Comment Re:It's Like Water (Score 1) 93
Back in the day, when a town was being settled, they would have a well. I think it still works this way in most rural parts of third world countries. You thirsty? Walk down to the well & pull up a bucket.
I don't think you understand how water works.
I live in a small town in Southern Maine. 5 minutes from Portsmouth, NH; 45 minutes from Boston or Portland, Maine. I don't consider my town a rural part of the third world, but my water supply works like you've stated. (with the exception that modern wells are not framed in stone, nor powered by a bucket and pully.)
My town doesn't give me free Wi-Fi, nor does it offer (free or for-pay) water. If you move to my town, you hire a Water Well company who finds an underground aquifer on your land and installs a 60' - 200' well, pump, and filter system.
I don't pay for water. I do pay for Internet access.
In places like SF, where there's free Wi-Fi, it's the opposite. Homeowners pay for water, but not Internet.
I don't think you understand how water works.
I live in a small town in Southern Maine. 5 minutes from Portsmouth, NH; 45 minutes from Boston or Portland, Maine. I don't consider my town a rural part of the third world, but my water supply works like you've stated. (with the exception that modern wells are not framed in stone, nor powered by a bucket and pully.)
My town doesn't give me free Wi-Fi, nor does it offer (free or for-pay) water. If you move to my town, you hire a Water Well company who finds an underground aquifer on your land and installs a 60' - 200' well, pump, and filter system.
I don't pay for water. I do pay for Internet access.
In places like SF, where there's free Wi-Fi, it's the opposite. Homeowners pay for water, but not Internet.
