This is a great article.! I bought a new home in the country 15 years ago and nearly everything you mention in your experience happened to me (with the exception of the meth head neighbours). You will get neighbours who raise smelly pigs and noisy chickens, who let their garbage and old cars pile up on their property close to your fence, keep dogs outside in kennels in all weather and bone-chilling cold, run over your cats on purpose because they don’t happen to like them and who will never talk to you because they are just weird. Do I ever regret leaving the city? Not on your life. I am a survivor but it definitely is not for everyone. Keep this article close and read it a lot if you ever consider leaving the “safe” city.
I bought 24 N95 masks at the hardware store in January and also got 4 extra filters for my respirator Stocked up on hand cleanser, toilet paper, clorox wipes 2 weeks before the lockdown started. Still have not run out after 5 months. Got three months of our prescriptions just before the government mandated you could only buy 30 days to avoid shortages. That lasted until this week (mid-June) so you can now get 3 months again so I will ensure I never go below that line Re-jigged my GO bag and re-stocked other essentials not listed above that I would not normally think about as there have not been any water or power shutoffs in the pandemic (like water purification tablets, water storage containers, watch/camera batteries, solar powered re-charger, first aid supplies etc.) Forgot to mention that we have concentrated a lot on eating really well for the past 5 months to build up our immune systems to help fight off infections and increased our physical activity to get and stay heart-healthy
Governor of California outlined re-opening phases for the state yesterday and said there would be no concerts or sporting events with crowds until there is a vaccine. That is huge blow to all professional leagues and to the music industry (not that I disagree with his position)