I drive in the west a lot. I often think about the people living in these remote areas. Where do they work, what do they do, what do they enjoy doing for recreation especially the kids? I guess fishing hunting camping 4 wheeling xc skiing, of course downhill skiing if you live near a ski area. I’ve always lived in a city but I like the outdoors, the open spaces and beauty of the non urban areas. The thing I like about the west is you can live in some cities and be in wilderness in 20-30 minutes. Actually I think Reno would be one of those cities. Years ago I had an opportunity to buy property in Incline Village but it didn’t make sense at the time so I passed. Huge mistake in retrospect ha ha.

It’s a generalisation but I’ve found many kids who live in small towns want to move to a big city and many people who grow up and live in big cities want to move to quieter less populated areas when they are older. Then again we have friends who own a generational family farm and they love it. It’s a lot of work but I can see the appeal of it.