Would you rather live in the old west or medieval times?

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Mountain  Man Profile
Mountain Man answered

The old west

Ray Dart Profile
Ray Dart answered

The old west was nothing like the movies. Life in medieval times was diseased, dirty and short. Also nothing like the movies.

Is your question about the real world? If so, I'd choose the old west - subsistence farming, but with a future.....

Zack -  Mr. GenXer Profile

I guess the era where people don't stink so much.

SuperFly Original Profile

Id choose the Old West if I had a choice.

dragonfly forty-six Profile

I'd like to own a saloon/ hotel in California during the gold rush days.

Jann Nikka Profile
Jann Nikka answered

Neither, no good indoor plumbing.

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Ray Dart
Ray Dart commented
If you have the time (and the inclination) - take a look on youtube for Blackadder "Money" and find the bit where he describes the sanitary arrangements in the house he is trying to sell.
Didge Doo
Didge Doo commented
Jan, did you know that the first toilet seat was invented in 1658 by an Irishman? Two years later an Englishman (no doubt one of Ray's forebears) cut a hole in it.
Didge Doo Profile
Didge Doo answered

If those were the only two choices, I'd choose the wild west. If you want to know what the middle ages were really like just visit any of today's  Islamic theocracies. They haven't moved on since about 1400.

Jaimie  JT Profile
Jaimie JT answered

I went to a dinner theather thing once  called " midevil times" in Toronto and it was awesome ! We got to eat with our hands,  scream at Knights on horses , see a falcon show thingy and call our waitress a wench ...anyway I pick mid evil times based on that then.

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