This is exactly how I feel, and I’m not smack dab in the middle of all of the chaos in Chicago.
Ideally, I’d like a minimum of five acres (20+ if I’m truly being ideal), a house just big enough for me, my husband and my dog, and maybe a guest room, with a large garage for tinkering. Wooded would be great, but I’ll also take anything I can get. As far from the road and other people as possible.
Even the suburbs here are bonkers. There really are no words for how things are going.
That is exactly the move we made—twenty years ago—love it here....still as rural today as it was the day we moved in...
(thank you lefty environmentalists for stopping all growth... :-) )