or that satisified sigh as we walk our land?
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10/15/06, 07:20 PM
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No amount of money could make me move to a metropolis. Last I knew goats, sheep and turkeys weren't allowed anyway.
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We do plan to sell in a few years! (Anyone who wants to live close (but quiet) to Augusta or WTVL or Belfast Maine keep our place in mind) A farmette really. 6 acres and out buildings....wood/oil heat 1750 sq.ft no road frontage but access.
Buying another place soon....more North of course  not in the city. Grow it or kill it wild....  :baby04:
Never lived in the city....would rather be compost 
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if I take fair marker value can i go buy a better place in the country somewhere else?
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10/15/06, 07:56 PM
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Nope.. not gonna do it...
I've had the opportunity to do the big city and big pay and just didn't like it at all. I've worked in Washington D.C. Minneapolis,MN thinking it might be a little better.. WRONG! Lots of Maalox and other things to just 'live' there, traffic drove me nuts, and city driving in the winter... YIPPEEE. Glad I had a big old pickup truck that everyone had a tendency to stay away from. My brother-in-law hasn't been so lucky. I think he is on his 3rd car now in the last 10 years since people keep hitting him.
I now have a nice 10 acre area, and another 160 acres about 70 miles away now. We'll be moving there for retirement. This place is starting to feel like its going to be over run in a few years, with they way growth is here. I've gone from seeing no cars on my commute to 4 cars on my 20 minute drive and neighbors keep getting closer - 1/4 mile away now to the south and 1/2 mile to the west, north is a mile, and east is a mile.
Anyhow.. the subject line pretty well covers it all. A few decades ago when I was much younger and hadn't experienced the quiet and quality of life out here- I would have traded it all. Now- I realize that I am one of those people that people envy for having a nice place.
If you check out what the 'stars' are doing - Hollywood home, yep, but as soon as they get some cash they head for the country like the rest of us.
I thank my dad for showing me what I was missing, he had to move to the city and left the farm, I think a little bit of him was always broken hearted after that. I still take time on weekends to enjoy what we have, and thank him for showing me what I had been missing during city life.
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10/15/06, 08:29 PM
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There isn't enough money to pay for the therapy I'd need if I lived in a metropolis.
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10/15/06, 08:39 PM
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enough to buy more acres( and pay the taxes)
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