So you want to buy a farm?
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So you want to buy a farm?
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Re: So you want to buy a farm?
#2Is there a similar article for farms in the US? This is a unique perspective from India and appreciate learning about it.
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#3The colloquialism "to buy the farm" meaning "to die" made this a funny click.
My thought process went from "not really, but let's see what the author is on about" to "ohhh, the kind with acreage not caskets, got it."
Re: So you want to buy a farm?
#4The colloquialism "to buy the farm" meaning "to die" made this a funny click. My thought process went from "not really, but let's see what the author is on about" to "ohhh, the kind with acreage not caskets, got it."
This dark joke comes from back in the day when if an airplane crashed on your farm you’d get a significant insurance payout from the federal government. So the joke became that the failed pilot “bought the farm.”
Re: So you want to buy a farm?
#5Is there a similar article for farms in the US? This is a unique perspective from India and appreciate learning about it.
I would look at youtube, there's a very active homesteading community.
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#6Off-topic but what is the original source of the trend of talks/articles that start with "So you want to..."? I find it very annoying, though I don't know why.
Re: So you want to buy a farm?
#7Is there a similar article for farms in the US? This is a unique perspective from India and appreciate learning about it.
Even better. There are youtube videos of people setting up homesteads all over the US. Buying property, clearing land, raising animals, planting crops, logging, etc. It's mostly geared towards the family farm, but I'm sure there are channels of large scale business farms.
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#8Is there a similar article for farms in the US? This is a unique perspective from India and appreciate learning about it.
I would look at youtube, there's a very active homesteading community.
... of successful homesteaders.
The survivorship bias of this movement is akin to vanlife. A lot of people burn out.
I've seen some get themselves into a poverty trap they can't get out of. Can't pay off the farm, can't make enough to survive, can't make enough to sell up and move back to the city, been out of job market too long to get a job on their old industry and would be stuck unemployed / on povo wages.
Re: So you want to buy a farm?
#9The colloquialism "to buy the farm" meaning "to die" made this a funny click. My thought process went from "not really, but let's see what the author is on about" to "ohhh, the kind with acreage not caskets, got it."
This dark joke comes from back in the day when if an airplane crashed on your farm you’d get a significant insurance payout from the federal government. So the joke became that the failed pilot “bought the farm.”
Interesting, TIL. But is there no profit in kicking the bucket?
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#10My parents had a rather large garden (I wouldn't call it a farm), and we grew 3 crops a year in it. As a kid/teenager I hated it at the time, since they made me work there. Fast forward 30 years I have a bunch of raised beds in my backyard, grow produce, and find it more rewarding in that non-monetary fashion, than just about any other thing I've done. Properly set up (basically just automatic drip irrigation, which is super cheap) it's very low maintenance.
So yeah, I agree with the author. As an engineer, doing this to make money is stupid. But as a lifestyle thing I think it's a lot of fun. And then you also get to eat what you grow, in addition to the "lifestyle".