re: Living on a ranch in south Texas far from the city

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Would you live in a town like this if you had the family roots?

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There are two primary things you should be concerned with:

-Is the town overrun with crime? If not, that's a plus.

-Can you make a decent living there? If so, that's a plus.

If being near your family is super important to you, then that's another plus.

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Am I dumb for one day wanting to buy the only house in town that is still owned by a member of my family and live there when I'm older?

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No. Your dream is just that, your dream. Trying to live the dream of others is going to end up doing little more than give you a major regret throughout your life.

The wife (no pics) and I plan on moving back to the family farm in North La once we retire. It's a fairly rural area (population for the entire parish is just under 10k) and that lack of population is what's so appealing after living so long in increasingly crime-filled, traffic-filled cities.

Why should we care of someone else thinks our decision is "dumb"? Anyone believing what they want is universal is an idiot, so by default I couldn't possibly care less about their opinion on this.