In other news (apolitical thread)...

[Cincydawg]

They probably collect rain water and have a wind mill.

[MrNubbz]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/oregon-coach-dan-lanning-signs-contract-extension-through-2030-joins-fraternity-of-10-million-plus-coaches/

Oregon coach Dan Lanning has agreed to a contract restructure that makes him one of the highest-paid coaches in college football, according to Yahoo Sports. The deal pushes his six-year contract to an average of $11 million per year through 2030. It is fully guaranteed.

But winning the BIG then playing/winning that extra game looks nice in the books and trophy case though it didn't help. And tOSU got to rest and reset,plus got a playoff home game out of it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

[Cincydawg]

[Brutus Buckeye]

cheap dirt

That particular dwelling is for a pair of park rangers. 


https://www.irmamagazines.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AHM-2018-ctgy16-Mag-Writer-of-Yr.pdf


Six hour round trip by dirt road to the nearest grocery store, gas station, etc. 



Helluva view though.

[FearlessF]

wonders what good work they're doing out there
and if they're paid for their mileage to get groceries

[Brutus Buckeye]

You just have to talk your way past them in order to get to the overlook, insofar as I could tell. Make sure you have a park pass and permit. I had neither at the time since I didn't expect anyone to be out there. They let me through anyway. 

[SFBadger96]

Don't move here. We're in a doom spiral.

[bayareabadger]

Don't move here. We're in a doom spiral.

Scary.

[Gigem]

I always get a kick out of the people that just build a house out in the middle of the Arizona strip, where they have to haul out their own water, and they need to hook up a generator if they ever need to use electricity for any reason.

Did it occur to you maybe they have a well?  

[Gigem]

Don't move here. We're in a doom spiral.

I remember my only trip to Ca and SF, 24 years ago. We crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, and it wasn’t long before we were in the country.  Running along the coast, I recall it looked very similar to this. Very strange ocean landscape compared to what we see in Tx. Here, about 5 miles before you get to the coast, it turns into a salt water marsh dead desert scape.  No trees, not much real grass, and lots of sand. 

[OrangeAfroMan]

Some may, but with that initial cost, most don't.  You literally see every third pickup truck with a quasi-permanent water tank in the bed out there in rural AZ.  They haul water, by and large.

[FearlessF]

initial cost seems to be a much larger hurdle/barrier than is was decades ago.

at my previous job, we had to limit initial cost of installing an internet service or CATV service
$150 or $200 upfront killed opportunities

obviously, $10,000 or $15,000 for a well is just unobtainable for too many folks

[OrangeAfroMan]

Especially when you can buy an acre for $1500, lol. 

"The car is $500, but the wheels are $20,000."

[Brutus Buckeye]

Did it occur to you maybe they have a well? 

It would be an awfully dry well. There's a reason no one lives there, no water. No power either