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The off grid lifestyle * 1
    #26345081 - 11/25/19 04:51 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Whose done it or knows anyone who has? My dream is to one day have a nice cabin out in the wilderness and be fairly self sufficient. However the more research I do on this lifestyle the more hardcore and expensive it could be. Anyways curious to hear your thoughts. :smile:




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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter] * 2
    #26345088 - 11/25/19 04:53 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter] * 1
    #26345099 - 11/25/19 04:58 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

What're some of the more expensive parts you've encountered?

I live somewhat like that. If I used firewood for heat and produced my own food I could call myself off grid. Most expensive thing that comes to mind is a well.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter] * 2
    #26345101 - 11/25/19 04:59 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I love being out in the woods for days on end. Every time I do it solo though, any close-calls (wildlife encounters, severe weather, equipment malfunction etc) the first thing that pops into my head is "I wish I was with people I love, this shit isn't worth dying alone over."

I'd much rather have some relatively quiet and off-the-road land in the burbs where I can keep bees, grow lots of food, relax on a hammock by a stream, but still be able to eat takeout/go to restaraunts, have friends/family relatively close, not get snowed in etc :sun:


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26345107 - 11/25/19 05:00 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Don’t go XUL on me.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: Psilosopherr]
    #26345110 - 11/25/19 05:02 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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What're some of the more expensive parts you've encountered?

I live somewhat like that. If I used firewood for heat and produced my own food I could call myself off grid. Most expensive thing that comes to mind is a well.



Alot of the equipment like say a wood burning cast iron stove or getting a septic system set up. Granted once your set up costs seem to be minimal. Also purchasing enough land and making sure you can cover property taxes.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: christopera]
    #26345113 - 11/25/19 05:03 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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Don’t go XUL on me.



Unlike Xul who likely has an arsenal of weapons I plan on only using a single shot musket for hunting.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26345119 - 11/25/19 05:06 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

XUL doesn’t have any weapons man. They were taken away when presumably he was a creep.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26345121 - 11/25/19 05:07 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

yah having a solar powered cabin in the mountain lakes area would be dope, sleeping in a tent is sucky when u wake up in pitch black with nothing but a flashlight, I am not for that.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: christopera] * 1
    #26345124 - 11/25/19 05:08 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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XUL doesn’t have any weapons man. They were taken away when presumably he was a creep.



LOL oh yea I forgot about that. :rofl:


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter] * 2
    #26345126 - 11/25/19 05:11 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I think it would be a pretty incredible experience to at least live off the grid for a year or so. Just to have that experience.

This is a little different as it probably wasn't truly 100% off the grid, but I remember when I was up in Rock Springs WY (was there a couple of years on a job), I went to the grocery store and this lady was in line checking out with 3 carts filled to the brim -- she kept apologizing to everyone in line because it was taking so long (everyone understood and didn't mind). She then went onto say that she lived 3 & a half hours away and that this was the closest real grocery store to her, and that she only shopped for groceries once every couple of months.

Imagine being in an area so remote that the nearest grocery story is that far away.

I think that lifestyle is fascinating. I don't know how long I could do it but I would love to experience it...even if it was just for one full calendar year or so. I've been in the city my entire existence and honestly I just don't like it very much. Not anymore anyway (if I ever even truly did).


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: Niffla] * 1
    #26345132 - 11/25/19 05:15 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

That is really cool Niffla. From what I've read there are stages in how far you can go if you want to be more self sufficient. Some off griders are completely self sufficient for food and water and only need to worry about property tax. However even just cutting the cord on living in a giant city and living in a remote area takes some self reliance even if you still have to go to the grocery store. Granted you would need to be handy.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26345148 - 11/25/19 05:23 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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From what I've read there are stages in how far you can go if you want to be more self sufficient. Some off griders are completely self sufficient for food and water and only need to worry about property tax. However even just cutting the cord on living in a giant city and living in a remote area takes some self reliance even if you still have to go to the grocery store. Granted you would need to be handy.




Yeah absolutely. You'd have to be at a very, very high level when it came to the art of self reliance. And being handy.

All the luxuries we have in the city -- we're a short drive away from anything you'd ever need if you didn't have it. Out there that's obviously not the case.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: Niffla] * 2
    #26345158 - 11/25/19 05:25 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

oh right i forgot about solar power. shoot i could probably afford to install one.

As far as septic, just compost your waste, its stupid simple and I find it rather pleasant compared to toilets. I currently shit in an outhouse that has a 55 gal drum thats been cut in half as its 'tank.' I just cover my business with soil. (been meaning to get sawdust forever but its oddly hard to find) When its full or i have company coming over I use a rope to drag the tank off to a suitable spot to bury it. Even in winter I really don't mind going outside to use it. I dread having a bad flu in winter but that hasn't happened yet, ha. I just piss anywhere outside obviously.

