small town naivety (farming, acres, cricket, chicken)
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Gee, the last time I heard that broom story, it was a mop in a city hardware store. If you're going to repeat "urban" legends, at least get the details right. And gas hasn't been under 20 cents/gallon since 1941. Were you even old enough to drive then? You'd be 93 now. Or were you just parroting some other legend?
No satellite available? I have no options where I am other than satellite. No cable, no dsl or other. There is a fellow that had a blog.. still is on Facebook I believe.. Duane Ose. He lives in Alaska, 205 miles from the nearest road. The last homesteader in Alaska. He is a fur trapper, married a mail order bride close to 50 yrs ago. Lived in a dugout for 9 yrs while he hand built a log home. He has internet. Satellite dish and he provides his own electricity. Where in this country can one not get satellite service? I know that some places .. particular homes, trees can block the signal but trees can come down. I'm in a Nat'l Forest and have a 20' clearing around the house... the dish is on my roof.
If the library is getting internet... why can't they?
Thanks for the neat stories. I enjoy hearing them. That goes for the rest of you too. I had to look up Duane Ose to learn more. What a cute couple, and I love their sense of humor. Tough as an old boot, both of em. Sorry if these have been posted already.
Be that as it may, the OP has posted a series of threads lamenting rural living. I don't recall the OP stating a reason he could not relocate. If one is that miserable it would behoove them to do something about it. It really isn't a Ray Bradbury short story.
There's actually a thread of truth in this rant. Kids graduate from high school and go to college. When they graduate, there are no jobs in their old small town, so they gravitate to cities where there is the opportunity to build a life. About 28% of adults in my state have a baccalaureate degree, but in my county it's only 9%. Some of the high school graduates make a good living in building trades, as loggers and such, but many are stuck in dead end minimum wage jobs. Many of them are drunks and druggies, but you find those wherever you go. Anyone with intelligence and initiative can do very well indeed. I rub elbows with multi-millionaires every day. They may be wearing bib overalls and muddy boots, but they know what they are doing.
Sorry, but not "every square inch of the USA has ...internet". Our county government is currently trying to partner with a private enterprise to provide internet services to people who don't have it in our rural county. Many of these residents use the local private library to gain internet access, otherwise they wouldn't have access at all. It seems ridiculous for a county with one of the largest and oldest Naval R&D bases in the country not to have this access available to all citizens, but it's also the reality for many.
Satellite internet is not that expensive. The only information utility I can't get at my house is cell phone service, and I'm getting ready to install a signal amplifier in hopes of getting that to work. It's true, however, that you have to be able to see the sky to get satellite internet or television.
There's actually a thread of truth in this rant. Kids graduate from high school and go to college. When they graduate, there are no jobs in their old small town, so they gravitate to cities where there is the opportunity to build a life. About 28% of adults in my state have a baccalaureate degree, but in my county it's only 9%. Some of the high school graduates make a good living in building trades, as loggers and such, but many are stuck in dead end minimum wage jobs. Many of them are drunks and druggies, but you find those wherever you go. Anyone with intelligence and initiative can do very well indeed. I rub elbows with multi-millionaires every day. They may be wearing bib overalls and muddy boots, but they know what they are doing.
I agree. And not every person wants to remain in their hometown for various reasons, not just lack of job opportunity. As well some return home after retirement and there is plenty of migration. In my small rural area we have too many, IMO, people moving in from all over. Lots of retirees, but lots of families too. Many are moving for a lower cost of living once they retired, some to escape the crime, regulations, crowding, people, and some just because they want a slower pace of life among " mountains views, streams, lakes, outdoors".
No satellite available? I have no options where I am other than satellite. No cable, no dsl or other. There is a fellow that had a blog.. still is on Facebook I believe.. Duane Ose. He lives in Alaska, 205 miles from the nearest road. The last homesteader in Alaska. He is a fur trapper, married a mail order bride close to 50 yrs ago. Lived in a dugout for 9 yrs while he hand built a log home. He has internet. Satellite dish and he provides his own electricity. Where in this country can one not get satellite service? I know that some places .. particular homes, trees can block the signal but trees can come down. I'm in a Nat'l Forest and have a 20' clearing around the house... the dish is on my roof.
If the library is getting internet... why can't they?
Sorry, but not "every square inch of the USA has ...internet". Our county government is currently trying to partner with a private enterprise to provide internet services to people who don't have it in our rural county. Many of these residents use the local private library to gain internet access, otherwise they wouldn't have access at all. It seems ridiculous for a county with one of the largest and oldest Naval R&D bases in the country not to have this access available to all citizens, but it's also the reality for many.
Satellite is available everywhere. It may not be cheap, and it still requires power, but it's available.
Thanks for the neat stories. I enjoy hearing them. That goes for the rest of you too. I had to look up Duane Ose to learn more. What a cute couple, and I love their sense of humor. Tough as an old boot, both of em. Sorry if these have been posted already.
heh.. that was good. I didn't know they had made that little clip. I remember when she broke her leg, it was just a couple of yrs ago.
His blog when he had it was great..he had so many pics and so much info. Following his fur trapping was fun too. Interesting. Definitely an interesting couple. Oh.. and anyone that's willing to work... he'll let you come and visit and stay for a while.. but you'll work. Help cut firewood or whatever. I would have had I not had a husband at home!
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