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We're talking about someone who's struggling to get by in SV. Where are they going to get the money to move their family to the Midwest?
by s73ver_ 9y ago
We're talking about someone who's struggling to get by in SV. Where are they going to get the money to move their family to the Midwest?
- deadmetheny 9y agoThis is true, but it is also not not the point I am addressing.
- ameister14 9y agoWell, if all your possessions are in an RV, moving your family to the midwest costs gas - that's pretty much it.
- majormajor 9y agoSeveral hundred in gas, I'm guessing, and that may not be such an insignificant amount if you're that much on the margin. Remember: you almost definitely aren't paying for it on credit in this scenario.
- ShabbosGoy 9y agoWhy not stop participating altogether? It's not hard to leave this system of slavery[1]: it just requires sacrifice. You don't need to live on the major coasts or in a major city. You can live off the land in the woods, hunting and growing your own clean food, drinking clean water, etc. [1] https://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/libertarians/issues/nozick_slave.html https://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/libertarians/issues/n...
- s73ver_ 9y agoWhich is very much not cheap. Not to mention, while you're driving from point A to point B, you're not bringing in income. So where are you gonna get the money for gas and food?
- ameister14 9y agoIt doesn't take months to travel 300 miles by car. Bringing in income during the long trip is not a realistic issue.
- s73ver_ 9y agoIt's going to take at least a week, and a lot of gas. We're talking about people who already aren't bringing in much, and so likely don't have anything saved up.
- ameister14 9y agoHave you never loaded everything you own in a car and moved before? It does not take a week. And driving 300 miles takes 6 hours in an RV, not 7 days. Within a 300 mile radius of SV is everything from LA to Reno to Eureka.
- deadmetheny 9y agoWhat world do you live in? 300 miles is like a 4 hour drive on the interstate.
- s73ver_ 9y agoGetting to somewhere in the Midwest from SV is far from 300 miles.
- gt_ 9y agoThat’s assuming this RV is in sound condition for the trek. That’s quite the assumption given the context but, sure, maybe.