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Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Post by moate » Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:19 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #17

deckar01 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can get satellite internet in the middle of nowhere. It's much harder to get water, power, waste management, medical services, and grocery stores.

If you have power then water is straightforward. Just dig. We’ve been doing that for hundreds of years.

I mean, that's a pretty big "if" qualifier there. Getting water might be easier than getting the power once you have the power, but that also means its harder than getting power because it requires an extra step. Also, it's straightforward, but that doesn't make it easy or cheap.

If you want to go to the ISS, become an astronaut is straightforward, but it's not exactly helpful.

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Post by 0xffff2 » Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:23 PM UTC

deckar01 wrote: post #13

dev_dull wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only people living in big cities think this isn’t still true. If you so desire, huge portions of land in the country “flyover” USA are yours to be had for very cheap. Of course it’s difficult to get internet there, so how will the millennials make it?

You can get satellite internet in the middle of nowhere. It's much harder to get water, power, waste management, medical services, and grocery stores.

I own several acres of rural land. Internet is by far my biggest hurdle to making it my full-time residence. Satellite internet is high latency, low data caps, and very sensitive to any kind of weather, all for more money than I spend on cable for my apartment in civilization. It's completely and utterly unsuitable for remote work.

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Post by abfan1127 » Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:26 PM UTC

JeanMarcS wrote: post #8

> Young men starting in life should avoid running into debt. There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt. It is a slavish position to get in... Well, that put student debt in perspective no ?

Dave Ramsey says the same things.

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Post by 0xffff2 » Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:27 PM UTC

fartcannon wrote: post #12

dev_dull wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only people living in big cities think this isn’t still true. If you so desire, huge portions of land in the country “flyover” USA are yours to be had for very cheap. Of course it’s difficult to get internet there, so how will the millennials make it?

Some millennials are in their mid 30's. Isn't it time to pick on a new generation?

I mean, they're not wrong. I'm a millennial in my early thirties who actually owns several acres of rural land. I would love to make it my full-time residence, but can't because I can't get decent internet out there. I'm a software engineer whose company lets me work remotely, but only if I can actually do my job. Until I can get good enough internet/phone service to call in to meetings and reliably access various remote servers, I'm stuck in civilization.

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Post by empath75 » Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:27 PM UTC

A good way to make money is to sell a book about how to make money.

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Post by msla » Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:29 PM UTC

dev_dull wrote: post #4

smn1234 wrote: post #2

I like how it begins with... "In the United States, where we have more land than people..."

Only people living in big cities think this isn’t still true. If you so desire, huge portions of land in the country “flyover” USA are yours to be had for very cheap. Of course it’s difficult to get internet there, so how will the millennials make it?

> Of course it’s difficult to get internet there, so how will the millennials make it?

Difficult to get medical care and water out there, so how will the Boomers make it?

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Post by msla » Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:30 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #17

deckar01 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can get satellite internet in the middle of nowhere. It's much harder to get water, power, waste management, medical services, and grocery stores.

If you have power then water is straightforward. Just dig. We’ve been doing that for hundreds of years.

> If you have power then water is straightforward. Just dig. We’ve been doing that for hundreds of years.

Spoken like someone who's never had to rely on a well in marginal country.

My advice: Drill your well carefully, put in a cistern, and buy a truck which can haul lots and lots of water.

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Post by ngngngng » Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:30 PM UTC

fartcannon wrote: post #12

dev_dull wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only people living in big cities think this isn’t still true. If you so desire, huge portions of land in the country “flyover” USA are yours to be had for very cheap. Of course it’s difficult to get internet there, so how will the millennials make it?

Some millennials are in their mid 30's. Isn't it time to pick on a new generation?

Millenial here. Did this happen with other generations? Where the term was just used as a derogatory way to refer to young people?

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Post by JustSomeNobody » Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:33 PM UTC

dev_dull wrote: post #4

smn1234 wrote: post #2

I like how it begins with... "In the United States, where we have more land than people..."

Only people living in big cities think this isn’t still true. If you so desire, huge portions of land in the country “flyover” USA are yours to be had for very cheap. Of course it’s difficult to get internet there, so how will the millennials make it?

For scale, you could just about give everyone in the US an Acre in Alaska and not even touch the lower 48.

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Post by wccrawford » Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 4:35 PM UTC

ngngngng wrote: post #28

fartcannon wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some millennials are in their mid 30's. Isn't it time to pick on a new generation?

Millenial here. Did this happen with other generations? Where the term was just used as a derogatory way to refer to young people?

Boomers were very critical of GenXers, and vice versa.

I have no doubt that that pattern repeats into history. What one group uses as a slur, another uses as identity.