Living in the wrong country

[DimPrawn]

Yeah, my in-laws have a ranch/farm set-up in Texas. Fruit, Pecan Nuts & Lavender are all grown and sold locally.

The best bit is the planning laws (or lack of) outside of city limits. They fancied a newer house overlooking the lake, so picked the site, drove a bulldozer down the road, turned right into the tree-line and kept going 'till they got to the lake.

"That's the drive sorted."

Three months later they're sitting on the porch overlooking the lake with G&T's in hand.

Can't do that here .....

Unless you is an ethnic minority gypsy......

[bless 'em all]

One of the guys here. His family own a 10000 acre ranch in Texas with a huge house. $5m.

Around here that buys you a 5 bedroomed place on 1/4 acre!!!

Yeah, my in-laws have a ranch/farm set-up in Texas. Fruit, Pecan Nuts & Lavender are all grown and sold locally.

The best bit is the planning laws (or lack of) outside of city limits. They fancied a newer house overlooking the lake, so picked the site, drove a bulldozer down the road, turned right into the tree-line and kept going 'till they got to the lake.

"That's the drive sorted."

Three months later they're sitting on the porch overlooking the lake with G&T's in hand.

Can't do that here .....

[Old Hack]

Some parts of the middle are spectacular.

[AtW]

One of the guys here. His family own a 10000 acre ranch in Texas with a huge house.

Plenty of spaces for bulls.

[MarillionFan]

Where are you, Venice?

Del Mar.

[d000hg]

Where are you, Venice?

[MarillionFan]

Pick someplace in the middle and you get get 300 acres and a house for 1/3rd of that price.

One of the guys here. His family own a 10000 acre ranch in Texas with a huge house. $5m.

Around here that buys you a 5 bedroomed place on 1/4 acre!!!

[d000hg]

Yeah but the middle is crap. Both edges are lovely.

[bless 'em all]

Go on the other coast and its 20x time that!

Pick someplace in the middle and you get get 300 acres and a house for 1/3rd of that price.

[MarillionFan]

Someone I sub-contract work to has just bought a house (log cabin) in New York State, complete with 15 acres of land. For this, he is paying a shade under $90k - damn on £60k.

Jealous.

Go on the other coast and its 20x time that!

[doodab]

A friend of ms doodab used to live in something similar, about half of the land was swamp.

[d000hg]

Someone I sub-contract work to has just bought a house (log cabin) in New York State, complete with 15 acres of land. For this, he is paying a shade under $90k - damn on £60k.

Jealous.