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Here's what I learned this week...

There's some construction on my commute so I was routed through a section of Pontiac, Michigan I'd never been before called the "Modern Housing Corporation Addition Historic District".

In short, around a hundred years ago General Motors built a factory out here, but then went "Ah crap. No one actually lives here to come work in the factory." So they decided to build hundreds of houses to sell to their employees.

The idea of buying your home from your employer (And likely your car too) is kind of scary.. But ultimately I think it's kind of neat.

St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

 

[Meech17]

St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I know.. That was one of my first thoughts as well.. I wonder if Bezos has floated the idea of incorporating a company town around some of the larger Amazon distribution centers.

 

[Dioltach]

I know.. That was one of my first thoughts as well.. I wonder if Bezos has floated the idea of incorporating a company town around some of the larger Amazon distribution centers.

He'd probably prefer to pay their salaries in Amazon store credit.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I know.. That was one of my first thoughts as well.. I wonder if Bezos has floated the idea of incorporating a company town around some of the larger Amazon distribution centers.

Amazon & Tesla already have company towns. There are probably other megacorps that building them, too.

 

[Reynard]

Amazon & Tesla already have company towns. There are probably other megacorps that building them, too.

Well, not really. people are using that terminology but they aren't actually company towns. A quick search will show that folks have been fretting over the return of company towns by way of Amazon and others for years now and ultimately what is happening is that land is cheap in places that have been economically depressed, so factories and warehouses get built there, offering slightly above minimum wage jobs.

 

[Ryujin]

Here's what I learned this week...

There's some construction on my commute so I was routed through a section of Pontiac, Michigan I'd never been before called the "Modern Housing Corporation Addition Historic District".

In short, around a hundred years ago General Motors built a factory out here, but then went "Ah crap. No one actually lives here to come work in the factory." So they decided to build hundreds of houses to sell to their employees.

The idea of buying your home from your employer (And likely your car too) is kind of scary.. But ultimately I think it's kind of neat. It's also interesting, and a bit sad to see how much our communities depend on these corporations. A whole community grew up around a business, and then as the business changed, and started to divest in this area, the community suffered and wilted because of it.

I'm new to Michigan, and I love history, and cars.. So I've had lots of fun learning about the place I now live, as a lot of the post industrial era history here revolves around cars, and the companies who made/make them.

That sort of thing was pretty common practice and, sometimes, taken to the extreme where your employees were your best customers/slaves.

 

[overgeeked]

Here's what I learned this week...

There's some construction on my commute so I was routed through a section of Pontiac, Michigan I'd never been before called the "Modern Housing Corporation Addition Historic District".

In short, around a hundred years ago General Motors built a factory out here, but then went "Ah crap. No one actually lives here to come work in the factory." So they decided to build hundreds of houses to sell to their employees.

The idea of buying your home from your employer (And likely your car too) is kind of scary.. But ultimately I think it's kind of neat. It's also interesting, and a bit sad to see how much our communities depend on these corporations. A whole community grew up around a business, and then as the business changed, and started to divest in this area, the community suffered and wilted because of it.

I'm new to Michigan, and I love history, and cars.. So I've had lots of fun learning about the place I now live, as a lot of the post industrial era history here revolves around cars, and the companies who made/make them.

Check out the history of company towns.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

Look…some of you pros likely know this. But I am at a remote location for vacation…my kids and I plan one night of D&D between listening for coyotes and looking at stars…

Many of you I am sure use donjon. But I found you can just cut the map out with the snip tool and use “draw” to enter room numbers/encounter numbers, etc.

It is so fast and clean…I also brought a mat and wet erase markers…so I can then create the rooms to scale for encounters.

But the auto generated map with an easy label/draw function…this made DMing on the fly easier…




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[overgeeked]

Look…some of you pros likely know this. But I am at a remote location for vacation…my kids and I plan one night of D&D between listening for coyotes and looking at stars…

Many of you I am sure use donjon. But I found you can just cut the map out with the snip tool and use “draw” to enter room numbers/encounter numbers, etc.

It is so fast and clean…I also brought a mat and wet erase markers…so I can then create the rooms to scale for encounters.

But the auto generated map with an easy label/draw function…this made DMing on the fly easier…

Donjon’s great. I stumbled across Procgen Arcana a while ago and love it. It does similar stuff but has more map options and types. Have fun with the coyotes and stars.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

Donjon’s great. I stumbled across Procgen Arcana a while ago and love it. It does similar stuff but has more map options and types. Have fun with the coyotes and stars.

Will check that out!

After dinner it is go time. Brought my minis bag with zombies and giant spiders. Think the kids are gonna get a real kick out of it.

Their party consists of a goblin, kenku and a sentient fruit person (faerie stats) but the game play is pretty traditional. They have already to bargain and run!

Also we have a lot of fighting dungeon crawling…

So wild characters are not much of a thing if it gets them pumped for it and they are!