Some women complain about it but i'm like hey if you can't handle pissing outside we're not meant to be :lol:

Woodstoves, like one you can cook on? Yeah i imagine ones for cooking are pricey. If its just for heat I imagine you can find one somebody doesn't want anymore for cheap, or get in the spirit of things and make one yourself.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26345163 - 11/25/19 05:27 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Was just talking to a friend yesterday about off the grid stuff, specifically because of solid state batteries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_battery

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In 2018, Solid Power announced it had received $20 million in funding for a small manufacturing line to produce all-solid-state, rechargeable lithium-metal batteries.[22] The line will be able to produce batteries with about 10 megawatt hours of capacity per year.[23] Volkswagen announced a $100 million investment in QuantumScape, a solid-state battery startup that spun out of Stanford.[24] Chinese company Qing Tao started a production line of solid-state batteries.[25]




They seem like the future of batteries, being much more energy dense. So hopefully before long we see home batteries using solid state or hybrid tech which are much more efficient.

I'd love to get some land and start out simple, but even a decent sized battery + solar panel could be very useful :strokebeard:

Also watched a video on making a windmill generator, that would be an awesome project. Also saw a video on hydroelectric generators from the same Ukrainian youtubers, basically a waterwheel hooked up to power a battery.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: musiclover420]
    #26345169 - 11/25/19 05:31 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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oh right i forgot about solar power. shoot i could probably afford to install one.

As far as septic, just compost your waste, its stupid simple and I find it rather pleasant compared to toilets. I currently shit in an outhouse that has a 55 gal drum thats been cut in half as its 'tank.' I just cover my business with soil. (been meaning to get sawdust forever but its oddly hard to find) When its full or i have company coming over I use a rope to drag the tank off to a suitable spot to bury it. Even in winter I really don't mind going outside to use it. I dread having a bad flu in winter but that hasn't happened yet, ha. I just piss anywhere outside obviously.

Some women complain about it but i'm like hey if you can't handle pissing outside we're not meant to be :lol:

Woodstoves, like one you can cook on? Yeah i imagine ones for cooking are pricey. If its just for heat I imagine you can find one somebody doesn't want anymore for cheap, or get in the spirit of things and make one yourself.



Interesting yea the outhouse idea certainly has merit. Do you keep any livestock? Goats and chickens seem to be pretty low maintenance.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26345233 - 11/25/19 06:11 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Yeah I've had chickens for a few years now, they're real easy and fun when they're not pissin me off. Even just that is pretty huge foodwise, I could eat eggs every day, and you only need 2 good hens per person to sustain daily egg eating. Of course you'd have to grow grain to sustain them yourself but from what I've read that sounds real easy, especially if its just for chicken food you don't have to process it hardly at all.
        I'm gonna have to get a rooster/male duck next spring too, 1 it'd be so cool and adorable to see a mother hatch and raise some babies, and 2 thats some easy meat to butcher or you could just sell em live.

Gonna switch to ducks soon since they suit my climate more, chickens tend to get sick around here. And I really want some geese one of these days. I just love geese because they're awesome birds as pets, but they also sound great for meat from what I've read, they can live/grow fine exclusively on grass/forage, supplement with a little grain and you've got a fat ass bird ready to butcher. And they also lay their own huge eggs of course, i think the rate i read was 50 eggs a year. Get some geese breeding you could fill a freezer no problem

Goats or even a cow are appealing options for sure, get some sort of dairy in there, making dairy products is fun. The people who lived here before me just kept cows as pets, seems easier to raise cows than i would have guessed.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26345237 - 11/25/19 06:13 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Screw off the grid I want to live in a city.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: FungiMaster]
    #26345330 - 11/25/19 07:04 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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Screw off the grid I want to live in a city.




Living off the grid near a city seems ideal.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: musiclover420] * 1
    #26345455 - 11/25/19 07:58 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

It's quite a bit more expensive but parking an RV on your recently attained land is a good option. You can get around laws requiring plumbing etc by using one.

My dream is to do that but bust out the shovels and build a downhill ramp to coast the RV into that's deep enough to bury the whole RV. Then theres just a ladder/hatch (most likely the bathroom ventilation bit) to get in and out of my hermit paradise.

From there I'll tunnel out the "front door" to make "additions" to my crib. Including my underground algae fed septic system.

From there you camo in your electricity/water collection systems and for the rest of your life go "lol what house? And pay strictly land taxes


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: ichugwindex]
    #26345512 - 11/25/19 08:18 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Lol my friend from Pakistan says it’s like camping when he goes there. It’s shit. Sadly it takes a lot of money to live in the woods in a dope spot..

