East side of the county is much more rural. I got 11 acres, there's a couple other blocks of land between me and the highway, absentee owners mostly (I think they live in NY last I heard). Lots of farmland, but also lots of wooded lots in my area, typical seem to be 10-20 acres.Wow........ where did you find enough land in Franklin Co. to have a mile long driveway? Last time I was down there everything looked like a suburb of Raleigh or was planted in nursery.