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In response to "not enough to maintain him to 111, of course, I'm not sure about the hobbit economy -- nm" by crash davis

It's been a long time since I read the book, but as I remember it they were pretty self sufficient. -- (edited)

Posted by . (aka liioulu) Jan 13 '17, 21:06

They grew their own food, were good craftspeople. And took care of each other. No poverty. And rarely travelled. A hobbit was perfect to carry the ring because they had no greed and were generous and happy. The ring had to work hard on a hobbit and it took years.

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Well they were pretty much the weed suplier for all of Middle Earth -- nm - eag Jan 14, 06:04
no absolute poverty perhaps, but there were social classes...it was basically an over idealized version of English country life,if we're being serious - crash davis Jan 13, 21:15 1
- Like I said it's been awhile. but.... - . Jan 13, 21:31

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It's been a long time since I read the book, but as I remember it they were pretty self sufficient. -- (edited)

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