I can only imagine. Feel like the cities are getting so cramped.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: Gorlax]
    #26345521 - 11/25/19 08:21 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Ya like I said the initial investment is high but then you just pay land tax which is pretty dope.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: ichugwindex]
    #26345527 - 11/25/19 08:23 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Yeah having water rights and shit would be dope. Little creek to power ur house and make flour lol


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: ichugwindex] * 1
    #26345571 - 11/25/19 08:43 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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It's quite a bit more expensive but parking an RV on your recently attained land is a good option. You can get around laws requiring plumbing etc by using one.

My dream is to do that but bust out the shovels and build a downhill ramp to coast the RV into that's deep enough to bury the whole RV. Then theres just a ladder/hatch (most likely the bathroom ventilation bit) to get in and out of my hermit paradise.

From there I'll tunnel out the "front door" to make "additions" to my crib. Including my underground algae fed septic system.

From there you camo in your electricity/water collection systems and for the rest of your life go "lol what house? And pay strictly land taxes




Moisture, mold, insects, pressure from the earth itself, nowhere for the rain to go, lack of fresh air / oxygen, your tunnels collapsing-  there are so many reasons why this wouldn’t work.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26345586 - 11/25/19 08:51 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I'd like to live off grid, but in a civilized "amazon still delivers packages" kind of way. With a grocery store within driving distance, maybe a major city a few hours away. Electricity and internet are a must.

Still, I have huge admiration for those crazy people who live in the middle of nowhere in Alaska with no amenities at all.


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    #26345612 - 11/25/19 09:04 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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ichugwindex said:
It's quite a bit more expensive but parking an RV on your recently attained land is a good option. You can get around laws requiring plumbing etc by using one.

My dream is to do that but bust out the shovels and build a downhill ramp to coast the RV into that's deep enough to bury the whole RV. Then theres just a ladder/hatch (most likely the bathroom ventilation bit) to get in and out of my hermit paradise.

From there I'll tunnel out the "front door" to make "additions" to my crib. Including my underground algae fed septic system.

From there you camo in your electricity/water collection systems and for the rest of your life go "lol what house? And pay strictly land taxes




Moisture, mold, insects, pressure from the earth itself, nowhere for the rain to go, lack of fresh air / oxygen, your tunnels collapsing-  there are so many reasons why this wouldn’t work.





Well add some tips on how you would do it or tell me why offgrid is impossible. You cant publicly live off grid because they price you out of existence. You have to kinda hide it like I was saying.

Shipping containers?

Also what if I layed a few feet of  concrete or something cheaper around the RV excluding the areas I wanted to expand upon?


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: nooneman]
    #26345616 - 11/25/19 09:06 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I ve lived of grid a few times for a couple of years more or less in and around the city.  You make it as hardcore as u want it or how u define off grid.
At first I still used to charge batteries at friends. Then I lived with friends who had a genny then I got some solar panels and batteries.  Still I used the laundry place or friends laundry machine, friends workshops for using heavy machinery for making /fixing shit. So did I really live of grid?


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: Dekozn]
    #26345654 - 11/25/19 09:32 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

my brother and I know of a cabin near dick's lake in Tahoe wilderness, it is not functional though.  feeling secure enough to run an electric cabin would be dope


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: ichugwindex]
    #26345658 - 11/25/19 09:35 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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ichugwindex said:
It's quite a bit more expensive but parking an RV on your recently attained land is a good option. You can get around laws requiring plumbing etc by using one.

My dream is to do that but bust out the shovels and build a downhill ramp to coast the RV into that's deep enough to bury the whole RV. Then theres just a ladder/hatch (most likely the bathroom ventilation bit) to get in and out of my hermit paradise.

From there I'll tunnel out the "front door" to make "additions" to my crib. Including my underground algae fed septic system.

From there you camo in your electricity/water collection systems and for the rest of your life go "lol what house? And pay strictly land taxes




Moisture, mold, insects, pressure from the earth itself, nowhere for the rain to go, lack of fresh air / oxygen, your tunnels collapsing-  there are so many reasons why this wouldn’t work.





Well add some tips on how you would do it or tell me why offgrid is impossible. You cant publicly live off grid because they price you out of existence. You have to kinda hide it like I was saying.

Shipping containers?

Also what if I layed a few feet of  concrete or something cheaper around the RV excluding the areas I wanted to expand upon?






