I live in the sticks.
- If you do not know what that means, it means I live in an area that is way out in the country where there is no city life.
It is peaceful, quiet and just to go to the grocery store is a day trip in itself. This is fine with me and I enjoy it for the most. But the main inconvenience is the fact that it is pretty hard to get heating and air conditioning home services if something goes wrong with your central heat and a/c unit. The closest heating and cooling company is 30 minutes away and anytime you need to call them for a heating and air conditioning system break down you are charged extra for a long distance trip charge. So it is not often that I even bother with heat and a/c tune ups, ductwork cleaning or anything like that because it just would get to costing too much. The only time I call the heating and cooling company is when my central heating and air conditioning system breaks down and becomes an HVAC emergency. I know that never getting my ductwork cleaned other than maybe once a year isn’t good, but it is the only thing I can do on my budget. It cost a lot more than what you would think because of that long distance trip charge. So this is the main drawback of living out in the sticks. But I deal with it because I really love this kind of life otherwise and it is rare that my central heating and air conditioning system ever breaks down anyhow.