Got sick of the city. Moved to Georgia and got a spot in the sticks. Other family moved there as well. Now it's "when in Rome..."
Locals don't necessarily accept us. Maybe in 4 or 5 generations should we last that long. But getting to know the outdoors and the world around you is a wonderful thing. I wish I had grown up this way.
I can fell trees now, have a small orchard, relationships with local small farms for meat. Still working on the garden. I had big ideas but only some of them have come true. If you like working you would love this.
I don't want to ask you any doxxing questions, but can I ask what general metropolitan area you moved from, and what sort of hickish area you moved to?
I lived in multiple metro's growing up. DC, and smaller places. Ultimately a very large metro in California. Once I was out I moved to North Georgia. Georgia gets a bad rep... It seems Tennessee is the fastest growing part of the country. West side of the Appalachians. Just north, about a couple hours.