rodeoveteran - 2015-10-18 11:57 AM
Politics is one of the biggest reasons I want to get out of here. It's a heavy Democratic, 'tho somehow we landed in a very Conservative county. Heavy on the welfare and the economy still sucks.
No buffalo here Komet
(cattle and sheep
) and his roping habits
(outdoor and small indoor arena, swamp and woods for cattle, 10 acre hayfield. He would have to fence in the area he wants to run cattle
(had earlier asked if we would lease it to him for this purpose0 and put up sheep type fence along the beautiful pipe fence that hubby has built, it is very private despite being on a fairly major US highway
) and it is still just close enough for him to keep his current sheep customers. No hidden gold here. In the future it would probably be easy to get a industrial/business zoning but like I said, the economy sucks here so that's a crap shoot. there was talk about running an interstate highway thru or close but in that case, we want to be gone anyways and I don't think that they would choose this route and wouldn't expect to get compensated well for it anyways.
Like I said, the biggest reason for us to sell would be to downsize and put any extra money away for retirement....that weighs heavier and heavier on hubby's mind as each year passes. Heck, everyone thinks that he should be retired now at 72 but I won't let him! LOL He gets VERY cranky if he is home for more than 2 weeks and mellows out as soon as his truck is loaded. If I won the lottery I think that I would still have to send him out on the road for the sake of out marriage!
The reasons not to move? Our place is paid for, I finally have a nice barn! I LOVE our neighbors. Lot's of rodeos to go to within 300 miles
(we went to 30 rodeos in 60 days this summer. And I seem to fair much better on the racetrack pens than big pens on about any horse I ride. The nice days are glorious if not frequent enough. Most of my sisters are within 100 miles. Most of the trees and stuff I planted here are from the house I grew up in, and we have too many dogs, cats and horses buried here
( I have told hubby that the hardest thing to leave would be all the things I planted, including graves even tho I know those critters are no longer here
).
One of the biggest reasons to sell? We can't sell ice to a rich man in the desert when we try, so am wondering if this is opportunity knocking and that we should open the door.
Now I'm gonna go look at that link to the Utah property someone posted.
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