I’m no genius, but seems to me if people spent half the time they do trying to game the system making real content they would get some more evergreen results.
As someone above said, there are ways to get endless hours of content walking around your hometown talking about it. Make something informative and interesting, create something of value and it will last. The shorter the road to the money, the shorter the flow of money will last. Ying/yang of the universe. You get out what you put in.
Thank you op for the method. Method coupled with good content and your off to the races.