In a perfect world Katy and I would love to have a house on 5 acres of land with a huge wrap around porch complete with rockers. We also would completely enclose it with screens to keep the bugs off of us. Here in SC we have blood sucking knats called "noseums" or something like that. They are tiny bugs and the female species are the blood suckers. They typically are herbivores but if a human is around, watch out. There is another aspect of sitting on your front porch in an urban environment. You might witness a drive by shooting and or have to dodge bullets. In a rural setting you are less likely to have that. Then again there are rural areas that are being taken over by the drug dealers, so you never know.