Yes, but do not go too rural.
Good advice. Not more rural than you can handle, anyway. Otherwise the ideal alternative is being a Mountain Man with no neighbors, no services, and no hope. (And there will be, and have been, times when that didn't sound so bad...)
DEFINE “”TOO RURAL”.
There are ranches in N Nevada where the ranch owners leave the paved State Highway to drive to their house-—18 miles of DIRT ROAD-—and it is ALL ON THEIR PROPERTY.
DEFINE “”TOO RURAL”.
There are ranches in N Nevada where the ranch owners leave the paved State Highway to drive to their house-—18 miles of DIRT ROAD-—and it is ALL ON THEIR PROPERTY.
Another guy used to saddle his horse every day to go to the mailbox at the edge of his property & the State Road.
HE was getting old enough that riding was getting harder. HE had a friend of mine find him a RETIRED Harness racing mare-——he bought her at a rescue price, bought a buggy, and now drives the mare every mail day to the road & back. Problem solved. I think it is about a mile or so.