Pros and cons of village life. Life in the village after the city: pros and cons

Before our family decided to “move,” we thought about this topic for a long time. One of the methods of reflection was a piece of paper divided into two halves. In the center we wrote “Life in the Village.” On the left we wrote “What we gain”, and on the right we wrote “What we lose”.

A very good method of thinking! Organizes the mess in your thoughts; clarifies and identifies ill-conceived issues; allows, having slept with him, to once again look more soberly “from above” at the object of the question.

I invite everyone to join this list and add their points there. So:

Life in the village. What we buy

Your home on your own land

+ large living space at a much lower cost
+ independence and independence in matters of survival: providing oneself with food, warmth, housing, and subsequently - clothing, shoes, utensils and tools
+ we stop paying for housing
+ own bathhouse

Healthy society

+ surrounded by people who care about their health, the future of their children, and who are open to information about development
+ emotional support from them
+ always ready to help - both with skills and actions
+ absence of problems such as violence, crime, drug addiction, alcoholism, pornography

Physical health

+ from clean air
+ from clean water
+ from food purity
+ from regular physical activity

Emotional Health

+ no stress
+ slower pace of life
+ solid life foundation
+ less fear for the future
+ closer relationships in the family, because there is more time together, because creation is joint

Mental health

+ stop polluting your brain with unnecessary information
+ quality education for children: based on pure practice

Time

+ frees up daily time for various things, for family, for yourself
+ plenty of time in winter - for creativity, family, walks and health activities

Skills

+ necessity development “in breadth”, acquisition of many different skills - as opposed to concentration and deepening of one
+ planning with a long horizon (you need to plan at least a year in advance), and in matters of organizing the landscape and the entire way of life - for many years in advance
+ survival in “independent” conditions
+ caring for plants and animals
+ handicrafts

Understanding Nature:

+ how the forest lives
+ what herbs grow and how they affect the body
+ how the Sun and Moon move across the sky and influence our lives
+ how plants, animals, mushrooms interact with each other

Reviving the Planet

+ stop buying garbage
+ we improve and increase Life in a small corner of it

Life in the village. What do we lose

Accommodation amenities

- central heating
- water pipes
- sewerage
- garbage removal
- a lot of electricity consistently

Qualified medical care

- ambulance
- surgeons
- pharmacies

Modern education

(I don’t even know if this is a minus?)

Grocery stores

- delivery of products close to home
- wide range of products
- exotic and hard-to-find products

Other stores

- ready-made clothes and shoes
- household appliances and electronics
- computers and other toys

Transport

- the ability to move quickly and comfortably
- long journeys

Entertainment

- movie
- TV
- theaters, museums, etc.
- fast internet
- cafes and restaurants; exotic cuisine

What would you add?

I had a choice at a certain time, and money for a house, not bad. But I was not alone. I also have a mother who also needs employment, and since our energies are very similar, there is simply no point in distancing ourselves, because there is complete understanding. As a result, I bought a house in the suburbs for now, it’s a delight for my mother and me, she has the opportunity to be employed - give private lessons in mathematics and piano, it turned out to be VERY in demand, people themselves find and offer high pay, communication with children, positive energy, people he just came alive after the death of his husband, and 20 hundred. irrigated suburban land is not so little. I gained the opportunity to practice on the ground, while simultaneously working, disseminating the ideas of the RP, studying information and selecting a team for the future settlement. It so happened that there are simply no settlements nearby, and people more than 50-70 km away do not want to leave the city. And it’s better to find a girl - a life partner - before you move in, than when you already have something, and she’s simply faced with a fact. SO - the disadvantages of living in the village: - due to the lack of criteria for moving quickly and comfortably, it is more difficult to find a companion. - in a small or undeveloped settlement, it is difficult for a retired person to find employment and remuneration for his work (in his profession), it is clear that work also includes a garden, but that’s for everyone, I’m talking about the functionality that a person has, but is “idle” due to lack of demand. When energy stagnation is always bad... it leads to depression. Well... in the city he is busy and happy...

