Then the squirrel has to go back out to scrounge for food, even in the dead of winter.What if, instead of spending all that time gathering acorns himself, the squirrel had devised ways for the acorns to accumulate automatically?

., as well as allocating money for food, utilities, etc.

You'll make more money if you invest in the stocks of the best companies but, when the market goes down, you'll generally still lose money because the stocks of the best companies will go down too.I could write a book about this but hopefully I already gave you enough food for thought.

But the majority are there to cater to power trips, ego, etc.

But the way I look at this example is I go to the supermarket I pay on time, bag my own groceries, carry my food out to the car and still the super market raises prices on food.

I equate this more to my Maltese yapping like crazy at my Bernese Mountain dog every time he comes within 10 feet of their food. 

We typically do a happy hour at a local brewery or rent a suite with catered food/drink at a local baseball game. 

Shoot me a message and I will send you the link.The meetup is actually tonight and typically the event is catered

Finally, if you're interested in MTR, look into sites that cater to travelers seeing longer term furnished rentals, like Furnished Finder or use Airbnb's 30+ day stay filter to see how much competition there is and what their calendars look like. 

Here in DC area its killing landlords as well as the small retail as the office buildings are all first floor retail/food service and the govt is not back to office or they are 2-3 days per week which for these businesses is a 406-%+ drop as typically fridays would be the day you go out for lunch etc. and now most people work from home on fridays.