I'm glad you replied. [LWN.net]

I'm glad you replied.

Posted Aug 3, 2002 0:46 UTC (Sat) by Inoshiro (guest, #3070)
In reply to: Costs of living by pm101
Parent article: Is it really The End?

I know you've had some econ at some point if you mention opprotunity costs :)

But you seem to miss the point that I said they should get day jobs, and just do this on the side.

Granted, costs can be more in the US, but consider North Dakota. $6,000 there is like $10,000 in many other states. I mean, it's great to have your cake and eat it too. Use the internet to live where it's cheap, but get money from the better paying parts of the world.

My father lives in Hawaii, and I visited him last year. Costs there are moderately higher (raw #s wise) and that accounts for shipping. The tourist areas are outrageously expensive, though :) Much like your appartment sounds, which is a matter of the density of universities and colleges in Boston (I visited there last year as well, nice place).

Even if you don't live in Canada, you can reap some of the benefits of living near Canada. The MPAA has artificial price restrictions on DVDs. A DVD which is 20$ USD in the US is 20$ CDN in Canada. This makes importing very nice, especially if you're not to pikcy about declaring things (even then, there are minimum limits you can always stay under).

So there are many ways they could still reduce costs. If I'm going to support LWN further, I want more transparency on their accounting so I can vote with my money on what I agree and don't agree with.

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