Stuck in a City all year except for hunts..........

[Jaker_cc]

You obviously havent tried living in Memphis.

Hmmmm.... nope I haven’t. But if it gets worse than road construction on every major highway, traffic from daylight till dark, 1.7mil people living in an area designed for 500,000 people, people that drive like they are the only ones on earth, have zero give a damn about their quality of life so they trash their own property driving property value down, and a horrendous crime and theft rate..... I want no part of it

 

[Btaylor]

Hmmmm.... nope I haven’t. But if it gets worse than road construction on every major highway, traffic from daylight till dark, 1.7mil people living in an area designed for 500,000 people, people that drive like they are the only ones on earth, have zero give a damn about their quality of life so they trash their own property driving property value down, and a horrendous crime and theft rate..... I want no part of it

Sounds remarkably close to Memphis

 

[boom]

i live outside San Francisco.

i love it. good food, diversity, good entertainment, etc. it would bum me out to live somewhere i couldn't get fantastic fruits and vegetables. or a awesome bowl of Korean SoonDUbu Jigea.

i also enjoy a pretty good salary and a house that is expanding in value better than my wildest dreams.

i can hunt very nearby, or get in my truck and get out of town.

my dad once told me: " i can live anywhere as long as i have three things, a good job, good friends and the love of a good woman"

sure some stuff sucks, (like traffic) but i prefer to stand back and look at the big picture. life is good.

 

[Poser]

Sounds remarkably close to Memphis

I lived in Midtown Memphis for 10 years and had pretty great access to hunting for living in a city, particularly the years I bought a MS non resident license. I duck hunted on the MS river using a access dock from downtown, had public land and private options in 3 directions, som as close as 20 minutes as well as took advantage of the management hunts on Presidents Island just minutes from the house. I also squirrel hunted with a pellet gun in multiple Midtown backyards. That being said, the Memphis suburbs would make for pretty awful living: Few of the advantages of living in the city with most of the disadvantages being intensified. The hunting lease prices close to or in the city are insanely priced.

Nashville had more public hunting land in and close the city, but it was much more of a headache to access with significantly more pressure compared to Memphis.

 

[Akwoodchuck]

Condolences...I went from living off grid near a small remote village of 200 (black bears in the driveway everyday, all you can eat mussels and clams on the beach)....it was paradise, but not enough employment, and hauling in babies, food, gas, water, wood in on a sled everyday is brutal. Moved to a little larger town on the road system...don't like civilization much, but at least there's a world-class salmon stream two blocks from my house, hunting trails out the back door...choices choices choices....

 

[Btaylor]

I lived in Midtown Memphis for 10 years and had pretty great access to hunting for living in a city, particularly the years I bought a MS non resident license. I duck hunted on the MS river using a access dock from downtown, had public land and private options in 3 directions, som as close as 20 minutes as well as took advantage of the management hunts on Presidents Island just minutes from the house. I also squirrel hunted with a pellet gun in multiple Midtown backyards. That being said, the Memphis suburbs would make for pretty awful living: Few of the advantages of living in the city with most of the disadvantages being intensified. The hunting lease prices close to or in the city are insanely priced.

Nashville had more public hunting land in and close the city, but it was much more of a headache to access with significantly more pressure compared to Memphis.

Grew up in West Memphis. Imagine we have stomped some of the same ground or dang close to it.

 

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[Poser]

Grew up in West Memphis. Imagine we have stomped some of the same ground or dang close to it.

I sure miss hunting and eating swamp rabbits.

 

[Pghhunter]

Currently live around downtown pittsburgh in an apartment building . I do love the looks I get when walking to my truck carrying a bow case and dressed in camo.

Have a white collar job that requires (currently) a commute to the city. However I will most likely be the pilot employee for a new “work from home” option next year.

This will allow for flexibility on my location. my girlfriend and I do love the convenience of a city but love exploring the mountains.
We are thinking of a city like Fort Collins, Boise or SLC. This will allow for city convenience and still be within an hour or two of playing in the mountains.

 

[MallardSX2]

I get it, I was stuck in Charleston West Virginia for 2 years of my life.

Its not a big city but when I left that city I never returned or even drove back by it.

Bunch of ugly mouth breathers there....

I will never live in a city again. EVER.

 

[Btaylor]

I sure miss hunting and eating swamp rabbits.

For sure, makes fine bbq if'n you aint gonna fry 'em. Most folks dont understand the need for high brass shells and full chokes for skwerls and long wheel base rabbits but our river bottoms are just a little different than most places.

 

[Johnny_Outdoors]

No but live not to far out of town on like 10 acres and feels about the same. Wife has a great job but rural living would be nice. Only upside is convenience of stuff.

 

[Rifleman86]

I work in a major city, and am 10 years toward 25 year retirement. I make really good money for what I do, can easily take vacation for 1-2 western hunts a year, and own a house on 20 wooded acres about 45 minutes out of town. I can shoot deer, squirrels, rabbits, etc right out my back porch.

But still hate being here... almost no public land. No real wilderness or mountains. Only trout fishing is a handful of stocked streams. No elk.

I can’t wait to retire out west.

 

[brsnow]

i live outside San Francisco.

i love it. good food, diversity, good entertainment, etc. it would bum me out to live somewhere i couldn't get fantastic fruits and vegetables. or a awesome bowl of Korean SoonDUbu Jigea.

i also enjoy a pretty good salary and a house that is expanding in value better than my wildest dreams.

i can hunt very nearby, or get in my truck and get out of town.

my dad once told me: " i can live anywhere as long as i have three things, a good job, good friends and the love of a good woman"

sure some stuff sucks, (like traffic) but i prefer to stand back and look at the big picture. life is good.

Agree, my clients are in the South Bay Area and i enjoy my quarterly trips.

 

[FLAK]

Lived in Central Florida for 16 years. What an absolutely miserable hell hole. Finally got moved back to Alabama (South AL). Not the hills I miss but infinitely better.

 

[Eltigreblanco]

I'm in Las Vegas. I really dont like the city, and hate the weather, but I work construction, and make a good living here. With a wife, two young kids, and family rooted here I dont see a move anytime in my future. I sure do think about it daily though.

 

[gabenzeke]

I'm in Iowa, so not really a big city, but my wife is an attorney so we really can't leave some kind of population center. My job sucks, but it pays pretty decent and I get a ton of time off. It's kind of a best of a not perfect situation I guess. Keep at it until I retire too old and broken to enjoy all the things I work for.

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[30338]

Everybody makes their own path. I paid my dues, made the money I needed, raised the kids in good schools, and bailed to the country as soon as I could. But it was 21 years of living in the rat race lol.

 

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Life is what is in front of your face, not what is behind or ahead of you.

 

[George]

Almost a year ago now I traded my house in big city Colorado, Pagosa



for 164 acres in no where's Kentucky. I've yet to recieve a disciplinarian letter here for throwing egg shells out into my garden.









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