I would also add that quitting smoking was one of the hardest things I have ever done. Just don't start. Some people don't have a problem quitting. I did.
When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'That knowledge is for me alone.' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.' Then God said, 'Well George, that's more nearly your size.' And he told me.
-George Washington Carver
Atlanta for $ to cost of living/quality. Rural Alabama like Sylacauga (metro/eletric company fiber to your home) for "work from home". Both my wife and I work from home in rural Georgia (Carrollton)...$300k bought us 25 acres, a refurbished 2500 square feet farm house, 6 stall horse barn, 1/2 acre pond, and shop with concrete floor and electricity. There are options out there, lots of them.
The first Bush said that, so did the second. I have yet to see the benefit. The longer it goes the more the inequality increases. There is nothing in history I can point to but I am not a good historian. If someone could educate me, honestly asking because I would sleep better.
This is true. We drive 30 minutes to a butcher in Roanoke, AL and it is seriously packed on a Saturday. Reasonable good meat and local flash frozen southern vegetables.
Speed Queen. Made Ripon, Wisconsin. We have a small farm and I can say they are amazing. I believe they still make washer/dryer combos with mechanical/analog switches if you want them. I haven't looked in 5 years at specs though.
Atlanta, rent for the first couple years until you are established, start working remote and then move to the country. Also Raleigh, NC. Both have excellent tech pay/cost of living ratios and robust contracting opportunities.
Worked at an open pit mine in the 90's...electric shovels. Cat had just come out with a diesel one when I was leaving. If you go huge electric is the only thing that will power it and the danger of fire from secondary forces like friction are greatly reduced. Friction provides the heat and you don't want a fuel source close.
If you knew a foreign entity/government had this working it might be prudent to publish a "we have it too", even if it didn't work. Then it's just a matter of stealing the tech and letting Lockheed, etc. produce it for your nation state so that you are not held hostage. Something this big, if not released to the public as generic technology could potentially start wars.
...and there are ancillary patents, for defense of the original patent, that need to be filed in order to keep up with competition. I have a buddy who has several patents for polishing concrete vertically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMSR0R8tA8A
Milwaukee Smooth Insulation knife. They cost ~$20, are full tang, and sharpen very easily. They have become our go to kitchen knife. Best bang for the buck imho. People who did duct work and attic batting were found to be using $200-$300 kitchen knives. Milwaukee went back to the drawing board and came up with an excellent product.
Sylacauga, AL in the US also has very cheap housing and municipal internet. This is just an FYI as we looked there when we were looking to move to facilitate remote work.
We didn't have one until I bought an Atari 5200 and my grandpa took pity on us and gave us an old black and white tv (14 or 15 years old). I read so many books as a kid and ideas had hours and hours spent on them.
...and this is my hope for Africa. As new ideas, unique to different regions are allowed to fight their way to market share...this, hopefully, will improve their quality of life in the ways they desire. This is closer to freedom, in my opinion, than having a government, technology, and a way of life designed on another continent then dropped in.
Depends on which coast you live. West coast, central US lot's of government land (BLM, Forest Service, National Parks, etc.). The east coast, not so much. Most of it is private. It was a shock to me when I moved from Montana to Georgia.
If you have a local Ag Center, may have to travel outside of town, check there as well. Ours has a seed bank and exchange to try in small gardens (not commercial counts...ounces vs lbs of seed).
RDP works better for one. I regularly connect with my phone because my 4G connection is better. Out of 4 people in our house 3 work remotely. One requires HD quality upload throughout the day. DSL took a complaint to the FCC to get hooked up. We are about 40 minutes drive from the Atlanta airport about 15 yards from a rural 2 lane "highway"...the State of Georgia's designation not ours. My mother lives on a reservation in Montana, where nobody thought it was profitable to purchase the co-op...they have 100Mbps vs. our 12-15Mbps in ground.
No. The whole paragraph shows what most people would deem a life of sacrifice, good decision making, and positive societal influence which juxtaposed against the treatment and risk of pain is a strong example of a system that is broken.
...as "low hanging fruit" is shipped out the infrastructure will push further inward. This happened in Europe, then the Americas, and soon it appears it will happen in the "AU". Hopefully the local governments will grow with it and it will help Africans for Africans eventually.
This is also happening south of Carrollton, GA for small 10-25 acre "farms". Cheapest "state" university in Georgia (UWG, Comp. Sci, Nursing). We thought we were finding a reasonable quiet area that would never appreciate (or at least not much) just outside of Atlanta. Airport is 40 minutes away, we both do remote work (me 3 days/week, wife 5 days week). Unfortunately this year the area has exploded. Homes in the 200k-300k range are selling quickly (used to be 12-18 month sales cycle). Most new homes are in the 400-500k range with 5 acres...still ok but they don't even have barns or out buildings. Soon this area is going to be out of most peoples' price ranges as well. Property has gone from 3.5k per acre for lots under 15 acres to 8-10k an acre and looks to go even higher. Carrollton was a hidden gem. The only thing keeping it from exploding is that internet access can be limited depending upon the area.