"crocobaura;c-17989970" wrote:
"Beardedgeek;c-17989952" wrote:
"Rouensims;c-17989950" wrote:
"Beardedgeek;c-17989758" wrote:
I am not denying anything about that, I am just saying that the people idolizing the country life obviously never have lived in the country. Contrast an actual farmer for example.
Yeah, my mother grew up on an actual farm with no indoor plumbing, hardly any money, and no private phone line. They had an outhouse and a pan under the bed to pee in. Not very glamorous!
With that said, I love the cottage living fantasy though. :)
It's not even that; as long as you're actually aware that the life you are able to live (with phones, cars, probably a bus line, wifi / 4 or 5G coverage, modern healthcare and the option of not 100% rely on what you can scrape together (aka modern grocery stores) I'm fine with that. That's what my parents are doing; they are pensioners now but they spent 12 years going for a 1 hour commute to Stockholm every day keeping their old day jobs and thought it was worth it getting away from the big city.
It's the people who genuinely think the way they are living now is the good old days that annoy the Brent Heckling out of me.
I think people are more attracted to the idea of fresh air and garden space, not really the hardcore farming life.
Reminds me of several let's play's I have watched of Cottage Living where the backstory for their sims are often that they are from the city and they want to move out to the country and have a farm and relax.
