City folk who move to the country

Pardon me but I'm a little irked.

I live in a small quiet town, or what used to be a small and quiet town.  If you want to go to a big store, you better figure on driving for 20 minutes in one direction or 3 hours in any other direction. 

We like it quiet, we grew up here. It's home.  We know the community.  We know our surroundings, wildlife, weather, all of it.

Then come those from the city to make their homes here.  It's nice that they can afford to buy the property above us in our little canyon and build the big fancy houses but... remember, this is a county road, not well maintained, very narrow, and lots of animals (wild and domestic) cross the road at any given time, day or night.

My kids get on and off the bus at the bottom of our driveway.  Every day, like clockwork, a herd of deer cross the road just a few feet away from the bus stop at 3:00. 

One of our 4-5 new neighbors has a 17yo boy who drives up and down this road like a demon.  Actually, so do ALL of them.  They have absolutely no regard for others that have to share the road with them. 

I was standing out on my porch today watching the deer cross and waiting for the bus to drop my kids off when this boy comes barreling up the road like nobody's business (speed limit is 35 and he was going probably 60 with snow and ice on the road.)

An unlucky deer crossed in front of him, right at the bottom of my drive way.  He stopped, kinda had to since there was deer all over his pretty new truck, and cussed a blue streak so loud I think everyone down town could probably hear him.  I sure heard every word.  He gets back into his truck then and continues up the road, not much slower than before either. 

He left the dead deer carcass in my driveway.

Had it been anyone else, I would have called his parents and ask that he come clean up his mess from my driveway since my young kids will be getting off the bus any minute and I really don't want them having to see this gore but, last spring, this same kid intentially tried to run over one of my dogs.  I called his parents and asked them to please ask him to slow down going up and down the road since there are so many kids and animals.  They acted like I had accused them of killing someone. 

So... I called the game warden instead and he came right over to assess the carnage.  He then called the police and the police went up to the kid's house. 

Guess what... The city folk got a lesson in cleaning up guts and gore.  Police made boy and dad come clean up the mess and gave the boy a ticket but I don't know what the ticket was for. 

So....

If any city dwellers decide to move to the country, it should be known that we mostly live on primitive roads.  They get plowed last, if at all, in the winter.  We have lots of animals roaming around to and fro across the roads, if we have more than a foot of snow overnight, the garbage men will still likely come on the right day so don't scream and yell because you thought it would be a day late because of the snow.  We do NOT have snow days for less than a foot of snow.  My yard is not your drive by garbage can and.....

We country folk know how to read and write too so we CAN and will take a plate number and turn it in to the police when we see you driving through private property, destroying said property, or speeding and you do NOT own the road.

As a matter of fact, that property up the road from us.... WE OWN the road and were nice enough to allow access to those property owners.  We also own the property on both sides of the road here too and the county has an easement through our property. 

If we wanted to be really nasty we could fence our property up there where those new houses are and they wouldn't have a way in or out.  We wouldn't do that but we sure could.

I'm just really steamed right now.

• City folk who move to the country - thankful for the anonymity
  • It doesn't matter where you live (sm) - Studying MT
  • I hear ya. Who's to blame? Real Estate Developers - anonymous for now.
  • city folk - J.R.
    • Maybe they aren't all like that but the ones who move here ARE sm - Original poster
  • Those City folks - MT at the River
    • rude city people - Mary
  • If homeboy doesn't (sm) - I agree
    • You got that right - sm - original poster
  • I'm in TOTAL agreement with you, I just hope they don't retaliate. - Loose cannons, for sure. NM
  • At least they got a little of what they had coming to them. - gmg
  • I'm so glad you were able to report them! - Sara

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I can really relate to your situation and wanted to tell you this story. 

I live at the base of a mountain.  There is an RV place out here and every winter the hunters camp and .....leave aggrevation everywhere (garbage).

Yesterday i drove the 15 miles to town to the post office where they know everyone by name.  I was packaging my book to mail and was listening to this conversation:  A gentleman handed a change of address form to the Postmaster. He says," You just moved in that new house on the hill last fall.  Is everything okay"? 

Naturally everyone looks that direction.  The gentleman says " We don't like that housing developement on the hill.  There is way too much snow".

Continuing with his story:  My wife had the kids were in the SUV and the road was covered with snow and ice. (duh, it is all winter long).  She had to stop because of the herd of Elk standing on the hill in the middle of the road.  She slid back down the hill and wouldn't drive up again until I came home from work".

So i have asked my husband for a snow maker!!!!!! Maybe they will all move back to the city.  At the base of this hill, a herd of Elk always graze in the field.  There have been many occassions i drive the grandkids that direction to watch.  The 3-year-old asks to me take him to see the funny cows.

So if anyone has a spare Snowmaker please send it to me.....I would love to drive the rest of the city folk out of there!!  

you are working in?  I live in TN and all of the jobs I have seen advertised pay under $13 per hour.  I had no idea the hospitals here pay that much.

I was first told no and now have been told that yes I do.  So check with your city and they will let you know.  You are running a business just as any building contractor, consultant, painter, plumber, etc. and so they are making us do this more and more.  You usually pay a percentage of your earnings.  But since we have no foot traffic I did not have to get the approval of my neigbors for the business.    This is in Portland, OR.

Portland has just decided to require all all I/C's have a business license.  Also check with your state to register your business name so you can put it on your checking account, etc.  It does cost but if you are a business and run it as a business you pay the the business costs as well as reaping the awards of the tax write off's.  But you need to check with your state and city for requirements.

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