GOOD ADVICE was: Oregon

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On Jun 8, 2004, at 7:11 PM, hahagranny wrote:

 

> Hi Akiko,

>     We live in Tx now but will be retiring in Florence, God Willing in

> 4 1/2

> years.  It is mid state on the coast.  We love it there & love the

> parts of

> Or. that we have traveled in.

>     We rented a car & drove the coast looking for a place - when we

> drove

> into Florence " the feeling " hit us.  We go alot be our inner feelings,

> sometimes

> we're wrong *S*.  I suggest you do the same.  My only advice is:  when

> you

> find the place that you love, don't bring the big city with you.  This

> is the

> only thing that bugs me about people leaving the big city & moving to

> the small -

> love it until they move there then they want to bring the big city

> conveniences to the small town.

>

> God Bless You & Yours,

> Georgia (hahagranny)

>

 

Hi Georgia

I want to compliment you on your good advice about moving from a big

city to a small town. I'm one of the folks that responded from Oregon

and in my experience it is hard for people to go from an impersonal

situation to a village mentality. Which is another way of saying they

want to bring big city conveniences to a small town.

 

What I mean by that is when you move to a small town, everybody knows

someone that knows someone else. In other words, you have to behave.

LOL!!!

 

I have people come to the wellness center where I work and want to put

on workshops. Maybe they were big successes in the cities they moved

from, like Boston or NYC. They are always astounded that people want to

meet them face to face or talk with them on the phone before attending

one of their workshops. Email just doesn't enter into the equation as a

way of connecting.

 

Big city transplants LOVE to use email, or so they tell me because it

saves time. I guess we're just not that busy here yet where we can't

take the time to meet someone who might land up teaching us something.

 

Also, big cities have more money, usually, than small towns. That means

that high speed internet may or may not be available in some areas of

that small town. Or the nearest Costco might be 60 miles away. Or

liquor isn't sold at the grocery store. There are all kinds of things

that we take for granted living in a city that just aren't available in

small towns.

 

Some of us relish that. It means a trip to the big city is still an

adventure. How we swoon over the gourmet shops, the restaurants, or the

fancy stores, or the urban rhythms. But then we come back to our

little, provincial towns and breath a sigh of relief that we don't have

to deal with it everyday.

 

Sandi Thompson, R.A. Certified Integrative Aromatherapist

Force of Nature Aromatherapy

Custom Blends for Your Well Being

www.forceofnaturearomatherapy.com