In Germany, the dorm I lived and worked in was located between a field where sheep grazed and a corn field. Horses ran free in a field across the street. We made up about ninety percent of the population of the suburb known as Riedliger Bad. It was a thirty minute walk to the nearest McDonald's. We could get no pizza delivery. I could look out my window at night at see hundreds of stars. And our water came out of a well that was in our courtyard.