Things that are cheaper/free when you live in a rural area

MLH1

Like parking, firewood ect

listermint

Cordial Drinks at the bar!!!

Fr_Dougal

The smell of cowsh1t.

somesoldiers

Your aftershave

NIMAN

Sense of community.
People waving at you as you drive past them.
Friendliness.

Donal55

Property tax.

The Backwards Man

The three Ts

Tennent's

Turf

Tractor diesel

mad muffin

Dirt.

Didas

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The three Ts

Tennent's

Turf

Tractor diesel

Tennents and cheap diesel, are you sure you're not thinking of Dundalk?

The Backwards Man

Didas wrote: »

Tennents and cheap diesel, are you sure you're not thinking of Dundalk?

3.80 in my local, 3.50 if you pull it yourself

Donal55

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The three Ts

Tennent's

Turf

Tractor diesel

Similar to Malta with the three P s:
Priests

Potatoes

Prostitutes.

ShadyAcres

Things that are cheaper in Dublin...
Heroin

gramar

Car tax.
Water rates.
Refuse collection.
Property tax.
Diesel/petrol.

Electric Sheep

Nettles for making nettle tea or nettle soup.

First time I saw them for sale in the Farmer Market here in Boston I was

Mr. FoggPatches

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

The smell of cowsh1t.

Hesh's Umpire

Guinness
Parking
Rent

222233

water.

Mr. FoggPatches

Food
Money
Holidays
Houses
Land
Roads
Computers
Trees
Cars
Fuel

and cups.

rebel.ranter

NIMAN wrote: »

Sense of community.
People waving at you as you drive past them.
Friendliness.

Nosey feckless wanting to know all your business, then the gossip about your business whether true or not. That's free!

themandan6611

a ride off the tinker's daughter

maudgonner

222233 wrote: »

water.

Eh, no? Not to get into the whole Irish Water debate, but no. If you're a rural dweller there was (and still is) a greater chance that you will pay for your water than if you're urban. Either through group water schemes or private wells.

PirateShampoo

The Hookers but not the Coke.

s4uv3

Coffee. Out like, in a coffee shop.
Taxi's
Cinema
Parking
Fuel

RobertKK

If in the right location, beautiful scenery.

Fresh air.

Mouseslayer17

Don't have to pay for rubbish, just burn that sh1t out back

RobertKK

RobertKK wrote: »

If in the right location, beautiful scenery.

Or in other places, not.. https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/73006/406027.jpg

Del2005

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Or in other places, not.. https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/73006/406027.jpg

The fog could be blocking the view of Dublin and we know that the only thing rural people like to see coming from there is the money to support their lifestyle.

Del2005

Del2005 wrote: »

The fog could be blocking the view of Dublin and we know that the only thing rural people like to see coming from there is the money to support their lifestyle.

Ah Shure "The fog on the bog is all mine! All mine!" and it's free!
As for getting money from "the smoke", I had to commute over four hours a day to earn it, thank fúck I work nearer to home now.
So I get free time as well.

Boggy Turf

Yummy yummy fat blackberries.

Fresh Air.

A friendly wave.

Cooking Apples.

maryishere

Deleted User wrote: »

Fresh air.

Its hard to beat the fresh sea breeze you get in the west of Ireland on a nice summers day. I love my weekends and holidays there. A walk on the wild atlantic way is not just free, it is priceless. When I'm in Dublin during the week a walk on Howth or Dun Laoghaire pier is ok but not quite as good.

Other things are cheaper in rural areas than we pay for in Dublin eg pub prices. You can get a trailer load of wood delivered cheaper..... a friend told me at Xmas how cheaply they heat their home.(but they have lots of space to cut and store their own wood etc). No long traffic jams, and no need for house alarms in many rural areas.

Unfortunately, I can't agree with that last one, house break ins happen often enough here.
Some houses are never broken into though, because they're abandoned.

deco nate

Sheep sex..

Graces7

Deleted User wrote: »

Unfortunately, I can't agree with that last one, house break ins happen often enough here.
Some houses are never broken into though, because they're abandoned.

Or have a big, noisy dog...or so isolated it would be too much trouble

makeandcreate

I was going to post a list but then realised I had found most of them in towns as well, when I bothered to look. The free stuff that I miss - sea air, ocean views, mountain thyme or even just wild thyme, a sense of peace, the ability to wander and not be lost. The stuff I still find - kindling, ransoms, chickweed, blackberries, hazelnuts,elderberries, fennel, apples, sloes, greengage, wild raspberries, wild strawberries(but need determination to find enough for a salad), field mushrooms and chanterelle, crab apples, rose hips, rosemary and even when out in Kerry, a quince - this year I found a decaying puffball and another still ok looking one but didn't risk eating either.

darkpagandeath

Modern living. it's subsidised via large towns and cities. yet they complain about modern things like pylons.

misstearheus

NIMAN wrote: »

Sense of community.
People waving at you as you drive past them.
Friendliness.

Aaahh the old everyone knows everyone one-finger wave.... Ya gotta love it.

Chain Smoker

The waving was obligatory though, you fail to wave at some ****er because you don't recognise them in their new car and there's a decent chance you'll hear about it

Graces7

Centre of Killarney; coffee from a machine over E2

On the outskirts; same is just over E1

Sleepy

Space is the most obvious benefit of rural living to me. In Dublin, a 2000 square foot house would be deemed a mansion, in the countryside it'd be a "modest" dwelling. Add the half acre of garden and a 300sq foot shed and you've a hell of a lot more room to store stuff or engage in many hobbies which simply aren't an option in your average 3 bed semi in the suburbs.

Del2005

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Unfortunately, I can't agree with that last one, house break ins happen often enough here.
Some houses are never broken into though, because they're abandoned.

They break into the abandoned houses for the copper, small townland where my grand uncle lived all the houses have been destroyed. So I suppose copper is free!

Del2005

Sleepy wrote: »

Space is the most obvious benefit of rural living to me. In Dublin, a 2000 square foot house would be deemed a mansion, in the countryside it'd be a "modest" dwelling. Add the half acre of garden and a 300sq foot shed and you've a hell of a lot more room to store stuff or engage in many hobbies which simply aren't an option in your average 3 bed semi in the suburbs.

Costs a fortune to heat all the rooms you don't use and half a day to cut the grass.