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Charlie and I are back home. We had a lovely long weekend up at The Last Resort. The cabin had its own hot tub, which we stayed in most of the time, and the trees seclude each cabin from its neighbors. Privacy is a wonderful thing, plus no traffic, plus no noise, no phones. Skylights and big windows -- sunshine everywhere -- made me wish I had one full time. Charlie and I spent a good bit of time daydreaming about where we might want to move. We do want to get out of the city. It has less and less to offer.
We did go into town one day, to look and see if there was anything we wanted for a souvenir. However, no luck. Blue Ridge is turning into a very strange place. There seems to be a lot of kitsch and salvaging of "antiques." I feel like I've shown up at a yard sale a little late. I usually love looking through second-hand things in consignment stores, but absolutely nothing struck my fancy. The new stuff was worse. The little town is trying to capitalize on its whole mountain-getaway atmosphere, but something seems missing. We did manage to get some really good frozen coffees. There's nothing wrong with the food offered in the area, and the Serenity Garden Cafe offered a great BLT with side salad as well.
Blue Ridge does not seem like a place to move, for other reasons. There seem to be more real estate agents than anything else. We talked to a guy about one development: They're selling the lots (1-4 acres) for about a quarter of a million dollars, before they put the house on it. So we'll be looking for someplace where people aren't quite so eager to be or promote.
It's good to be home. There's a lot of work to do, cleaning up the house, moving my things, and getting back into regular work, in this case, my transcription class.
We did go into town one day, to look and see if there was anything we wanted for a souvenir. However, no luck. Blue Ridge is turning into a very strange place. There seems to be a lot of kitsch and salvaging of "antiques." I feel like I've shown up at a yard sale a little late. I usually love looking through second-hand things in consignment stores, but absolutely nothing struck my fancy. The new stuff was worse. The little town is trying to capitalize on its whole mountain-getaway atmosphere, but something seems missing. We did manage to get some really good frozen coffees. There's nothing wrong with the food offered in the area, and the Serenity Garden Cafe offered a great BLT with side salad as well.
Blue Ridge does not seem like a place to move, for other reasons. There seem to be more real estate agents than anything else. We talked to a guy about one development: They're selling the lots (1-4 acres) for about a quarter of a million dollars, before they put the house on it. So we'll be looking for someplace where people aren't quite so eager to be or promote.
It's good to be home. There's a lot of work to do, cleaning up the house, moving my things, and getting back into regular work, in this case, my transcription class.
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Date: 2006-07-20 03:32 pm (UTC)Finding and Buying Your Place In The Country (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0793141095/sr=8-1/qid=1153409446/ref=sr_1_1/104-0800642-0049560?ie=UTF8)
Emily and I are looking into land as well. What sort of things are you looking for?
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Date: 2006-07-20 04:24 pm (UTC)neighbors capable of - and willing to - mind their own business
seclusion from the eyes of those we don't include in our affairs
our own source of water
QUIET
minimal expense up front *and* going forward
a defensible perimeter
room to grow
zoning that serves us
...and (of course) high-speed internet....
(my list, but I think we agree on these)
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Date: 2006-07-20 04:39 pm (UTC)Trees
Creek
Sunshine
Having just been up out in the wilderness, I can modify this to something more specific:
1. Wild-ness and food. I remember a world where fig trees, pecan trees, honeysuckle, scuppernongs, blackberries and wild strawberries grew about. I remember the deep greenery that I saw in the N. Ga. hills these past few days. I want to feel like I can live off my land, because it is rich and full of resources. I love watching wild animals, and would gladly see squirrels, rabbits, skunks, possums, deer, bears, various birds, etc.
2. Water. I can't think of a single place in my life that I loved that didn't have water. Places had creeks or ponds or wells. Even my grandparents' house that only had a low wetland area at the bottom of the lot -- well, it was obviously nourishing a whole different environmental niche. I love water. I can live in water if I'm let to.
3. Low pollution and development. I'm accustomed to industrial zones and building and development, but I want to not smell anything more than occasional wind drifts; I want never to feel intruded on by neighbors with a mere single-tree line between my property and theirs. I'm willing to pay more up front to have undeveloped or large-lot properties around mine.
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Date: 2006-07-20 05:00 pm (UTC)We need to get together and talk about this stuff more.
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Date: 2006-07-20 05:03 pm (UTC)http://www.unitedcountry.com/ucforms/uconline/uconline/SearchNS/Search_Found_Properties.Asp?SID=30768325&Lcnt=
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Date: 2006-07-20 07:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-21 12:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-21 04:21 pm (UTC)On the other hand, the idea of having to spend a lot of time poring over maps and driving all over the North Georgia foothills does not pain me.
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Date: 2006-07-21 05:03 pm (UTC)Generalize it to just "west side of the Chattahoochee National Forest" and that would be more what I meant.
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Date: 2006-07-21 07:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-22 04:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-23 12:30 am (UTC)