This is off topic for r/simpleliving, but I consider this community to be full of introspective people that have a high level of awareness. I do realize that only I can make this final decision, but I need to discuss this with wise people.
I have the opportunity to buy a small acreage property in a small town that is within 30 miles of each sibling and parent. I currently live 300 miles away (6 hour drive, typically) on the rural edge of a fast growing city that is expensive for this region.
My main delima is that I have friends and co-workers here that share my world view, or are similar. In the town near my family I will be able to find a few like-minded people over time, I'm sure, but I'm afraid I'll feel isolated.
My parents are nearing their mid 60's. My mother is in great health, my dad moderate, but his family has a history of Alzheimers and his short term memory already is faltering a little tiny bit.
I don't think I want to look back when I'm at the end of their life, or when I'm elderly, and not have lived near them for 10 to 20 more years. The same for my brothers. I'm the oldest of 3 boys. I'm the only one not married, which brings up my 2nd concern. I'm having trouble dating around this city amongst like-minded people. I fear that I'd be single for a very long time in small town Texas, and have to compromise more than I want to.
As for land, I'm a homesteader and own horses. The lower land cost, higher rain fall, and slightly lower temperatures would be a boon, but I don't know that those things outweigh the fun that I can have around Austin.
So, I'm really struggling to make this decision and I have just a few days left on the option period to buy that land.
Submitted July 19, 2017 at 07:26PM by RusticSet http://ift.tt/2u9J9zD
