Tell that to the people who are coming in and putting in 1000s of houses every year. In the county I live in I mean. Hell the mayor in one of the small towns near me is *bragging* about getting ready to double the population in a 5 year period.

Why shouldn’t the locals feel a certain way about that? The ones that aren’t getting kick backs from land developers I mean.

Especially if you move to small town/rural area and not a city that already had 100,000 people in it.

Individually? It’s not. When you’re talking about doubling, or more, the population over the course of 20 years it becomes a problem. That person should also accept that they aren’t a part of the community in the way that someone from there is and they need to accept being treated differently by people until they assimilate which might take a few years, a few decades or a few generations.

I’m not even saying they need to be forced out. Just don’t expect people to like their community changing or be nice and accepting of the people doing the changing. I would be down with anyone trying to force that acceptance being forced out.

Are we talking setting up shop in an existing community or starting a new community in the boonies? Its unrealistic to expect people to not react in certain ways to their community being changed without their input. And it will change. If for no other reason that more people means more problems simply in terms of needed infrastructure and the fact that a certain number of people just aren’t going to get on board with societal norms for whatever reason.

Paying in for generations I mean. I went to elementary school in the same building my grandparents did. Now there’s a dozen new schools in the county and property taxes are higher than ever. That’s all from legal immigrants. I wonder how many new teachers that is. Yeah people moving here en masse is great.

Also in the absence of government owned “public” property there would be places that would have no “public” property and right to travel might be restricted just to people from the area by the ownership instead of open to all. I guess that’s the real question. Is any government ownership of property legitimate given there funding mechanisms or is it all ill gotten gains from criminal activity. Speaking of taxes. While education is one of the biggest line items at the state and local levels it’s not immediately clear to me why people should have the right to move into an area en masse and necessitate all sorts of previously unneeded infrastructure. Including maintenance and staffing of the infrastructure. Especially if they immediately get the vote and can start voting to raise the taxes of people whose families have been paying in to build and then maintain what was previously enough infrastructure for the population.

I guess. Good luck to you if the people whose border you want to cross don’t want you there and you decide to fight it out with them. Hope it works out ok for you. Not that it’s my business one way or the other. Unless you’re talking about where I’m from and then if I’m forced to pick a side it won’t be on theoretical principles. It will be based on who I’m related to. Whether that’s an illegal immigrant from another country or a legal one from New York, Ohio or Pennsylvania.

Right to travel does not equate to right to be accepted by the locals. Down to them refusing to sell you land and refusing to sell you building materials and food if one of their number does sell you land. In the absence of laws regulating discrimination that would happen some places.

Sincerely a local from a part of the world where if you moved here tomorrow your descendants might be considered locals in 100 years. Maybe.

That’s rather optimistic. I’m inclined to think they were crooked from the start back before they changed their name to the FBI even.

I recall the temperatures being comparable 20 years ago in South Carolina when I was setting property corners in subdivisions or cutting line through the woods or a swamp. Seems like I’d have seen an increase over the course of 2 decades.

What’s that quote about being less than 50% literate is being illiterate. I’d put myself in that category with this type of technical literacy.

When I was a kid the topic of healthcare came up, at either Christmas or thanksgiving I can’t remember which one, and my old man said if you go to the doctor they’ll find something wrong with you and sell you the cure. That’s always stuck with me. I’m not saying never go to the doctor but it’s definitely something to keep in mind.

https://youtu.be/B_enD2j1Sbc?si=Tv_4JcRBNEHoWnmU

That’s one of those I need proof but I wouldn’t be shocked to learn it was true conspiracy theories. Not even a little surprised.

Nickelodeon. Strictly for Hey Arnold and The Last Air Bender.

I’ll keep using my store bought stuff including parts kits I finished at the house but homemade is always an option. Maybe not this primitive. My mother’s younger brother is a trainer machinist. With his own set up on his farm.

https://youtu.be/KptCCbTcq_o?si=wmwBYr12xg9gjHZR

Then crazies have to be locked up. To be free is to have access to weapons.

Guns are like drugs and prostitutes. If you’re 15 and have worked for several months, while budgeting accordingly, any of the three are available near you. It’s just a question of whether acquiring one of the three is high enough on your preferences to offset the risk of punishment. As things deteriorate and the state loses power that becomes less and less of a barrier to entry. In any of the three markets.

I thought about joining a few years ago. For about 30 seconds. Then reality reasserted itself. Boy was I right on that one.

Membership is definitely worth it. Even at full price. It’s so worth it that not only do I have one, I give my sister and brother in law one for Christmas every year.