[Auracle]

Holy hell. This take is so arrogant it’s incredible. Get out of your city bubble sometime.

I live in a rural area (the nearest town has a population of ~500) and use Starlink. I’m a photographer/software developer. My wife is a financial analyst. We have friends or family in the area that are teachers, engineers, nurses, small business owners, etc. Not everyone living outside of a large city is a freaking coal miner.

My wife works remotely and I need to upload large amounts of data for my job. Starlink has probably done more to help with housing prices in cities than every politician in the US combined as it allows people to work remotely anywhere.

[JumpinJack_Cash]

You should get outside of your bubble! You are one of the few people who is in the 10% global population living outside cities who is educated, isn't poor or struggling financially. Data don't lie.

This only happens organically in the US and Northern Europe due to double condition of incredibly high GDP and a geographic morphology which is incredibly sparse and/or with lots of mountains and rugged terrain. 2 or 3 countries =! the world.

> > My wife works remotely

In light of this, you being able to negotiate a good compensation while working 100% remotely, in sectors that can be both defined by economists as advanced tertiary services then who has to get out of their bubble?

I am sure Sudanese villagers will be able to do just the same if you provide them with Starlkinks. Not!

[grecy]

> This only happens organically in the US and Northern Europe due to double condition of incredibly high GDP and a geographic morphology which is incredibly sparse and/or with lots of mountains and rugged terrain. 2 or 3 countries =! the world.

Canada too. Also Australia. Don't forget New Zealand. Friends in Mexico use it to work remotely. South Africa too. Also remember Argentina, Brazil and Chile.

[JumpinJack_Cash]

Expats don't count, their wealth is still originating from rich countries

[grecy]

Plenty of locals using it in all those countries.

[lupusreal]

The urban anti-car crowd seem to think all rural people are as bad if not worse than coal miners because rural lifestyles require cars. Their arrogance is through the roof.