I went with the sea in a rural area although the warnings are there about "the big one".  70 feet up on a cliff over the Pacific, so wasn't touched by the last tsunami. Figure if I go down, it was fun while it lasted. Looking toward the west and not a McDonalds or a strip mall in sight.
 
Other thing I did was to have a chamber facing the water that has heat and electric light, but nothing of anything technological crosses the threshold. Maybe an acoustic guitar, pen and paper at most (and a beer). This sets up an environment of peace and escape when needed because the vibe, mindset is already established. Did this also when living in cities if there was an extra room, so that solace and regeneration can be achieved in otherwise crazy environments.
 
Then meditation, however you define it or how you do it. Lifeline discipline to survive living in the fast lane.
 
Also as a side note, limit time watching TV
 
John

bitflipper
I moved from the city to the suburbs. Lower cost of living, less traffic. Then the suburb got expensive and congested, so I moved to a smaller city. Lower cost of living, less traffic. Now it's expensive and congested, too.
 
Why am I paying $2K a month for the convenience of living near a shopping mall? Time to move again. But to where? You'd think that living here in the wide-open western U.S. I'd have more options than Zo. Not so much.
 
The seaside isn't attractive because they're all going to die when the inevitable tsunami comes. The mountains are populated by meth kitchens and threaded by highways with death rates not seen anywhere outside of war zones. In between are yuppie enclaves where everyone looks alike and everyone drives the exact same car. Rural areas' saving grace is that the Fentanyl-fueled good ol' boys are physically further apart from one another.
 
I'd just hit the road and live in my van, except the acoustics are terrible in there.

Bend, Oregon?

Not familiar with France Zo. I don't know if you can get away from it. I live in the middle of a whole bunch of fertile farmland in a very small place that probably isn't considered a town but they did name it. A bank, a small store.
 
Guess what just happened? They put a small development (new houses) right over the hill. Luckily I'm up the hill and my back yard still faces farmland. Also fortunate the development isn't very big, maybe 15 houses. Still things seem to grow slowly. In 20 more years (or less) there will be a WalMart here.
 
Hard to escape pollution. World weather patterns and all. The Fukashima nuclear leak. Pacific fish anyone? When they spread manure here it can get pretty wicked. If they didn't do it the crops wouldnt be so nice. Only lasts a week or two. But Man.Pew.
Cancer stats show it's everywhere. The only immunity is not to eat or drink anything....oh and don't go out.

Canada has the least to offer IMO. We are a big country with a small population that is concentrated along the US border. If you don't live in a city or the surrounding burbs, you live in the bush. In many areas you face North and start walking until you find Polar Bears. There's no work outside of the populated areas unless you are a rancher, logger, miner or oil patch worker, and even those happen in very remote locations. It's really hard to live in the country unless you want to drive an hour or two for work every day. If I drive West it takes me a day an a half just to reach the next province.

You don't have a grandfather with a small log cabin in the Alps you could impose yourself on? Perhaps with an annoying goat boy who runs around yelling "hoop-la"? Shame. 
 

Starise
Not familiar with France Zo. I don't know if you can get away from it. I live in the middle of a whole bunch of fertile farmland in a very small place that probably isn't considered a town but they did name it. A bank, a small store.
 
Guess what just happened? They put a small development (new houses) right over the hill. Luckily I'm up the hill and my back yard still faces farmland. Also fortunate the development isn't very big, maybe 15 houses. Still things seem to grow slowly. In 20 more years (or less) there will be a WalMart here.
 
Hard to escape pollution. World weather patterns and all. The Fukashima nuclear leak. Pacific fish anyone? When they spread manure here it can get pretty wicked. If they didn't do it the crops wouldnt be so nice. Only lasts a week or two. But Man.Pew.
Cancer stats show it's everywhere. The only immunity is not to eat or drink anything....oh and don't go out.

I think the thing we have to remember is that despite the pollution and nastiness and cancer this and cancer that, we're still living lives which on average are twice as long as they were 200 years ago. Life expectancy just keeps going up. 

Thks Guyz for your inputs !! Well today i had a talk with the farmer exploiting the area , he's supa cool , and answered all my questions , he doesn't deny the use of pesticides ..but he also pointed all the last technc put togther snce several years , there's definitly a move , but as usual the push of evil immense groups like mosento ect ....that lobby brussels and put puppets like Marcron (ex roscthild banker in countries).
 
The guy selling the house would be ok to make ('ll pay for iit) tests via laboratory ...i also studied some studies inUS and egypt around kids living near those aeras and diabeth and other stuff are clearly super high versus other kids ...
 
The other option is sea , but wife wanna stay kinda near her mum , it drives me nutt but  understand , n the south of France life is super smooth but not a lot of job and (artistic moves) , old population , concentration of ex coloniasm racist dudes ect  
 
I don't care but i need to think about kids , for school , universty , opportuntes , even hospitals (looks like medical desert around, better not be hill).
 
So far what's supposed to be a posiitiv new adventure looks like a nightmare !!
 
 

I give a second thumbs elevated to JohnKenns counsel   Meditation as a die hard discipline  Surrender in stillness to whatever saviour floats your boat  Limit TV exposure  The notion of a contemplative chamber is interesting as we cant see the ocean from our place outside Atlanta but have a room overlooking the hills  Beautiful and peaceful on misty mornings  I will follow through on this  Thank you  Great idea
 
The only thing I can add is if you got to get somewhere drive a car walk crawl through a scorching desert if you have to  Dont subject yourself to the horror of airline transportation

Hey Miss Divine Light,
 
Thank you for the thumbs wherever you are, wandering across the tundra. Sprouts gots to be a hard sell in your tour but have an idea about what you are trying to do while bringing in a few more dollars to the family. The digestive tract of a cannibal is geared toward quick death and decay, merciful elimination from the gene pool as we try to evolve. My buddy Jesus said that the body of a meat eater is like a tomb covered in perfumes outside, but filled with filth and abomination inside.
 
Change however any of the warriors dietary habits too fast and they can't adjust, and they end up in worse shape than they already are, even if the transition is in the proper direction.  Unable to extract nutrition from a more subtle source for awhile although it will happen. Slow and gradual transition to sunlight my advice. Don't flog them too quick even if you are on the higher ethical edge of the spectrum.
 
Love you,
John

The only problem living in a village in France is the ADSL service is lousy.

I am at the end of a line in a small village and its like waiting for paint to dry sometimes......

But two minutes walk and i’m in the vineyards, so..... no real complaints !

Jerry