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Rural areas have drawbacks and many of these are very expensive depending on where you live. Things one takes for granted in a city or town are quite oftewn things that are available only if you provide them yourself. I don't know what you consider as being rural but, in our part of the country when you leave the city limits you leave water, sewer, gas, electricity, tv, etc. When you leave the city limits these are things that you provide for yourself. Rural electricity is available everywhere but quite often the cost of hooking up to it are yours to pay. Water wells must be drilled - sewer systems (usually a spetic tank system) are very expensive to install and have recurring maintainace costs. We have no local TV so if you leave town you must purchase a satellite system (great TV but expensive). Fire protection, ambulance service, law enforcement - the people who are only minutes away in the city, are often many minutes, sometimes too many minutes away. Consider these things when you look at country vs city. Country living is great - but there are definite trade-offs.
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