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The 8-Bit Guys house in Texas
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: nctnico on February 21, 2021, 05:50:41 pm ---I'd say it is whoefully inadequate. Amateur farming at best. The Netherlands has 1.5 times the land surface but has room for 97 million chickens, 12 million pigs and 3.9 million cows.
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It's ranching, not farming. :) And you can have all the land you want, but without water you don't get much.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Anna+Creek+Station/@-28.7992332,135.9691554,73029m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x6a9cad5aad729a97:0x217767942e6c9550!8m2!3d-28.7564672!4d136.0657452?hl=en&authuser=0
(click 'Satellite View')
ebastler:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on February 21, 2021, 05:37:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on February 21, 2021, 12:25:59 pm ---Well, in Australia, we have a single privately owned cattle station in the out-back, that is
bigger than the whole State of Texas !! I don't know what it proves, but it's true! haha... :-+
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That's a bit of an exaggeration, like by 25X. And it is big and dry and doesn't support very many cattle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Creek_Station
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Well, "bigger than Texas" vs. "bigger than Israel" -- easy to confound; I mix those two up all the time... ;) :P
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: ebastler on February 21, 2021, 08:28:47 pm ---Well, "bigger than Texas" vs. "bigger than Israel" -- easy to confound; I mix those two up all the time... ;) :P
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And Australia is right next to Germany, right?
themadhippy:
Talk about over exaggerating,an inch or 2 of nice clean water and the place is "ruined".Try 3+ foot of mixed flood/river/canal/sewage water,that's how you ruin a building and make it nigh on impossible to get flood insurance again.
james_s:
--- Quote from: MikeK on February 19, 2021, 10:57:32 pm ---One of the many reasons not to live in Texas. lol
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I think you'd be hard pressed to find a state that doesn't have reasons not to live in it. Earthquakes, wildfires, floods, tornadoes, animals that will try to kill you, climate, economics, politics, geographic features, there's always something. You make your choices, settle down and hope for the best.
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