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My parents have a well, I live 2 hours away in a city with municipal water. My parents' tap water contains enough iron and sulfur to taste like diluted blood, w

My parents have a well, I live 2 hours away in a city with municipal water. My parents' tap water contains enough iron and sulfur to taste like diluted blood, while my tap water tastes like drinking from a swimming pool. But I do not consider either myself or my parents to be living in an undeveloped society (Florida has its issues but it's not THAT bad). A tap filter (of the Brita/Pur/whatever variety) makes both waters far more drinkable. In terms of taste, filtered well > filtered municipal > unfiltered well > unfiltered municipal. But that's just me. I prefer the taste of too much iron and sulfur to the taste of chlorination.

teddyh 12y ago
> I do not consider either myself or my parents to be living in an undeveloped society I did not say you were undeveloped. I said that your society was perhaps not as developed as you would like to believe. People have a tendency to believe (unless presented with daily reminders) that they are the apex of their development, the best their society can produce. I wanted to remind you that, at least in terms of your water supply network, you can certainly do better.