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Sure... I would love to play Stardew Valley in "real life" too but it's hard work and economically it's not that lucrative... Most of them got their land for f

by owyn 8y ago

Sure... I would love to play Stardew Valley in "real life" too but it's hard work and economically it's not that lucrative... Most of them got their land for free because it was in the family and when you look at their individual stories: "Her biggest challenge is staying in the black; she makes just enough to live" "The house that Gherpelli and Piana live in, and the land on which their greenhouse sits, have been leveraged as collateral for their bank loan, along with the homes of a few family members." "He has taken up bee-keeping, with 200 hives distributed in ten apiaries around a neighbouring valley, selling his honey under the label Dietro al Monte. He needs twice as many hives to make a living." "So far they have been able to support themselves and run their enterprise by pooling their own savings, selling their honey and drastically reducing living costs, but it is hard graft. Other than occasional forays to Turin to see friends, they spend their time working their farm."

johnchristopher 8y ago
> Sure... I would love to play Stardew Valley in "real life" too but it's hard work and economically it's not that lucrative... The thing is... some people have to “play Stardew Valley in "real life"” so you can have things to eat. How come their job isn't more stable and they don't have the time to play Silicon Valley App of the day Sim 2019 ?
- adrianN 8y ago
  Small time farmers are not competitive with large scale industrial farming. In general society regards this as a good thing, since industrial farming allows us to pursue jobs other than farming. I wouldn't want to live in a world where we still require 90% of the population to be farmers.
  - johnchristopher 8y ago
    But large scale industrial farmers don't have time to play Silicon Valley App of the day Sim 2019 either. It's been debated to death and I am not sure the benefits of large scale farming outweigh smaller units. Now you say they "play" Stardew valley... 60-80 hours a week in the field and having to take odd jobs to pay the farm's bill doesn't sound like "playing" to me. Actually, that's really aggressive to mock people like that.
    - owyn 8y ago
      Good point, and it wasn't my intent to mock the farmers, it was aimed at the tone of the article which is like "this is a totally awesome lifestyle thing that you could totally do" while simultaneously pointing out that most of these people inherited their farmland and are still working really hard and in most cases barely scraping by.
lm28469 8y ago
There is also a big difference between playing stardew valley 2 hours a day sitting in a comfy sofa VS working 8+ hours a day in a farm no matter the weather. You can buy a farm in a remote area and be self sustainable in food / energy for not much, but yeah you won't make bay area money like that. If you make "just enough to live" but live the life you want, more power to you. No one if forced to join the city rat race.

by owyn 8y ago

johnchristopher 8y ago

> Sure... I would love to play Stardew Valley in "real life" too but it's hard work and economically it's not that lucrative... The thing is... some people have to “play Stardew Valley in "real life"” so you can have things to eat. How come their job isn't more stable and they don't have the time to play Silicon Valley App of the day Sim 2019 ?

adrianN 8y ago
Small time farmers are not competitive with large scale industrial farming. In general society regards this as a good thing, since industrial farming allows us to pursue jobs other than farming. I wouldn't want to live in a world where we still require 90% of the population to be farmers.
- johnchristopher 8y ago
  But large scale industrial farmers don't have time to play Silicon Valley App of the day Sim 2019 either. It's been debated to death and I am not sure the benefits of large scale farming outweigh smaller units. Now you say they "play" Stardew valley... 60-80 hours a week in the field and having to take odd jobs to pay the farm's bill doesn't sound like "playing" to me. Actually, that's really aggressive to mock people like that.
  - owyn 8y ago
    Good point, and it wasn't my intent to mock the farmers, it was aimed at the tone of the article which is like "this is a totally awesome lifestyle thing that you could totally do" while simultaneously pointing out that most of these people inherited their farmland and are still working really hard and in most cases barely scraping by.

lm28469 8y ago

There is also a big difference between playing stardew valley 2 hours a day sitting in a comfy sofa VS working 8+ hours a day in a farm no matter the weather. You can buy a farm in a remote area and be self sustainable in food / energy for not much, but yeah you won't make bay area money like that. If you make "just enough to live" but live the life you want, more power to you. No one if forced to join the city rat race.