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What Do You Like Best about Rural Dodge County?

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Recreation

Agricultural Based

Mix of agriculture and wildlife habitat	That it's rural
The rural part. Farms, wetlands and nature	Small farms
Its strong agriculture base	It's still country
Family farms	Dodge County Farmer's Healthy Soil group
Lots of productive agriculture land and limited residential development so far.	The wonderful farm communities and picturesque scenery
Agriculture, wide open spaces. More relaxed lifestyle.	The agricultural environment
Farmland, safety, a school system that values our youth, readily available resources for food and shelter	We like to see the rare opportunity of cows outside grazing on pasture. It’s almost nonexistent.
The diversity. We have many types of landscapes. As it relates to farming we have as much diversity in our fields here as anywhere. Corn and soybeans are still the predominant crop but many farms are growing other things especially the dairy farms. It is great to see different cereal crops being grown as well as hay and other cover crops used seasonally.

Scenery/Solitude

No neighbors, quiet roads	Clean air and space
Its quiet solitude	Peacefulness
Privacy	The rural atomosphere and scenic beauty
Its rural, lots of outdoor space. Lower taxes	Less population and peace & quiet
Quiet	Drumlins and glacial features
Peace and quiet	The peacefulness
Peacefulness	Clean
Lots of space, few people	Peaceful
That it is peaceful	Quiet
A traditional country look and feel	The beautiful land, farms and wildlife
Less traffic, quiet and peaceful. Get to see more birds and wildlife.	It's open space and farm fields. Good road system.
The utter simple beauty of the topography and the agricultural heritage.	Picturesque landscape, being able to raise a family in our rural area
The natural beauty. The mix of farm land, marsh. Would like to see more forests return	Low population, large tracts of wetlands & river access.
Lack of traffic, live in a beautiful area (on Lake Sinissippi), enjoy looking at the farms and open land	The parks, agricultural make-up and the community as a whole.
It is a great place to live. Dodge County is beautiful. There is much wildlife to enjoy and people are able to make a decent living. It is also a safe place to live.	Lack of traffic, abundant wildlife, the ability to find nature without driving for hours, access to water features, parks, farms, an island of quiet surrounded by urban areas.
I like to see the land being used in a productive and clean way. The beauty of the countryside and all it represents is what I like best. It is the picture of a way of life.

Micellaneous

Lots of diversity	Its past uniqueness
The community we live in is amazing	The people
Diversity in consumables	Madison is growing to the west
Lack of development	Rural, low crime
Preservation of wetlands, Horicon marsh and visitor centers associated with it, trails	Taxes are much lower than in a town..room between neighbors
Low crime. Good quality of life. Not much urban sprawl.	The maintained home and property to include all of the buildings and open land.
The people that try to make things better for all involved. Not just picking winners and losers.	Lots of things to do. boating, kayaking, paddleboarding.
The people and environment create a great place to live. Protecting our natural resources will provide regional benefits for the Community to continue to enjoy.	Land management is recognizing and implementing practices to stabilize soil and erosion utilizing different programs resources.
The taverns located in every unincorpated town. The small town feel, and how everyone is looking out for everyone else. We are wary of strangers, but friendly and welcome to them at the same time.	Proximity to quality employers, good school districts, relatively cheap cost of living with a close proximity to many urban activities/assets.
I'm not seeing the rampant housing developements in Dodge Co. as much as nearby counties, like Dane and Jefferson. All that wasted prime farmland in the Sun Prairie area just kills me!!!!