| >Living in apartments feels disrespectful to humanity. If you live in a good apartment, then it's fine. Author doesn't properly touch on the subject that matters here. Economists know what the optimal neighbourhood looks like. Optimal densities relative to culture. There's loads of these communities all around the world; very often with a strong religious theme. Jews are particularly good at forming these sorts of communities. Jehovahs, amish, etc. All really good at this. There's nothing wrong with a city, you can build these inside a city. The more vertical you go, the easier it is to fit them in. You can invest along this path rather successfully. One of the easier ways to beat S&P500 index funds. What the author seems to have failed on is joining one of these communities. They live in a city on their own and obviously that's going to go poorly. Then they go to other extreme of lets move to the middle of nowhere and escape society. Which is also wrong. You need to find your tribe that is you. That's how to get in touch with human nature. |