• DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I’m thinking we set up our cooperative farm/compound in Anchorage. It’s gorgeous, and one of the places least likely to be affected by climate change disasters.

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      11 months ago

      You have no idea the temptation I have to do just that. A satellite connection and a remote job for income and I’d be good. A family member is up in Alaska already, he’s got a plot of land with a natural gas deposit that wasn’t large enough or near enough to a populated area for the US gov to care about. So they’ve got it tapped and have a pretty ideal setup. They bought my grandfather’s tractor a while ago an old restored 1912 John Deere.

      I do enjoy the comforts of living near everything. I’m not sure I could give up having 100s of restaurants to choose from and a dozen or more grocery stores in a 10 mile radius. Or the specialty delis, high speed gigabit, and other comforts of civilization.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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        11 months ago

        One of my peers works in a very remote area of BC (Americans: BC is in another country and it borders Alaska’s south tip) in unionized IT via starlink. Think: the major highway going past it is two-lane.

        • quiet
        • hard work
        • no commute
        • land
        • pension (50% fo life after 25)
        • biking
        • hiking
        • backyard camping is camping

        But:

        • fucking prepper tourists
        • sometimes the power dumps
        • you wanna see what’s outside before going out to the garage.

        Remember: nature doesn’t care about you and we’ve only been pissing her off for 50 years.