If your main job is to provide hosting on your own servers, you'll be much better off in the city, considering that it's the only place you can get fiber connection.
If you provide meat and diary, then of course the country side is your better bet.
And if you're a lolyer, then either way is fine.
@ryo @lolicon @roboneko @ArdainianRight @antisophon @x0x7@pawoo.net I would like to do both. I would have a homestead in the country along with an apartment in the city to host my servers if I could afford both.
And what if your server goes offline?
I had that happening this summer, it's not just a matter of just rebooting your server if you're a 3 hour bullet train ride away (not doable in terms of time and transit costs combined).
@ryo @lolicon @roboneko @ArdainianRight @antisophon @x0x7@pawoo.net Live primarily in the apartment and hire someone to tend the crops at the other place. Then pick up the crops when needed.
But living in the suburbs gives you the best of both worlds honestly.
I live in a very small town, so I do have a tiny bit of garden near my property, although it's still just enough space for a select few small plants (won't say which in case glowniggers are reading along).
@ryo @lolicon @roboneko @ArdainianRight @antisophon @x0x7@pawoo.net American suburbs are a different story. But depending on state/local laws you are limited to what you can grow in your backyard. You can raise animals in some places. Rabbits seem to be a popular animal to raise for food, but there is huge controversy around it because they are also a popular pet.
And lucky for me, my parents told me that I'm always welcome to use their backyard to grow anything even after I move out (which still hasn't happened), though they're not comfortable with raising animals.
@roboneko @lolicon @ArdainianRight @antisophon @x0x7@pawoo.net @ryo
>had definitely not heard of this one. I thought requiring a permit to grow veggies was quintessentially a UK thing
I meant animals sorry.
> But depending on state/local laws you are limited to what you can grow in your backyard.
had definitely not heard of this one. I thought requiring a permit to grow veggies was quintessentially a UK thing. I'm aware of laws against various invasive species here. but even those are rare and I've never heard of them overlapping significantly with things you would want to eat
I guess an HoA might interfere but that's usually focused more on stuff that's visible from the street
animals are a different story though. anything noisy or smelly is likely to be regulated. if you build structures for them that will also be regulated. but even then many very dense urban areas will still permit a small chicken coop, just no roosters and only a few birds max
all that being said, regardless of local law I've known people to raise pigs if they had an acre or so. since they aren't meant as pets to begin with the worst case scenario that you're forced to get rid of them doesn't really matter all that much. and honestly no one is going to take notice if you're on a sufficiently large lot