Comments by "KGS" (@kgs2280) on "Peter Santenello" channel.

I’m with you on that! This guy is living the life I wish I’d lived, instead of living paycheck-to-paycheck for most of my life. I’m also a senior (otherwise I’d jump on the opportunity to go live at his teaching school), and I was a hippie for a several years, so I had some opportunity to learn and understand the “anti-capitalist” and self-sufficiency thinking, so it’s doubly sad that I ended up getting sucked up into exactly that capitalist way of life. I also really loved all the “back-to-the-Earth” kinds of architecture and homes being built at the time, like the buildings in this video. I recently got inspired by the Permaculture movement, and the growing of herbs for medicines, etc. Sadly, I’m almost in the physical condition he’s in, so I can’t do all the work necessary, but I wish I had joined some kind of community like this back in the early 70s. I’m not complaining, as I’ve had some incredible experiences in my life, but this would have been a great lifestyle for me.
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@paulm518 I disagree. There are quite a few younger people who are interested in permaculture. And who said anything about not having internet and Amazon? The state does have to work on maintaining steady internet service, but it’s there, and I’m pretty darn sure Amazon delivers to WV, LOL. And there are grocery stores there, just not every mile or two like in past years, but a lot of younger (and middle-age) people are interested in growing their own produce, including fruits and nuts, and WV has a number of those growing wild. Foraging schools would also be a very welcome addition, I’m sure. I’m not talking about communes that never go into towns or cities, or interact with other people; just people who want to grow enough healthy, organic produce to feed their own family or community. They can also have chickens and goats and just about anything else they want. Sure, it’s basically farming, but a lot of people are fed up (no pun intended) with the chemicalization and unnatural methods of the Big Agra and meat-producing industries, and would rather do it themselves with healthier methods for their own homes, plots and groups.
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@elemkay5104 I agree. Permaculture is a great thing, and could definitely spark some self-sustainable communities there. A back-to-the-land approach might be very popular there, because many West Virginians love, and feel like they belong to, the land, and have some background in farming or, at least, self-sustaining gardening.
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@FriendlyCroock Um, sorry to disappoint, but most media in the U.S. is right-wing, or at least right-leaning.
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I absolutely love Mexico City. I’ve been there several times, and it always felt very good, and welcoming. I always stayed at the same hotel right around the corner from the Zócalo, and loved walking to the Zócalo at dusk when all the people and vendors come out. Now that they’ve worked to clean up the air pollution, and because of its high altitude, the air always feels so fresh and clean. It’s really invigorating. And, I always go to Teotihuacán to see the ancient pyramids (it was even there, and already abandoned long before the Aztecs moved to Mexico City!) because it is only about 25 miles from the city, and you can easily find a bus that goes there (just ask about it at your hotel’s front desk). It is absolutely one of the most incredible archaeological sites in the world. I can’t wait to go back, and I hope to live in Mexico City someday, permanently. These streets in Condesa remind me of a couple of nice areas in San Diego, California.
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@crybabygbc1026 I listen to media from all over the world, and, on occasion, also listen to American “mainstream” media like CBS (which made a big right turn politically this past year), NBC and ABC. They all seem to have a right-leaning bent. MSNBC is the only one that leans somewhat bit left. I watch YouTube news from all over the world, and it made me realize how right-wing mainstream news is in the U.S. But then, I primarily listen to left-leaning news out of preference, but I watch the others as well to get a more complete perspective.
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@m.m.7514 I would love to go to Spain someday. How cost effective is it to retire there? I live in the U.S., and I’m really not happy with the changes that have happened here, especially since the Pandemic and a certain very well-known political leader, and am very afraid of what will very possibly happen when we have our next election next year. I will not live under a dictatorship, and I’m very afraid our country could go in that direction. Plus, our economy is in danger, and hasn’t been doing well, for The People at least, in the last few years, so that is of great concern as well. I’m looking at Mexico as I’ve been there a number of times and I love it, but would also consider other countries as well.
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Such beautiful countryside! I was born in southern WV not too far from Kentucky, but my family moved when I was 1-1/2 years old, but I’ve been back a number of times because I still have cousins there. I’m getting old now, but those mountains and all that natural beauty still call to me. I don’t know if I’ll ever move back there, but this video certainly stirs a longing in my soul! I sure would love to go back for a visit someday at the least.
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My whole family is from Beckley. Most of my ancestors have been from WV, and VA before WV seceded, all the way back to the 1600s. We moved when I was 1-1/2 yrs. because my dad was in the Air Force, but we got to go back for visits every few years, and I’ve always loved WV. You can’t find much more natural beauty than there. My cousins, who still live there, are all college educated (mostly from Marshall), and are almost all teachers. It’s definitely one of the top places I would consider moving to if I get to where I can’t afford to live in CA anymore (I love CA, but it is expensive).
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@brucelee4president783 It’s cheaper to live there than many other states. Getting a good job would probably be harder, though, unless you could work online.
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@markyhutt All those reasons are the reasons I wanted to live in Mexico after living there for six weeks. Unfortunately, I have not been able to do that. I also found it unsurprising that all those things that my mind, and heart were interested in in the country, but the politics of the country was something I had no interest in at all. I actually enjoyed that, as we’re inundated with it here.
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The quote “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it” (one of my all-time favorite quotes) was by Edmund Burke. Here’s a very short bio of him from Wikipedia: Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of Parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party. Wikipedia Born: January 12, 1729, Dublin, Ireland Died: July 9, 1797, Beaconsfield, United Kingdom Influenced by: John Locke, David Hume, Montesquieu, Aristotle, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Thomas Aquinas, Cicero, John Milton, Meister Eckhart, Bonaventure, William of Ockham, Hugo Grotius and others.
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I had a moment there when he said his sister’s name is Bertha because that was my grandmother’s name. You don’t hear that so much anymore. Good memories. Also, I grew up in Florida, but all my family was originally from West Virginia, and I still remember when we’d go up to visit how on the drive back to FL, we’d see many Black people still picking cotton in South Carolina (this was in the 60s). Such a great episode. And yes, I saw your episode on West Virginia too, of course.
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Lalo is great!
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@hclayjones71 What year did you leave there?
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@mradventurer8104 Exactly. People are people everywhere. All my aunts and uncles and cousins lived there, and would even head up to New York City to buy clothes for school and such at least once a year. It’s not really that far, so everything is available, even though most people there stay in their own region most of the time, like everywhere else.
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@mariomelgarejo1886 That’s an interesting definition. I had never heard that before, thank you. I just always thought that using the term “expat” was like saying “we left the U.S., possibly for good”. On a less passive level, I always took it to mean “we got the hell out of the U.S. because it doesn’t give us the life we want anymore, and I’m finding a country where I like the living better (and often with the caveat of “and a place I can afford to live more comfortably”).
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