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 Recently 2 pumping stations broke. Had to carry them to the repair station and pay ~100$ (thanks god it was cheaper than it could be). I don't have a job right now but I can't imagine how would I work a "standard" job (9-6, driving to the office in the center of the city) given a lot of stuff do to here all the time. My main goal in to set everything in a way to minimize maintenance time + money in the future. It will take ~ 2-3 month honesty. 8 comments
 @shegeley living in a country side can be a pain yes, but I like it because potentially you can be fully autonomous. Your own food, your own water, your own electricity and so on, but it is harder in many aspects. Compared to an apartment it is much easier to own bigger place in a country side. What do you mean be independence exactly? Living in the city I can take a cheap taxi a public transport, a bike or a car ride (if I have one) to the place where I need. So even if the car or bike breaks there are still options. In countryside your are much MORE depended on car for example. Of course you can do some basic maintenance (oil + filters change etc) but I doubt that you can repair broken engine so easily. So it seems for me that you are even more dependent on tech+supply chain @w96k and growing your own food... That's a dream too. I mean growing food for real for the whole year for a single grown man is really a lot of work. Even more for the family. You can grow only basics: potato + garlic, tomato, onion etc. And they are usually cheap You'll still buy meat, fish, bananas, berries, mushrooms. milk, cheese etc. That's tasty and more expensive than the basics  @shegeley I think one of the main reasons for living in the country is that you don't have to work a 9-6 job to make for living. There are options, like agriculture, herding animals, but also remote jobs if one's lucky to find one. I agree there's a lot of maintenance that needs to be done though and that it can be expensive. On the other hand I bet property prices in the city are much higher, even rent can take up a large chunk of one's income, so there's that cost that's lower in the country. Whining about country living continues. Had a power outage for 33 hours. 80% of the meat and fish section is defrosted, soaked and expired. 8 years old lawn mower broke. Had to pay 320$ for the new one. 😠yesterday had a little time to think and write down all the country house todo items: repair, inventorize , buy and install, threw out, sell, clean and etc. |
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And now I don't have a car, only mom has. We share it and it's very inconvenient.
And what if I'd be married and had kids? Carrying kids to a (good city) school + sport or something educational every day + wife or me going to job. That's automotive slavery.