[Ag-eq] rural living questions

[Susan Roe]

Hi Nela,

I live in a rural area where there is no public or paratransit systems 
available.  I have never felt isolated here because my husband and sister, 
who live with me, are both sighted and drive.  So, I can go wherever and 
whenever I need to.  There are 3 small towns that are within 5 to 20 miles 
from us and in 3 different counties and we plan trips out to cover as many 
stops as possible so we are not making multiple trips in a week.  I also 
have quite a few family members within 5 miles and just as many within 10 
miles and they have assisted me when necessary.

Now when I lived in Virginia Beach, I used a paratransit system for door to 
door service to work every day.  I would also use them to go to doctor's 
appointments when my husband was out to sea.  I had my best friend at work 
who helpped me with paying my bills when he was over seas, another friend 
who would take me to a store between my scheduled shopping trips and my aunt 
would drive down twice a month from Richmond and take me grocery shopping 
and I would go home to Richmond every other weekend.

I have friends who are a blind couple and they had to take a taxie nearly 
every where they went and it was becoming a great expense so they finally 
sold their house, baught a townhouse about 5 miles away and now they are in 
an area they can easily walk to at least 10 stores on their own and get 
assistance with shopping from each of the stores.

If you can find assistance outside the family, you may be more comfortable 
with that than worrying about feeling like you are putting family members 
out and they just don't know how to tell you no.  You may feel a bit more 
indipendent because you took care of the situation on your own instead of 
going to family.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
To: <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 9:31 PM
Subject: [Ag-eq] rural living questions


> Hello All:
>
> Wow, the list has been very quiet lately.
>
> I would like to know if anyone is living in a rural area where there is 
> little
> or no public transportation?
>
> If so, how do you manage?
>
> Do you feel isolated?
>
> I have an opportunity to purchase a small farm property in northwest 
> Arkansas,
> but have a few concerns.  There is a transit service that would take me to 
> town
> twice a week.  I also have several relatives in the area that would help 
> me with
> shopping and such.  I don't want to depend on them all the time, so 
> thought
> maybe I could pay a retired person or student to drive me as well.  What 
> are
> everyone's thoughts and ideas?
>
> I've dreamed of buying a small farm and living in the country for years, 
> but
> allowed my fears to keep me from doing it.  Several things have happened 
> in the
> last year to make me think it's time to follow my dream.  Then I found out 
> about
> this property and everything seems to be falling into place.
>
> I would love to hear about everyone's experiences, both good and bad.
>
> Nella
>
>
>
>
>
>
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