Ask HN: Are there any rural tech communities?

Post by bombcar » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 2:54 AM UTC

hunterb123 wrote: post #122

Clubber wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Small towns have grocery stores and hospitals... Yes, but 4-40 acres gets a lot cheaper the further you go from the town. My point was as he was looking and pricing, make sure you are 30 minutes away from a grocery store or hospital. You can always grow a garden and hunt if you so desire, but if you break your leg or something, an hour is a long drive to get it fixed. >Land outside a medium city is a suburb, not rur…

I guess my point was you don't need to drive to a "medium city" for groceries. Unless you're in sparser areas like Wyoming, Nevada, West Texas, etc. you're always 30 minutes or so from the nearest town no matter where you live. If you're looking for 4-40 acres, you're not wanting land out in backcountry, you're wanting land outside a town.

Post by nitrogen » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 3:01 AM UTC

TulliusCicero wrote: post #175

renewiltord wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Much of the condescension you have attributed to the post appears to not be present in it. Population statistics are not individual statistics. Perhaps he is wrong about the population statistics but your existence doesn't invalidate that. Note how "Children are more often shorter than adults" is true despite the existence of Sophie Hollins of Southampton and Peter Dinklage the actor. That isn't an insult to children…

A lot of posters here aren't interested in discussing the actual data. They're personally offended, and responding off of that.

Post by briHass » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 3:07 AM UTC

justin66 wrote: post #180

engineer_22 wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I'd argue you need to think about climate change and whether the US will continue to subsidize rural life. Not to fault you, but you're a seriously urban-centric thinker. Rural productivity is vital to urban concentration. Raw material does not come from the depths of the subway system, nor do the land and seaports magically produce goods. Food, fiber, fuel, etc come from the rural reaches. Flip this on it's head an…

> Rural productivity is vital to urban concentration. Raw material does not come from the depths of the subway system, nor do the land and seaports magically produce goods. Food, fiber, fuel, etc come from the rural reaches. We pay a premium to buy food from the rural US in the form of common import tariffs that stifle or eliminate competition at the expense of the consumer and to the benefit of agricultural interest…

Post by bombcar » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 3:13 AM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #5

I'd like to know, too. My guess: You need at least a town with a state college. (Do you consider Fort Collins, Colorado to be "rural"? It's about 110,000 people. Decent tech scene there.)

Post by cpsns » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 3:22 AM UTC

bradlys wrote: post #178

celdon25 wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you ever actually lived in a rural area?

I have and literally everything they've said is extremely accurate to my experience and those that I've talked to. Moving to a rural area is very much greener grass syndrome. Once you have to deal with the meth heads and associated issues with rural communities (low education, low opportunity, etc.) you will move the fuck out. Obviously if you don't plan to have children and live a semi-hermit lifestyle then whatever…