I grew up in Houston, in the "burbs". Everything was about a twenty minute ride away. You have a plethora of choices for what grocery store to shop, or fast food places to partake of, now fast food is whatever I can throw together in 20 minutes or less. Lately, well within the past two years, we have seen small plots of acreage sectioned off and sold to other city dwellers and houses put up or brought in, families move in and within 9 months to a year break up. The men are usually the ones to stay, the wife and kids move back to the big city because our Fe is not easy out in the country, it's not hard, just different.
Future posts will, hopefully, give some tips to make the transition a little bit easier.