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[–] Jentu@lemmy.ml 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Nah the internet sucks no matter where you live. That cottage with a closed network or something like Secure Scuttlebutt/Manyverse in a little village would be cool though. The town library can have gigabit internet (for downloading media) and a shared local Jellyfin (& calibre, Navidrome, audiobookshelf, etc) server that can be accessed by anyone in town.

Want to play Live Service or online games? To the library. Publish your website or music album or artwork outside of the local loop? To the library. Online classes? To the library.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

My gaming rig weighs like 90lb, I'll be running CAT6 to the library thanks

[–] Jentu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

Or just keep your rig at the library. Makes it so you’re around when the library LAN parties start.

[–] NicolaHaskell@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago

Internet revolutionaries revealing that "eat the cul de sac" was internalized self-loathing all along.

[–] multifariace@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I would prefer the cul de sac of 8 close friends, but still surronded in nature.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

and lan party cables?

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 3 points 23 hours ago

I think the cottage being a short/medium bike ride away from friends/the city would be a perfect middle ground.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

For me and my friends it would be a bunch of small close islands, and then one larger community island in the middle.

I'm thinking something like in Sweden's Skärgård, where there are lots of such islands.

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I would like that, but with internet, and lan parties.

[–] b34k@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Yeah my Father in Law basically has this… but significantly nicer (4bed, 4bath, full kitchen, running spring water, off-grid solar+batteries), up a mountain, surrounded by pine trees, with StarLink internet.

It’s amazing when we can go visit for a week or 2

[–] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

We basically have this in Ireland. Only instead of a log cabin its an old cottage in the middle of nowhere.

An old cottage with a gigabit connection.

You want Norway, Sweden and Finland. You can get fast internett pretty much anywhere and a large portion of the countries are just forest. I actually met a guy in Troms who is the only year round resident of an island that has two ferries a week if you book ahead of time and he has fast internett, as well as a lovely vegetable garden and a plentiful supply of fish.

I'd rather have a modern house, some housemates and no internet.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Hell no lol

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

Lived like that for a while (but with a working shower and not-so-fast internet). 10/10 would recommend. Will do again when I'm done with $CURRENT_LIFE_ISSUES.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Plus a plumbed toilet and air conditioning.

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

Definitely not, my dream place to life is microdistrict with everything needed close.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 133 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Yah. But also with heat, running water, AC, a convenience shop nearby and some friends. So basically what I already have minus a job.

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Wish granted. Enjoy mosquitoes.

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[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 54 points 2 days ago (10 children)
[–] Obnomus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Wexford county?

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[–] smps@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Internet is useless compared to a proper well. Water - good

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Everyone I know who lives in the woods has a well functioning well. None of them I know have fast internet.

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