11 August 2013, 21:32
I'm sure the basic sentiments are still relevant, but the article looks to be a few years old. It talks about the Prime Minister's home town of Kirkcaldy. That was Gordon Brown!
Leaving the city for the countryside as part of a prepping change of lifestyle is one thing, but doing so for some ill-defined, vague improvement in quality of life is something else again. For example, I wonder how many families with teenage kids have headed deep into the countryside, only to find they are a full-time taxi service for frustrated children who can't get to spend time with their schoolmates? I think folks really need to make this kind of move with their eyes fully open, and think through a "day/week/month in the life" to see if it's what they really want.
Leaving the city for the countryside as part of a prepping change of lifestyle is one thing, but doing so for some ill-defined, vague improvement in quality of life is something else again. For example, I wonder how many families with teenage kids have headed deep into the countryside, only to find they are a full-time taxi service for frustrated children who can't get to spend time with their schoolmates? I think folks really need to make this kind of move with their eyes fully open, and think through a "day/week/month in the life" to see if it's what they really want.
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