Network States

People who are interested in living in a long-term network state node (so, permanent location, not popup), what are some properties that you would like such a node to have?

Must be a great place to raise my kids

More specifically: safe, has other families with kids my age, vibe-aligned, good education (co-op/alt ed is good), social support for parents

Ideally safe enough for an 8yo to roam free without adult oversight and low risk from cars

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agreed, and ime thats how it works in practice. we had a paid babysitter at tns.camp and got 9 kids under 6yo (out of ~90 attendees).

also helps reduce risk if at least one of the operators is themselves a parent, and if the node bills itself as kid-friendly.

One important property for kids is minimum population size.

Eg. if you assume balanced age distribution (first approximation: 1% for each age from 0-99), then to get 10 kids within a 5-year age range, you need 10 / 5 * 100 = 200 people

I worry about a network effect problem where if there aren't enough kids then other families don't come, and it falls into an equilibrium of zero.

One way to fix this is for the node operator to take on the risk itself, and hire a full-time teacher for the node. Whichever kids are there, share that teacher. And so if there's only <5 kids, they basically get a private tutor.