Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner

Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by jacquesm on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:37PM (#25781251)

> With young kids I prefer my house to be far away from places weak/non swimmers can drown.

That rules out whole countries. And misses all the fun of having water nearby. The chances of that happening are so vanishingly small that it probably is a bad guide as to where you want your kids to grow up.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by caturopath on Thursday January 14, 2021 @07:29PM (#25785220)

~1000 American kids die a year from drowning - the rate has went down since pool fences became common. I'm not sure it's quite "vanishingly rare", though of course it's not common.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by CRConrad on Friday January 15, 2021 @06:12PM (#25797841)

Your mention of pool fences implies that moving away from the sea doesn't necessarily help keep your kids safe from drowning.

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