I would probably add (or rather paraphrase) + we are getting closer to our ancestors - we work with our hands. With earth, wood, water - with nature. And accordingly + understanding the nature of man-body and man-soul. Why are there no long-distance travel? Here are my thoughts on the topic of disadvantages like the theater (read all the entertainment) and other stores (in principle, this includes travel and all the amenities of living): - you can create everything you need, right down to the theater. After living a little on earth, you will understand - is this really necessary? (for example, we are installing a sewer system in the house, but I don’t know whether we will use it in five years) - you can always plunge into the world of the city. Nobody forces you to break all ties and say goodbye to all your family and friends. (I’m currently writing this comment while in Kyiv. I came to plunge, so to speak:) It was the question of entertainment that scared me before. But my husband firmly planted faith: you can do it! If you want, go and have fun! Feel the difference. And now I can already see the difference. What will happen in a year and whether I will want to go is a question. P.S. On the plus side, we stop creating garbage :)

I started writing point by point and realized that after the “year” the values ​​and significance change. This time. The second is that in the city we pay for all these amenities. Therefore, we need to consider instead of “we lose” - “we stop working for.” Those. exchange your time for money for benefits. In the village you can do the same thing, but directly - both heating and water. I mean, you yourself once wrote that in the city you have to pay for all this, pay with your time, plus the “add-on cost” of everything to the financial pyramid.

I haven't found any cons yet. (Maybe after moving...) For example, education is definitely not a minus. My son can’t finish his second education at an “advanced” university; they literally do everything they can to make him pay and pay. Recently he traveled with a friend to a small town, not a regional center, where he was studying by correspondence at a local university. When he returned, he said: “You know, it’s so clean and cozy there, and imagine, you can approach the teacher at any time. They explain calmly and don’t yell when the student doesn’t immediately understand. My friend passed the entire exam in two days, but we have to pester the teacher for more than a week to schedule the exam day! I envy him wildly." And about medicine. In such a case, in principle, there are cars, if not your own, then those of neighbors and acquaintances. They, too, may one day need something from you, this is a village, not a city, where everyone is fenced off from each other. In addition, it seems that we now have such a thing as insurance medicine, when in theory, if something happens, it is better for doctors to go for you and do everything possible to get you out, otherwise the insurers will then twist their arms, and they know how to do that.

My friends sold their cozy two-room apartment and moved to a small village 10 km from the city. I went to visit them and even envied how beautifully they accommodated themselves. I also wanted to leave concrete captivity somewhere in nature and freedom, but before making such a decision, I need to think carefully about everything.

Friends moved for a very good reason: they were waiting. There was not enough space for everyone, since their elderly mother also lived with them. Having calculated that real estate in the Volgograd region is cheaper than in cities, they bought a one-story building with 5 bedrooms. The price was almost good, they changed the apartment without additional payments, and the maternity capital was used to renovate the building. But is it so easy for everyone to move?

Pros of village life

The most important advantage of living outside the city is fresh air. Many people talk about the pollution of the urban atmosphere, but you can feel it only by visiting somewhere cleaner for a few weeks and then returning. The freshness of the village is very attractive, and besides, there is also little noise around. Of course, cars fill the streets, but there are no trams, huge traffic jams, and after 12 at night everything freezes.

Another advantage is that real estate is significantly cheaper. Of course, it depends where, but usually the further you are from large cities, the better the prices. The cost is also influenced by the transport network, as well as the location of the infrastructure. If the village is residential, it has shops, a clinic, a kindergarten and a school, then the place is quite suitable. Instead of the usual two-room apartment, friends bought a five-room house with all communications. There is also a bathhouse and a couple of sheds in the yard.

Your home is also a small plot of land on which you can grow vegetables, fruits or flowers. For some this is great joy. The most important thing is that you decide for yourself whether to concrete the area or plant a lawn. Everything can be changed every year, although this takes time and effort. On the territory you can put a gazebo, make a playground or a corner for.

A huge plus of living in your own home is a separate territory. There are no annoying neighbors who can hear everything that happens through your walls. You can make repairs at any time and listen to music without restrictions. A fence isolates you from prying eyes, allowing you to maintain privacy.

Disadvantages of village life

Moving to the countryside is an important step to consider. You need to start with where you are going to work. Modern technology cannot always provide space for a specialist, which means difficulties will arise. My friends have not changed jobs; they continue to travel to the city, but at the same time incur travel costs. It is necessary to have personal transport, and also take into account that the journey will take some time.

The village is very convenient for the growth of children, but it is quite difficult to develop them. There is a kindergarten, and that’s great, but the availability of sports facilities, a music school and other interesting places where children can develop comprehensively is questionable. This should be taken into account, because they will have to be taken to the city to gain some skills.

Transport is also an issue. Of course, adults must have cars to be mobile, but a child under 18 will not drive. How will he go to school or somewhere else? Even at 12-14 years old, it will not be very easy for him, so check what types of public transport are available in your new place, how often they go and how much they cost.

You need to understand that life in the house constantly requires some kind of work. A leaking roof, a clogged sink, a burnt-out lantern and much more will require the skills or a specialist who is ready to help at any time. The current one will be permanent and the costs will be significant.

