It looks really nice, but thats it. It just looks really nice. Even with the 100lbs of sand in the base and post, its very easily movable and likely to get taken out by a snow plow. Also, I bought this because it was the nicest looking  option that I could get quickly, even from local stores. My other mailbox had broken and I wasnt receiving mail. This was guaranteed to be here the next day and ended up arriving late. Its a nice mailbox overall. If you plan to landscape around it with some brick or whatever it would likely be fine, but I wouldnt just leave it free standing.