I noticed another defining moment this month, vacation in reverse. Most people live in densely populated areas and vacation to sparsely populated areas. We do the opposite. We live in a year round rural life, relaxing, full of leisure and play and then go to cities to "get our fill," which also translates into "get fed up" and "get good and tired." Don't get me wrong, I love cities! But I leave them reminded that I like the way of life we created.
If you think about it, a low year round cost of living enables good vacationing, expensive culinary experiences (if your so inclined) shows, whatever you fancy. Free of the burden of the expenses of a 2nd home (in your fav city) one can use the money that rural life saves to city hop and explore the world one city a time on vacation.
Now that our gardens water themselves, thank you DIY irrigation system and timers, we are free to roam. I find that after about a week in a city I'm pooped from the speed, weakened by pollution (your constitution does change from clean living), and have been revivified by the culture and the creative expression cities tend to encourage. Now if I could just move all the cities I'd like to visit so that I could get to them in my bio burning Beetle!
IMAGE: Graffiti in Boulder, CO
5 comments:
Boulder isnt really a city.. It is more like a suburb. We live about 30 minutes east of BOUlder. On the other hand i remember vacationing and livin in TorC . It has fond mems for me
I live in a small town adjacent to a city in a megalopolis and I can relate to your observations. It is nice to live a slow daily life with excursions into more urban areas.
You and I are neighbors -- sort of. We are in Mesilla Park, NM, and are doing somewhat the same that you are. We raise sheep, horses, have a huge garden which provides much of our juicing supplies. The way you express the quality of your life is very much in line with my thoughts and lifestyle as well. You are an interesting read. Maybe we will meet one day.
hi deborah neighbor. . . nice to hear from you. did you also relocate to NM or are you from here? i will join you in hoping that we bump. : )
population of cities is relative within our psyches and to what we become acclimated. i find myself getting VERY stressed out, polluted, and toxified, when I travel from a valley of 500 people, to a city of 8,000. most locals feel the same way, they dont want to go to a city where there are any traffic lights or where people use machines for transportation, instead of horses.
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