Before I even start to build the shed, I need to ask the county for permission to build on my property.

We have a cabin in a rural area. I’ve found it remarkable how easy it has become to learn new skills from YouTube. My butchering and fish filleting skills improve every summer, and I can do some boat motor repair projects.

Yes, but can they MAIL MERGE?!?

I cannot do any of those things however I am quite intelligent and concerned. If I needed a well pump, I would Google how to repair it. If I had a gun that I needed to clean, same. Just because I don't do it on a daily basis does not mean I'm not handy.

I agree with you OP that there are a lot of skills that handy people have that make them very valuable and smart and it isnt always recognized.

Anonymous wrote:If only DC people could learn to be less pompous and more like kind and decent human beings. Visiting universities outside the DMV (and not in the N.E.) has been eye-opening.

A lot of it is insecurity from hicksville too. So many people Ive met in rural areas are just nasty about people who live in urban areas and calling them awful places as well. Just look at the republican party. You would have thought Portland was a war zone.

There are many of us in the dc metro from rural areas OP.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know, OP. My team and I completed a 7-hour surgery on a patient Monday to remove several tumors. Can you do that?

An insecure surgeon. How cringey.

Better than an insecure hick.

It's incredible how when you let people comment anonymously so many people end up acting like children. Grow up, guys. We need diverse skills and perspectives to make the world work. It's not a zero sum game and society fails if everyone has only Greene County Skills or if everyone has only DC skills.

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Anonymous wrote:Only 10-15% of Americans live in rural areas, on well water, etc. so who is “out of touch” with what?

Source? We will wait.

I mean this stuff is easily searched on line so I’m not sure what you’re are waiting for.

For example, here is the CDC saying “In the United States, 9 out of 10 people get their tap water from a regulated public water system. Most other people living in the United States get their tap water from a privately owned well.”

https://www.cdc.gov/drinking-water/data-research/facts-stats/index.html

Do you know how to do any of these?
I do not and do not care.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know, OP. My team and I completed a 7-hour surgery on a patient Monday to remove several tumors. Can you do that?

An insecure surgeon. How cringey.

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Many of us in the DMV are transplants from places like Greene Co.

Just because you know how to install a well pump doesn’t make you more valuable than other people. I don’t have a well, so I don’t need to know how to install a pump — but if I did, maybe I could figure it out. What is the point of your story?

If you need a well pump istalled it most certainly makes you more valuable.

Anonymous wrote:Only 10-15% of Americans live in rural areas, on well water, etc. so who is “out of touch” with what?

Source? We will wait.

The only thing out of touch is you! 90% of the US live in urban areas and don't have to live like its 1805.

What an idiotic post!