We have a similar situation and have drawn similar conclusions, JamesM. There is another thing we have noted, unfortunately. I take a look at how the pre-industrial people groups have managed in various areas of the world. Y’know…just in case we’d ever have to live post-industrial/post-electronic. In our high region of the Rockies, pre-industrial people did not live up here year ’round in large groups. They migrated…same as those we currently call ‘snow birds’ who migrate down to AZ-TX in winter and enjoy beautiful summers up here. Those of us who stay can well imagine what it would take to survive subzero temps at night…month after month without modern furnace or even gas for the chain saws that cut the firewood.
It’s doable….the old trappers, others did it. But as we’re aging, manual labor on a large scale is becoming unmanageable. Even now, during a blizzard, we are on our own. No one can get thru that type of weather until they clear the roads. So far, it has not been a big problem. We’ve been here for decades but…now we are rethinking things. Recent medical issues without our younger generations near by…make assessments total up differently. š Still thinking…
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…AH! We have ‘edit‘! Thank you Daisy/Selco for setting all this up!
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