What Are You Doing Right Now
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
China adds 7m people per year to their population. That ghost city is for just 1m. The amount of housing that China has to build per year is something like 10m (assuming some amount has to be torn down.) In a population of 1.3bn people, having a little spot that could hold 1m be empty temporarily shouldn't be shocking, it should be assumed. The amount of construction needed to keep up with a population of that size is insane.
Ok that makes sense - but was the building happening before these new cities?
in rural super low cost situations, right?From what I've read, and it hasn't been a lot, yes building was happening before but it was similar to US suburbs... which is really just terrible. It leads to poor city management and puts a lot of strain on utilities.
I'm sorry, what hasn't been a lot?
Where have those 7M new people a year been living before these cities went up? In rural huts, right? the natives where basically doing this themselves.
For the sake of their economy, I understand the desire to setup the cities, but most of the cities that Scott mentioned before were built with a purpose in mind, not as a just in case situation, or oh.. yeah - we think something might happen, so let's build a city.
Organic growth seems must more natural (and definitely less efficient).
My reading on the subject hasn't been a lot.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Where have those 7M new people a year been living before these cities went up? In rural huts, right? the natives where basically doing this themselves.
I'm assuming you are joking, right? This isn't very culturally sensitive.
Or do you call American suburban homes being build "natives making huts themselves?"
I guess you get to call me insensitive - from the tiniest amount I've seen on TV, the rural Chinese still live in squalor. If you're telling me that the average Chinese person now lives in what we consider suburbia, thanks for the education.
Most live in very large cities. Over 56% are in cities. Then suburbs are another group. Then villages. Then rural. The average person in China has very little rural exposure.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
the rural Chinese still live in squalor.
You could say that about rural Americans, too. Rural anywhere tends to be pretty poor.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
the rural Chinese still live in squalor.
You could say that about rural Americans, too. Rural anywhere tends to be pretty poor.
If you are in Rural America, you are there for typically one of 3 reason:
- You were born into rural America and you can't afford to drive into the city to work everyday
- You are a farmer/rancher and need the extra land to generate income with
- You are rich and this is apart of your retirement package to live in peace and quietness
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@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
the rural Chinese still live in squalor.
You could say that about rural Americans, too. Rural anywhere tends to be pretty poor.
If you are in Rural America, you are there for typically one of 3 reason:
- You were born into rural America and you can't afford to drive into the city to work everyday
- You are a farmer/rancher and need the extra land to generate income with
- You are rich and this is apart of your retirement package to live in peace and quietness
I enjoy my little rural slice. But for the most part you are correct.
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So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
I don't. The cost of living is less generally so even if you aren't making as much money goes a bit further.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
Pretty much everywhere, yes. Always exceptions, but the average person living in any rural area is normally pretty poor.
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
I don't. The cost of living is less generally so even if you aren't making as much money goes a bit further.
I agree with that. I'd rather live in a rural area. I grew up in one, and we weren't poor. I'm not poor now, and I would rather live there. We have a lot of areas that are "rural" but you can get to a large area in less than 20 minutes. I prefer to live in the quiet and then go to the city if I need to.
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
I don't. The cost of living is less generally so even if you aren't making as much money goes a bit further.
That's what all of the third world says
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@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
I don't. The cost of living is less generally so even if you aren't making as much money goes a bit further.
I agree with that. I'd rather live in a rural area. I grew up in one, and we weren't poor. I'm not poor now, and I would rather live there. We have a lot of areas that are "rural" but you can get to a large area in less than 20 minutes. I prefer to live in the quiet and then go to the city if I need to.
I am sorry, but your concept of rural america seems inclusive of most small town america. Small town != rural.
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@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
I don't. The cost of living is less generally so even if you aren't making as much money goes a bit further.
I agree with that. I'd rather live in a rural area. I grew up in one, and we weren't poor. I'm not poor now, and I would rather live there. We have a lot of areas that are "rural" but you can get to a large area in less than 20 minutes. I prefer to live in the quiet and then go to the city if I need to.
I am sorry, but your concept of rural america seems inclusive of most small town america. Small town != rural.
Yeah, I grew up rural. I love small towns, both in the US and abroad. Small towns and big cities are my favourite places to be. Rural is just empty; and suburbs make me shudder. But rural and small towns are vastly different for sure.
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The guy that delivers us fruit didn't have the fruit that I wanted this morning. So this afternoon after he was done with deliveries he ran up to our place with his car to drop off specifically the fruit that we had wanted!
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
I don't. The cost of living is less generally so even if you aren't making as much money goes a bit further.
I agree with that. I'd rather live in a rural area. I grew up in one, and we weren't poor. I'm not poor now, and I would rather live there. We have a lot of areas that are "rural" but you can get to a large area in less than 20 minutes. I prefer to live in the quiet and then go to the city if I need to.
I am sorry, but your concept of rural america seems inclusive of most small town america. Small town != rural.
Yeah, I grew up rural. I love small towns, both in the US and abroad. Small towns and big cities are my favourite places to be. Rural is just empty; and suburbs make me shudder. But rural and small towns are vastly different for sure.
I generally agree that a lot of suburbia is pretty shit.
Schaumburg, IL is good for a suburb, but it is still a suburb. -
@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
I don't. The cost of living is less generally so even if you aren't making as much money goes a bit further.
I agree with that. I'd rather live in a rural area. I grew up in one, and we weren't poor. I'm not poor now, and I would rather live there. We have a lot of areas that are "rural" but you can get to a large area in less than 20 minutes. I prefer to live in the quiet and then go to the city if I need to.
I am sorry, but your concept of rural america seems inclusive of most small town america. Small town != rural.
Yeah, I grew up rural. I love small towns, both in the US and abroad. Small towns and big cities are my favourite places to be. Rural is just empty; and suburbs make me shudder. But rural and small towns are vastly different for sure.
I generally agree that a lot of suburbia is pretty shit.
Schaumburg, IL is good for a suburb, but it is still a suburb.That's how I feel about Carollton, TX. I like that it has a lot of character and culture and is part of Little Salvador.
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But not far away is Plano, OMG I hate Plano. And Frisco.
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Caught up on tickets, so back to documentation.
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@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
I don't. The cost of living is less generally so even if you aren't making as much money goes a bit further.
I agree with that. I'd rather live in a rural area. I grew up in one, and we weren't poor. I'm not poor now, and I would rather live there. We have a lot of areas that are "rural" but you can get to a large area in less than 20 minutes. I prefer to live in the quiet and then go to the city if I need to.
I am sorry, but your concept of rural america seems inclusive of most small town america. Small town != rural.
My parents have 10 acres and a few of my friends in high school had farms with ~500. I graduated with 98 people. We're fairly rural.
For example, the whole county I grew up in is eligible for a USDA loan.
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@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?
I don't. The cost of living is less generally so even if you aren't making as much money goes a bit further.
I agree with that. I'd rather live in a rural area. I grew up in one, and we weren't poor. I'm not poor now, and I would rather live there. We have a lot of areas that are "rural" but you can get to a large area in less than 20 minutes. I prefer to live in the quiet and then go to the city if I need to.
I am sorry, but your concept of rural america seems inclusive of most small town america. Small town != rural.
My parents have 10 acres and a few of my friends in high school had farms with ~500. I graduated with 98 people. We're fairly rural.
For example, the whole county I grew up in is eligible for a USDA loan.
I did say seems.
