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I'd rather live on my 20 acres with propane power and the batteries powered by the sun. I like that we dug a pump well for fresh water. I like that I can go o
by IncRnd 9y ago
I'd rather live on my 20 acres with propane power and the batteries powered by the sun.
I like that we dug a pump well for fresh water.
I like that I can go outside with my daughter and watch wildlife walk by. I don't need to get a streaming service that puts an image of wild things on a 40" screen. My daughter is going to have memories for a lifetime of her and dad naming the pretty cougars and foxes that walked in her backyard. She'll always remember and be able to come back to her own woods with trails and chirping, the stream by the house, and her very own lake Elizabeth with little jumping fishies.
I already get things delivered to my door same day from Amazon, so I don't need drop off locations at town central, where I would need to get my packages. But, I can go into town, whenever I want. It's not far.
If people want to keep building ever more expensive housing that is constantly more and more interdependent with other systems and people, then go right ahead. Meanwhile, life is waiting to be lived right now.
- javabean22 9y agoCan your daughter go outside and play with her friends unsupervised? Does she have any friends?
- IncRnd 9y agoThat's rude. She has many friends and sees kids her age almost everyday. She's too young to be unsupervised. Let me ask you a question similar to what you just asked me, "Do you enjoy letting your family breathe the smog and pollution infested air that you live in? If they don't breathe the outside air, are they aware of the pollution and climate change that is killing the planet, caused by your car?" See how silly the kind of assumptions are that you made?
- javabean22 9y agoI don't have a car.
- bnjms 9y ago> See how silly the kind of assumptions are that you made?
- IncRnd 9y agoThank you!
- mistermann 9y agoWait....did you just use a silly assumption, not as an example that silly assumptions are possible, but as proof that his assumption was silly?
- gmu3 9y agoIt's not like modern city parents let their kids go out unsupervised these days
- greggman 9y agounless they live in a nice city. the city in live in has 34 million people and kids go out unsupervised just fine
- paulryanrogers 9y agoBravo for your efforts to live more sustainably. Still, I don't think it's practical for every person to have 20 acres, wildlife, and the means to enjoy it all without long workdays.