"no welfare, looser building codes, no minimum wage, and few restrictions on weapons."
Yeah, that's what you want way out at sea after you've cut all ties to civilization, loose building codes. And those people you bring in to do the mundane chores for pennies a day, they can buy all the guns they want to rob you with, unless you spend all your money on security. And after your money's gone you won't have welfare to help you out, but by then your home will be falling apart and sinking because of the looser building codes.
Yup, typical libertarian thinking. Hope they all move there so they'll stop messing up our country.
My personal fortress would be a neighborhood with a good amount of food shops (there _must_ be a cheese shop! And bakeries, chocolate cafe, a charcuterie, made from scratch candy/dessert store, a good deli or two, etc.), several good eateries, enforceable noise laws, low or no rent for friends and artistic types (especially filkers), at least two public maker spaces, several taverns with live filk performances, open gaming areas with comfy chairs, pedestrian-centric streets, open areas for food carts, art, performances, creative projects, what have you, state-of-the-art internet and wifi everywhere so people can work at home, a few studios for recording or filming.
Would this protect me from the zombie apocalypse? No. In a nuclear war it would be blown away in seconds. But it would sure save me from the everyday grind and depression that's going on.
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"no welfare, looser building codes, no minimum wage, and few restrictions on weapons."
Yeah, that's what you want way out at sea after you've cut all ties to civilization, loose building codes. And those people you bring in to do the mundane chores for pennies a day, they can buy all the guns they want to rob you with, unless you spend all your money on security. And after your money's gone you won't have welfare to help you out, but by then your home will be falling apart and sinking because of the looser building codes.
Yup, typical libertarian thinking. Hope they all move there so they'll stop messing up our country.
My personal fortress would be a neighborhood with a good amount of food shops (there _must_ be a cheese shop! And bakeries, chocolate cafe, a charcuterie, made from scratch candy/dessert store, a good deli or two, etc.), several good eateries, enforceable noise laws, low or no rent for friends and artistic types (especially filkers), at least two public maker spaces, several taverns with live filk performances, open gaming areas with comfy chairs, pedestrian-centric streets, open areas for food carts, art, performances, creative projects, what have you, state-of-the-art internet and wifi everywhere so people can work at home, a few studios for recording or filming.
Would this protect me from the zombie apocalypse? No. In a nuclear war it would be blown away in seconds. But it would sure save me from the everyday grind and depression that's going on.