We Live in the Wild

United States
May 17, 2016 9:05am CST
When my daughter & family moved here a few months ago they came from a borough of New York City. They were used to lots of noise (traffic, sirens, and blaring horns) and typical city living. I live in a quiet country area of Pennsylvania surrounded by trees, grass, cornfields, farms and plenty of nature. The other day I asked my 10 year old grandson how he likes living here compared to NY and he responsed "I love living in the wild" I had to laugh because he made it sound like we live off the grid but I guess compared to his noisy city life it is completely opposite. Kids do say the funniest things.....
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• Valdosta, Georgia
17 May 16
That is so funny! Thank you for the laugh. =) Kids do say funny things!
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
17 May 16
i'm glad he's happy there.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
17 May 16
yes,they do.I loved it
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• West Haven, Connecticut
17 May 16
Lol thats cute, he was living in the concrete jungle now he is in the wild jejej kids do say the funniest things ever
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
17 May 16
That is so funny!
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 May 16
I want off the grid and to use solar but not live in the woods without anything. I am going to do it and be 10 minutes from the city. I love listening to children talk, they have wonderful imaginations.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
19 May 16
haha, sound like you live among the lions and bears! City is good for many things, but you cannot have a restful night if you live near a main road. My window faces the junction, and it is always very busy. After so many years, the background noise does not bother me anymore, unless the vehicles honk very loudly.
@kellyr634 (416)
• United States
18 May 16
It's probably a great adventure for your grandson!
• United States
17 May 16
That is very funny my friend. He is a smart little fellow though. I also would prefer the wild.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
17 May 16
I guess compared to the busy life of New York City, that could feel like "the wilds" to a young person.
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• United States
18 May 16
They notice things too. Have they mentioned how quiet it is? When my grandsons lived close to me, I took them all sorts of places. We had a favorite Chinese restaurant. They were the only kids that we ever saw there. It wasn't a kid type restaurant. They boys said it was their favorite. They liked the table cloths, the cloth napkins, the china and the paintings on the walls. But what they mentioned that they like best, was that is was clean and quiet.
@JudyEv (340052)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 May 16
Whatever he believes, it is great that he loves living there! I hope that is as 'wild' as it ever gets for him. :)
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18 May 16
My college campus was almost 150 miles from the nearest city. It was practically in the middle of nowhere but it was a beautiful place and we learnt to appreciate the silence and peace almost reluctantly in the beginning. However, after freshmen year when we went back to our cities for term break we realized what we were missing in these fast city lifestyles, 2 weeks back i graduated from that campus and honestly it took me an entire week to get used to city life with all the noise, heat, population and pollution. How I wish i could relive the last three years !
@mbabies2 (426)
• United States
28 May 16
your grandson sounds like a really clever and funny kid. his father must be amazing!
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• United States
28 May 16
My grandson comes up with some pretty funny things & he does get a lot of his humor from his dad
@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
17 May 16
It's probably just not what he's used to. It's still pretty funny I'll admit. It made me smile. They can say the funniest things.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
18 May 16
I think I understand him completely, my husband's sister used to live in Yonkers and it was night and day from our residence here in Connecticut.
@Juliaacv (51214)
• Canada
18 May 16
That's quite a comical response, especially since you probably think that he lived in the wild and is now in the calm!
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
17 May 16
That's great that he loves living with you, whatever he calls it.
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
18 May 16
LOL!!! Yes, expect anything out of the mouths of children!
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
18 May 16
Ha! he probably heard a family member call it that in a joke- and they just repeat things- it can be very funny sometimes.