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Where are you going to get staff for the great medical care facilities? I'm dating a girl who just graduated from medical school and I can't imagine any of her

by dfc 13y ago

Where are you going to get staff for the great medical care facilities? I'm dating a girl who just graduated from medical school and I can't imagine any of her friends wanting to move next to shantytown. Do you think the burning man-esque campus would work over a 2-5 year time period with burning man level of sewage treatment facilities?

rdl 13y ago
Be within a medevac flight of Seattle or Austin.
- dfc 13y ago
  Rotor wash destroys shantytown after dotcom mogul is medevaced to Seattle. News at 11.
  - rdl 13y ago
    I lived in a GP Medium tent next to (100m) a medevac HLZ. Even a Chinook isn't a big deal if you set it up properly. You don't land right on top of the tents. Any kind of terrain feature helps, or just distance. I don't see why people assume "can have your own housing in a high density area" is inherently shoddy construction; 4 x 20' containers and about $20k in work could build something quite nice. "Writer's cabins" are exactly this model (although you don't get the option of building your own workspace; maybe something where you get space, or a shell, or a furnished cottage). I'd trust an engineer to build something a hell of a lot more than a YA fiction writer or particularly a postmodernist. :)
    - dfc 13y ago
      I was running with the shantytown line just to be a pain. I dont hate the idea. I actually think it would be cool if you changed the "DIY/bring your own shelter" to a rehab existing structure and used the program as part of a city program to clean up decrepit neighborhoods.
      - rdl 13y ago
        The benefit of greenfield is not being part of a current political system. There is almost always a political/demographic/cultural reason someplace becomes Detroit; it's not in a vacuum. I'm pretty sure I could go to counties in Central WA or parts of TX and get an almost Disneyworld level of autonomy, being allowed to run local utilities, sheriff, ems, etc. if it got to that scale, with only minimal county and some state/federal oversight. I have no faith Oakland or Detroit would leave a high-net-worth enclave alone.

by dfc 13y ago

rdl 13y ago

Be within a medevac flight of Seattle or Austin.

dfc 13y ago
Rotor wash destroys shantytown after dotcom mogul is medevaced to Seattle. News at 11.
- rdl 13y ago
  I lived in a GP Medium tent next to (100m) a medevac HLZ. Even a Chinook isn't a big deal if you set it up properly. You don't land right on top of the tents. Any kind of terrain feature helps, or just distance. I don't see why people assume "can have your own housing in a high density area" is inherently shoddy construction; 4 x 20' containers and about $20k in work could build something quite nice. "Writer's cabins" are exactly this model (although you don't get the option of building your own workspace; maybe something where you get space, or a shell, or a furnished cottage). I'd trust an engineer to build something a hell of a lot more than a YA fiction writer or particularly a postmodernist. :)
  - dfc 13y ago
    I was running with the shantytown line just to be a pain. I dont hate the idea. I actually think it would be cool if you changed the "DIY/bring your own shelter" to a rehab existing structure and used the program as part of a city program to clean up decrepit neighborhoods.
    - rdl 13y ago
      The benefit of greenfield is not being part of a current political system. There is almost always a political/demographic/cultural reason someplace becomes Detroit; it's not in a vacuum. I'm pretty sure I could go to counties in Central WA or parts of TX and get an almost Disneyworld level of autonomy, being allowed to run local utilities, sheriff, ems, etc. if it got to that scale, with only minimal county and some state/federal oversight. I have no faith Oakland or Detroit would leave a high-net-worth enclave alone.