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Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)

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Re: Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)

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Post by Clampower »

doublec wrote: post #17
cupcake-unicorn wrote: post #10

This is crazy this showed up on HN. Years ago I had a dream about Pitcairn island. When I woke up I was like, does that even exist? Not sure how my psyche channeled this one up. Then I started reading about it and things are pretty sad there. You can see on the Wikipedia site some really shocking info like there's only one older administrator of the electricity system there and not to mention all the awful abuse scan…

I feel like a broken record, but just because things are different doesn't make it "sad". Sure, it doesn't have the mod cons of modern city life, but it has a lifestyle of growing your own food, fishing, building what you need and living in the country. People have applied for the ability to live there but the reality is that there are many people dreaming of an idyllic lifestyle but when faced with the realisation o…

It sounds like living in Animal Crossing tbh.

Re: Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)

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Post by hiddencache »

jnord wrote: post #14
doublec wrote: post #9

I am of Pitcairn descent. My grandmother was born there. I'm a descendant of the mutineers Fletcher Christian, John Mills and Edward Young, and the Tahitian women who went there, Mauatua, Vahineatua, To'ofaiti and Teraura. I've been to the island and I'm active in the Pitcairn community here in New Zealand. The island is a vibrant community of people working. When I was there they were very warm and welcoming. The is…

It is truly amazing that this extremely remote island can actually be explored via Google street view: https://goo.gl/maps/Jq2nguTrabm84sKB8

That's a fantastic link - thanks for sharing!

Re: Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)

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Post by hiddencache »

vimy wrote: post #29
doublec wrote: post #9

I am of Pitcairn descent. My grandmother was born there. I'm a descendant of the mutineers Fletcher Christian, John Mills and Edward Young, and the Tahitian women who went there, Mauatua, Vahineatua, To'ofaiti and Teraura. I've been to the island and I'm active in the Pitcairn community here in New Zealand. The island is a vibrant community of people working. When I was there they were very warm and welcoming. The is…

How do people earn money in such a small economy?

More to the point, if the island is remote, and relatively self-sustaining, it seems like an alternative to New Zealand for those looking for a bolthole in the event of ecological or societal collapse. Jobs and income might not be the focus for people looking for this.

Re: Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)

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Post by [deleted] »

mylons wrote: post #67
doublec wrote: post #9

I am of Pitcairn descent. My grandmother was born there. I'm a descendant of the mutineers Fletcher Christian, John Mills and Edward Young, and the Tahitian women who went there, Mauatua, Vahineatua, To'ofaiti and Teraura. I've been to the island and I'm active in the Pitcairn community here in New Zealand. The island is a vibrant community of people working. When I was there they were very warm and welcoming. The is…

the picture of the girl lying in the tall grass is beautiful.

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Re: Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)

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Post by hiddencache »

doublec wrote: post #11
teruakohatu wrote: post #6

This is partly administered by my country, New Zealand, although is not part of the Realm of New Zealand (New Zealand plus territories it controls), rather it is a British Overseas Territory. The people living there are mostly descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their captives. There has been a long sad history of sexual abuse, with one third of the island's male population being convicted and imprisoned in the e…

I dispute your words that the island is a "rather sad place". It is a place full of people living in a remote island but the place is a warm and vibrant community full of history. Not just the history of the mutiny, but the history of the Tahitian ancestry pre-mutiny. They have a local government where local laws are enacted but as you say, they are British ruled due to a an encounter in the 1838 of a British ship wh…

It won't be for everyone, but I think that for some it's their idea of sanctuary.

Re: Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)

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Post by playguardin »

doublec wrote: post #9

I am of Pitcairn descent. My grandmother was born there. I'm a descendant of the mutineers Fletcher Christian, John Mills and Edward Young, and the Tahitian women who went there, Mauatua, Vahineatua, To'ofaiti and Teraura. I've been to the island and I'm active in the Pitcairn community here in New Zealand. The island is a vibrant community of people working. When I was there they were very warm and welcoming. The is…

I wish the USA was this strict. Any chance my flotilla of refugees can setup shop? Or no?

Re: Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)

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Post by micromacrofoot »

midasuni wrote: post #69
doublec wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely! The cost might be prohibitive for the Pitcairners salary though.

I suspect that price will be adjusted depending on target market. Won’t cost spacex anything to provide Internet to tiny islands like this

If Starlink ever adjusts prices downward to benefit people who otherwise can't afford it I'll eat my hat.

Re: Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)

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Post by jhgb »

drran wrote: post #74
midasuni wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect that price will be adjusted depending on target market. Won’t cost spacex anything to provide Internet to tiny islands like this

Yep. They will charge much more in such remote areas with almost no competition.

Except that in non-remote areas, there will be greater demand per area, and stations per area is the limiting factor. So I'm not sure they'd charge more in really isolated places than in places with higher density and bad service.
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