Concrete and constant grey, cars, crowds, parking signs, traffic lights, and exhausts ... the idea of escaping from the ratrace, of leaving the hustle and bustle of the urban jungle behind for the 'quiet life', is very attractive to many people.
Before you say, Paradise, here I come!", keep in mind the two important reasons why you want to leave your suburban block - space and privacy. You need the former to have the latter because, like in any group of individuals unlucky enough to be joined together by circumstance, getting too familiar with your neighbours is the last thing you want.
Remember Kevin and Trevor sitting on the beach and having a 'father-and-son' conversation at the end of Episode 2 in "Seachange"? Kevin says to Trevor, "... that's the wonderful thing about living in the country. We keep no secrets." But that's good-natured Kevin: naïve and innocent.
Here's my secret of how to keep a secret in the country: acreage-living! Five acres are okay, seven acres are better, "Riverbend" is best because it's seven acres on the edge of, but not part of, suburbia. Click here.
