people like to say that "life in the country moves at a slower pace" well, wake up call: so does life in Mexico and Kenya ...and there's a reason people try to flee from those places
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5/ country life: call a contractor, have him say "I'll be out with the excavator next week" call 2 weeks later "oh, yeah, next week" call 2 weeks later "oh, yeah, next week" call 2 weeks later "oh, yeah, next week" call 2 weeks later "maybe you should find someone else"
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6/ red tribe people: "the city is full of bug men and all REAL production happens in the country" me: hmmm
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7/ strongly suspect so ; I think
@ElamBend , who grew up in the boonies, IIRC, may have been the first to suggest this theory to me if you can maintain a schedule 4 weeks out, why drive a dumptruck in farm country when you can earn 3x in the burbs?https://twitter.com/thepiclord/status/1261302780595253250 …Show this thread
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Wonder if this is due in part to selection effects. All the go-getters probably left for places with more opportunity, leaving the ones who simply aren't self-motivated. Or just the feedback loop of everyone waiting for everyone else to move first.
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