I always use milliliters and grams for cooking, unless it’s measuring volume of something solid.

I also use time for long distances.

Politics aside, yeah I would consider that a $500k ‘shack.’ The value clearly comes from the location.

How is that going to even work, technically?

I think you should try it out just to see what happens. Worst case it doesn’t work, and if it does work there’s a good chance you’ll uncover some bugs that need fixing.