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    • NerdyDadN
      NerdyDad @scottalanmiller
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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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      • coliverC
        coliver @NerdyDad
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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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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
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          So guys - do you feel that rural seems to be pretty poor only?

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          • coliverC
            coliver @Dashrender
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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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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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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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              • stacksofplatesS
                stacksofplates @coliver
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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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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @coliver
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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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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @stacksofplates
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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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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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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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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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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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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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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.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                            @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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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              But not far away is Plano, OMG I hate Plano. And Frisco.

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                              • EddieJenningsE
                                EddieJennings
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                                Caught up on tickets, so back to documentation.

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                                • stacksofplatesS
                                  stacksofplates @JaredBusch
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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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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @stacksofplates
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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.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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                                      @stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      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.

                                      My dad's LAWN is 10 acres! I kid you not. The little farm that we had was 73 overall. Have friends with thousands.

                                      Graduating class was 64 and that was ten combined districts to make that one class. So we averaged 6.4 kids per grade per year per district. And we took kids from other counties, too.

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                                      • stacksofplatesS
                                        stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        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.

                                        My dad's LAWN is 10 acres! I kid you not. The little farm that we had was 73 overall. Have friends with thousands.

                                        Graduating class was 64 and that was ten combined districts to make that one class. So we averaged 6.4 kids per grade per year per district. And we took kids from other counties, too.

                                        Ya our mowed yard was only about 4. They have a large field and a lot of wooded area too that was good for hunting and riding 4-wheelers.

                                        I don't know how many districts our was made up of, but we had kids ride on the bus that was around a 20 minute drive from their house to get to the school without picking other kids up. I love these areas.

                                        Just sucks it's hard to get useful internet out there sometimes.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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                                          @stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          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.

                                          My dad's LAWN is 10 acres! I kid you not. The little farm that we had was 73 overall. Have friends with thousands.

                                          Graduating class was 64 and that was ten combined districts to make that one class. So we averaged 6.4 kids per grade per year per district. And we took kids from other counties, too.

                                          Ya our mowed yard was only about 4. They have a large field and a lot of wooded area too that was good for hunting and riding 4-wheelers.

                                          I don't know how many districts our was made up of, but we had kids ride on the bus that was around a 20 minute drive from their house to get to the school without picking other kids up. I love these areas.

                                          Just sucks it's hard to get useful internet out there sometimes.

                                          Definitely where we were, the average people out there were super poor. Still are.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            @dominica and @ryanov are quite delayed on their flight tonight...

                                            https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VLG6138/history/20170227/1840Z/LIRF/LICC

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