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But these days, not having decent internet is like not having water or electricity
by blackearl 7y ago
But these days, not having decent internet is like not having water or electricity
- space_fountain 7y agoIt's interesting you bring up water because plenty of people live away from the center of cities and have to pay more for wells and septic systems. I do think the costs could be more even but this isn't a new trade-off
- jascii 7y agoWhen I lived in rural areas well and septic has always been cheaper than municipal water/sewer.
- space_fountain 7y agoHum interesting. I wonder if your neglecting the cost of installing wells and septic systems. The running costs are doubtless lower until you have to replace something expensive. I haven't though directly seen the cost difference though. I just know growing up one the big things the neighborhood wanted was a connection to city water
- jascii 7y agoI suspect it varies a lot by region,here in NW Oregon we don't really need very deepwells and we used composting toilets so our septic system was really underutilized.
- rhino369 7y agoYou are probably also ignoring the cost of getting your house connected to city plumbing. It's thousands of dollars.
- jki275 7y agoWell and Septic are free, unless you include the maintenance and installation costs, which are substantial. 20k+ to drill a well in some places, electricity to run it, maintenance when the pump breaks, things like that. Septic has to be pumped sometimes, clogs sometimes, again probably 20k+ to install, etc.