I don't live near my friends, because I don't make enough money. The housing around each of them is absurdly expensive (e.g. houses around one friend are about $500k, with one recently selling for over $1 million). They are able to afford those houses because (a) they are married and both work, and (b) their careers are going far better than mine. In one firend's case, he constantly works overtime to make ends meet.
The only way I can see my situation changing is if my friends were to move out of the suburbs, which some of them are willing to do. One of my friends has proposed two ideas:
Buying a large plot of land (perhaps 300 acres) and subdividing it similar to Celo. I'd happily quit my current job and live in a van building houses to help get that going.
Moving into a near-dead town, which once had thousands of residents but now has a dozen, elderly residents. This would involve each person/family/couple buying housing/land in and around town until the intentional community is the majority at the city council.
The former option is infeasible, because plots of land that size are extremely expensive and difficult to find, and most have retarded state-imposed restrictions on them.
The latter option is, in my estimation, the most likely to succeed. The community could be built piece-meal, with each person/couple/family moving in a house at a time. And if they want to leave, they can sell the house to the next person wanting to move in or sell it to the community.
But I don't think an intentional community of my friends will materialize until after the upcoming depression is done and only if my friends have wealth to spare thereafter.
I don't live near my friends, because I don't make enough money. The housing around each of them is absurdly expensive (e.g. houses around one friend are about $500k, with one recently selling for over $1 million). They are able to afford those houses because (a) they are married and both work, and (b) their careers are going far better than mine. In one firend's case, he constantly works overtime to make ends meet.
The only way I can see my situation changing is if my friends were to move out of the suburbs, which some of them are willing to do. One of my friends has proposed two ideas:
The former option is infeasible, because plots of land that size are extremely expensive and difficult to find, and most have retarded state-imposed restrictions on them.
The latter option is, in my estimation, the most likely to succeed. The community could be built piece-meal, with each person/couple/family moving in a house at a time. And if they want to leave, they can sell the house to the next person wanting to move in or sell it to the community.
But I don't think an intentional community of my friends will materialize until after the upcoming depression is done and only if my friends have wealth to spare thereafter.
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