Living large in rural settings with lush virgin forests is taking the world by storm. The most compelling features are space, simplicity, a hustle-free lifestyle with limited expenses, and no mountain of bills. The main feature of attraction that most people are attracted to in this development is having some free space to sprawl and feel refreshed far from the hustle and bustle of city life. So, what is the most essential feature that makes a house in any rural setting a home sweet home?
Space for Movement
Nothing is as refreshing as staying in any space sprawling with nature and fertile virgin land. Space makes any house a home sweet home, no matter how small or spacious it may be. That is why most people like rural living and the welcoming atmosphere in the community. All this has been made trendy through social media, especially YouTube. There has never been such a frenzy of building and purchasing homes by both millenniums, generation Z and Gen X baby boomers.
Nearly everyone is on social media, especially on YouTube. They use the platform to showcase their building projects, especially in rural settings. Most of them highlight the lavish rural lifestyle that they are fast turning into a very comfortable lifestyle by building sprawling mansions that lavishly outsmart the usual urban lifestyle most people had come to believe was the only prestigious way of displaying success and achievement.
Rural Living:
Nothing is as refreshing as staying in any space sprawling with nature and fertile virgin land. Space is what makes any house a home sweet home. That is why most people like rural living and the welcoming atmosphere in the community. All this has been made trendy through social media, especially YouTube. There has never been such a frenzy of building and purchasing homes by both millenniums, generation Z and baby boomers.
Nearly everyone is on social media, especially on YouTube. They use the platform to showcase their building projects, especially in rural settings. Most of them highlight the lavish rural lifestyle that they are fast turning into a very comfortable lifestyle by building sprawling mansions that lavishly outsmart the usual urban lifestyle most people had come to believe was the only prestigious way of displaying success and achievement.
Mortgage Expenses
Most millennials and Gen Z find it hard to see themselves carrying the financial burden of mortgage payments throughout their lives. And the worst thing about it all is being limited in the kind of space you can call home sweet home. It is like existing in an unwelcoming enclosure with zero maternal instinct that Mother Nature should always provide. So, building one’s own home in affordable rural settings is fast becoming the best option, especially in rural village settings.
Mortgage payments can also be scary, especially in a volatile economy that is becoming more entrepreneurial-centered, with high employee turnover and some opting for flexible remote work. A mortgage-free lifestyle means opportunities for traveling the world and choosing where one might find it worthwhile to stay and live forever. It has never been so popular for people to travel from one corner of the globe and get immersed in the lifestyle of any country they find themselves in, especially the lifestyles like the rural land and how best they can acquire such kind of space far from their city lifestyles.
Diaspora Hardships
After spending most of their time working 24/7 and odd hours, most diaspora citizens feel that after retirement, it is imperative to relax and feel rejuvenated from all the cares of this world, having sweated it out in caregiving jobs abroad in countries like the USA and UK. It is not only the diaspora factor that makes most people plan to retire in rural settings. The Western world has found Living Big in Tiny Homes appealing to live a more relaxed and happier lifestyle from the busy lifestyle of urban city life that promotes a rat race lifestyle with a hustle and bustle of bills from living in mansions that calls for high bills in maintenance and upkeep.
Most diasporans from African states and other parts of the world have discovered that running away from living the bustle and hustle culture of city life is not healthy as they get older and weak with aging and fatigue incurred during their lifetime activities of trying to keep up with a busy city lifestyle can be stressful and traumatic.
Some from the Western world are going for off-the-grid tiny living homes that offer peace and tranquility by living in nature and serene surroundings of unchartered natural vegetation and plantations of foliage and green carpets of lawn and gardening spaces. You know how most migrants rely much on manual jobs that leave them a lifetime of fatigue, affecting their health and well-being. So, opting for a slow lifestyle is the best option to recuperate by operating at a low key with no stress and chronic fatigue from multiple jobs.
Retirement Needs
In urban setups, retirement costs can be high because the Western World believes in Old Age and Caregiving Homes. These are commonly not preferred by most people from developing nations who still value life, no matter how old and frail someone has become in their old age. Most diaspora returns have expressed that sentiment of never opting to be taken to an Old Age Home.
That is why the rural lifestyle has become the new norm for building mansions for homecoming after retirement and having a peaceful place to rest and be themselves again after withstanding hardships abroad. The main retirement dream and the quest for elderly returnees is to be home sweet home and be themselves in all stages of life, like food dishes and interactions with their relatives and communities.
That reminded me of one of the political leaders back home who had traveled abroad during the liberation struggle and tasted all kinds of food dishes and lifestyles from different nations he had visited and expressed that no matter how much you might have enjoyed yourself abroad, nothing is as refreshing as being home sweet home. “Home is home.” He went on to emphasize. He had been abroad for many years and was a returnee soon after independence. So, most returnees from the developing world prefer to be in their original homes in old age.
Health Conscience
Elderly health is more manageable with peace of mind and not worrying about bills. And one way to achieve that, as one gets older, is to be at home sweet home. Nothing boosts a healthy mindset than knowing you are home and dry with a roof above your head without worrying about rentals or tariffs that come with city lifestyle living. And worse, in a foreign land and being homeless.
It never sounds easy and is never an option for most immigrants in the diaspora communities, especially those from the developing world, like most African states. This mindset is catching up with some other North American regions like Poland and some Asian states like the Philippines. Most Filipinos value getting old at home among their people and their organic lifestyle.
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