You might like the area just West of Mission on Bentsen Palm Drive. Several parks here at various cost levels as low as $200.00 a month for a longer stay. We are 2 miles from the World Birding Center, about 3 miles from the National Butterfly Center and on a paved bicycle trail. Close to the freeway but far enough so you don't see or hear it. Many park activities and other parks have many of their activities open to residents of nearby parks. Just barely rural but close to everything, also day trips to Mexico and the beaches of South Padre Island.