I loved hearing all the stories about neighborhoods. I think in general, there are far fewer of the old fashioned neighborhoods, and that parents keep their kids closer to home. It is cool to know that some of our kids can actually walk to a friend's house.
Kriston, I wasn't kidding about the llamas and alpacas! We also have tons of wildlife, similar to CFK's area. Earlier this week, a flock of 25 turkeys strolled through our front yard. We have foxes, coyotes, deer, fishers, all sorts of turtles, woodchucks... and a bear was sighted on the woodland path behind our house just before we moved in. Apparently, it scared the daylights out of a nun out for a walk to the rest home! A few years ago there was a moose involved in a car accident on our street too. Unfortunately, all this wilderness comes with a price- we have terrible problems with deer ticks. I'd like to get chickens to free range and eat them up, or maybe guinea fowl, as they are even better tick eating machines.