Today in our region a lot of very cheap housing is being sold, but this is due to the fact that there are no good roads in the area. In summer the place seems very pleasant, but after rain it is not possible to get to the house. The autumn-spring season becomes a nightmare for residents. And no one is creating conditions. When moving, you need to make sure that everything is fine with the road and there are no significant problems. Also find out if there are any interruptions in water, electricity and other infrastructure. You need to understand that even the Internet is not available everywhere today.

For myself, I decided that all the difficulties that may be encountered are not a problem for me. All of them can be solved if there is a desire. And the fresh air is worth it. But I just want a house closer to the city, and it wouldn’t hurt me either. I’m just planning the move for now, but I think I’ll be able to do it soon. Where do you live? I would like to know where is it better?

Hello, dear blog visitors. I decided to continue the series of articles from the “Rural View” section. And in this article I propose to speculate about the pros and cons of village life.

This topic is very close to me, since for more than five years I have exchanged the hectic pace of life in the city for rural harmony. And during this time, the criteria that distinguish between city and village clearly settled in my mind.

I should note that the rural population accounts for only 30% of the total population of the Russian Federation.

And once upon a time the share of rural residents in the country reached an impressive 75%. But then, industrialization and urbanization. No wonder 23,000 villages have disappeared in the last 20 years.

Most city dwellers perceive life in the countryside as something wild, like the Stone Age. Let me make a reservation right away: in this text I will not talk about a remote village. I will rely on the average village, where there is television, shops, etc.

But I would like to start with city life, where life is vibrant. The city provides many opportunities, both career and cultural and entertainment.

I come from Veliky Novgorod, which is generally recognized as one of the centers of Russian statehood and one of the centers of culture.

But if everything is so wonderful in the city, what made me leave it?

Pros of village life

Disadvantages of village life

There is also an opinion about the lack of abundance on store shelves. It seems to me that all this is already in the past. Retail chains (Magnit, Pyaterochka, Dixie and many others) have long penetrated rural areas and are successfully sucking finances out of rural residents.

As for the assortment, maybe it’s for the best that the counterfeit products that are on every corner in city stores are not on the shelves of rural stores. From the garden, it tastes better and is healthier.

Many also claim that there is no crime in the village. This only brings an ironic smile to my face. We had one episode when an ATM was stolen from a store. This is the same as saying that there are only alcoholics in the village.

In general, some of these disadvantages can be easily eliminated with the help of finances. Buy yourself a satellite dish, internet... Arrange your home the way you want.

Rural life protects our nerves and protects us from everyday stress, unlike the city. And what could be better than living for your own pleasure?

If I missed something or am wrong about something, then leave your comments at the end of the article, let’s discuss the topic of the village.

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A month has passed since we moved from the city to the village forever and we can already talk about the first results. I had only positive hopes when we decided to leave Moscow. However, not everything is as sweet in the village as it seemed at first. Of course, there are advantages and I will describe them, I will start by describing the “cons”.

1. Increased humidity in the house

I spent the first 17 years of my life in the village, 19 years have passed since then and I don’t remember at all that this bothered me before. Now I feel it and it is significant: a damp bed, stuffy air, wet salt, sugar. You need to think about how to store cereals and flour so that bugs do not infest them. The stainless steel knives began to rust.

To avoid sleeping in a wet bed, you need to dry your laundry in the sun more often.
This house smelled of damp all over, especially the cabinets that were left over from the previous owners. I abandoned the closet with tightly closing doors and we built a dressing room from scrap material.

Instead of a door there is a curtain for good ventilation, and so that the structure is not bulky, we placed mirrors on both sides.

When building your house, you need to think carefully about ventilation; perhaps you should opt for forced ventilation.

I used to dream of living next to a forest, but now I understand how good it is that the forest is about 800 meters from us. Nearby the forest means even more humidity and hordes of insects. Actually, I moved on to the second minus:

2. There are much more blood-sucking insects than in the city.

In cities, all forest areas are cultivated, which reduces the number of insects and does not spread the diseases they carry. They don’t do this in the village, and there are a lot of forests. Mosquitoes, gadflies, horseflies, flies are the reason why you won’t be able to sleep freely near an open window. First you need to install the grids.
We haven't purchased them yet, but I can't sleep with the window closed. Even in winter, the window in my apartment was always slightly open.
This disadvantage is easily eliminated with modern insect repellents. You insert the liquid into the heating device and after a few minutes there are no mosquitoes!

3. Lack of entertainment and educational activities for children

This minus seriously worries me. The nearest city is 30 km from the village, Moscow is 85 km away. My daughter is going to study to become a veterinarian next year; this is her conscious choice. Now he reads a lot about veterinary medicine and spends all his free time with animals. In Moscow, she went to the KYUBZ (Moscow Zoo circle) and worked as a volunteer in a sled dog kennel.
Now you have to spend 4 hours traveling one way.

In the meantime, our husky Bars is helping her adapt to a new way of life (all photos taken by Dasha)

They explore the surroundings together

The younger children, Sonya and Yegor, do not have the opportunity to attend any additional clubs. While they are busy learning about the environment and their inhabitants: hedgehogs, lizards, various butterflies, bugs and spiders - everything is interesting to them.

It is necessary to build a children's playground.

4. Very low quality of tap water.

For a village, having running water is a luxury. There is water here, a thin stream flows from the tap, but with a very strong smell of hydrogen sulfide. You definitely can't drink it. After washing for some time, an unpleasant odor emanates from the body; no amount of soap suppresses the stench.
You need to install a powerful water filter, although I'm afraid this is impossible due to the low pressure.

5. The power supply voltage is weak, there are constant traffic jams and there are power outages.
It knocks out traffic jams at least 3 times a day. It doesn’t seem to be a big deal, it crashed, turned it on again and business is good, but I work remotely all day and when the lights go out, the computer shuts down with unsaved data. After a long time the computer boots up, the system is restored, and I sit and worry that I have received an important and urgent message.

Now we can only turn on one device at a time. If the electric stove is on, the kettle cannot be turned on.
My electric stove is ancient, or rather not mine, it was here in the house, only one burner works, and no matter how I tried to clean it, it did not budge. Well, it’s okay, for the first time until we buy a new one, it will do. I even manage to cook system recipes on it and post 3 dishes to the group every week.
Here it is, this tile))

Last month there was no electricity once due to a thunderstorm. As I wrote above, I work at home, but without electricity this is impossible and that day I had to urgently rush to work in Moscow, leaving the children at home alone. There is no gas at home, the children could neither boil tea nor heat food. I described my first trip to work in Moscow here
These two disadvantages with electricity can also be eliminated: change the old wiring, purchase a gas generator and an uninterruptible power supply for your computer, if you have the financial opportunity.

6. The biggest drawback that still worries me is the proximity of the testing site.

I don’t know what they are exploding there, but after each explosion the house shakes and the children and I get very scared until our knees tremble. It really seems like a war has begun. She also described her first impression of the explosion.
And yet, you will have to get used to it; there is no possibility of moving somewhere.

7. Products in the store are more expensive than in Moscow, they are not fresh, and the assortment is very small.
For example, a loaf costs 26 rubles, regular “brick” bread costs 30. In the summer, you won’t be able to buy unsour milk. The meat is only re-frozen.

8. No garbage removal.

Because of this, the banks of the forests are filled with garbage. Even our plot, which was allocated to us under the program for large families, turned out to be littered with garbage. There is a lot of garbage and it is partially buried.
Everything needs to be collected and taken out.

Actually, these are all the disadvantages that we managed to feel. I will try to find at least two pluses for every minus, so as not to lose heart and enjoy life.

When I studied at the university, there were several people from villages in my group. I always heard that they want to stay in the city, that there are no prospects in the village. I agree with them, I think, basically, all young people are trying to move to the city and take advantage of all the opportunities.

How is rural life different from urban life?

I only came to the village to visit my grandmother during the summer holidays. Of course, their life is completely different. I have lived in the city since birth, but so far the most that attracts me is the acquisition of a summer cottage. There is a river in our city, and having a small house next to it is quite a good idea.

First of all, in a village or village, the absence of large industrial enterprises is striking. Nowhere will you find a factory in the middle of the village. Sometimes such objects are built outside the city, but, all the same, settlements near them are considered at least an urban-type settlement. Of course, all villagers keep livestock. But one should not think that people in villages and villages still live without any amenities. It all depends on finances; you can build a comfortable house in any village.

One of the biggest differences is the people. The rural population is much friendlier and more sociable. For example, I don’t even know all the neighbors in my building, but there people know each other personally.

Pros and cons of living in the city

Each person chooses a place to his liking. But, whatever one may say, living in the city has many advantages:

• developed infrastructure;
• convenient transport system;
• more vacancies and higher wages;
• many educational institutions;
• developed medicine.

But not all city residents are satisfied with their lives, and many even seriously think about moving to some village. The reasons are as follows:

• bad ecology;
• high crime rate;
• heavy workload;
• deterioration of physical and mental condition.

As a rule, the desire to lead a more relaxed lifestyle among city residents arises with age; I think this is due to fatigue from the too fast pace of life.