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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: Jennys Island]
    #26345661 - 11/25/19 09:36 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I watches a whole thing one those earth ship designs and they actually seem really clever and nice to live in.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL] * 1
    #26345763 - 11/25/19 10:32 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I am thinking more and more about van life, weekends in the mountains and during the week I park on a different street every night.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: viraldrome]
    #26345854 - 11/25/19 11:49 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I'm currently living off the grid in Hawaii. We have a shit ton of rain so water is no issue. With solar panels and a generator you can basically have all the modern amenities you want (except perhaps washer/dryer/dishwasher, unless you have a shit ton of panels and or a good size generator; but really it's kind of overkill) you can have a fridge, internet, running water (via water catchment and a water pump)

you can get land here in Hawaii for $5-25K depending on how much you want; if you want to buy a property that already has been partially cleared with a cabin for about $50k.

if you're really interested in going off grid look into the Big Island of Hawaii

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    #26345924 - 11/26/19 01:27 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Dreamachine that is awesome


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: dreamachine]
    #26345997 - 11/26/19 03:39 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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I'm currently living off the grid in Hawaii. We have a shit ton of rain so water is no issue. With solar panels and a generator you can basically have all the modern amenities you want (except perhaps washer/dryer/dishwasher, unless you have a shit ton of panels and or a good size generator; but really it's kind of overkill) you can have a fridge, internet, running water (via water catchment and a water pump)

you can get land here in Hawaii for $5-25K depending on how much you want; if you want to buy a property that already has been partially cleared with a cabin for about $50k.

if you're really interested in going off grid look into the Big Island of Hawaii

Fun Fact: McKenna's last years of his life was spent on his property here on the Big Island of Hawaii where he grew shit ton shrooms and all kinds of other psychoactive plants. :tongue2:




Do you live in a volcano?

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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
    #26346050 - 11/26/19 04:59 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Having internet is not off the grid


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
    #26346075 - 11/26/19 05:34 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

You could literally be off the power grid and have cellular access. But I get what you’re saying. I think of it as living outside the economy but technically that’s not how the “grid” is defined. I respect anyone who does anything off the beaten path though. I just work a shit job and live in a crappy apartment.


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You constantly make posts thatr fling middle school insults at people you don't like mixed in with maladjusted psychopathic comments about wanting to beat up the other poster with a crowbar.

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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
    #26346082 - 11/26/19 05:49 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

to rightfully be on the deranged syndrome onto business im likely having a fit.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
    #26346093 - 11/26/19 06:01 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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. I just work a shit job and live in a crappy apartment.



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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: Cujllickduo] * 2
    #26346097 - 11/26/19 06:02 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Instead of buying land and a cabin, I'll buy the whole world for even cheaper. I'm eventually going to sell everything I have, and set put to ride the globe on my motorcycle with a tent and some subsitive supplies. Yes, it's a thing that people legitimatly do. You save as much cash as possible, get your bike as perfect as possible and set out for as long as you want. 1 week, 6 weeks, 6 months, 1 year, 10 years, or life. Work on the road, live on less than $600 -$1k per month, travel the most amazing lands, have the best travel experience possible as a human being.



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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: trees]
    #26346128 - 11/26/19 06:27 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I was more or less off grid when I was homeless for a few months. All you have to do is live in your car. Boom!

It's not too glorious though, especially if you have a full time job like I did. After a while the excuses about why you're disheveled and why your car is seemingly full of your possessions start to add up and your coworkers figure it out.

One of the better experiences was when I set my tent up semi permanently and was given access to the showers at my job (my boss was a pretty understanding dude and still a friend to this day). As a result, I had a stable place of "residence," but more importantly I could brush my teeth, get showered, get my clothes cleaned up. It still wasn't exactly a place I could bring a girl back to though.

Those were good times for the most part, but certainly a hard stage of life. Luckily I didn't have any children or any real responsibilities beyond paying my bills and getting back on track. When I finally got an apartment my parents gifted me a king size bed. That was the end of roughing it for me. I have no desire to sleep on somebodies couch, or floor, or beg for some yard space to set my tent up. I own a home now, one in the city. I'll be sticking in the city until retirement, maybe for life.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: christopera]
    #26346178 - 11/26/19 07:08 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Off grid is easy.
Costs more food wise but worth it.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: christopera]
    #26346244 - 11/26/19 08:01 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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I'll be sticking in the city until retirement, maybe for life.




I plan to get a cabin no electricity a herd of goats and a vegetable garden


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter] * 1
    #26346298 - 11/26/19 08:47 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

On the real though Yang’s Freedom Dividend would make living out a dream like that way more realistic. Things like living in a van or a tent or a little cabin in the woods. $1000 a month wouldn’t be living large but it would stand between you and starvation or getting trapped in a situation you couldn’t break out of.


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You constantly make posts thatr fling middle school insults at people you don't like mixed in with maladjusted psychopathic comments about wanting to beat up the other poster with a crowbar.

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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
    #26346323 - 11/26/19 08:59 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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On the real though Yang’s Freedom Dividend would make living out a dream like that way more realistic. Things like living in a van or a tent or a little cabin in the woods. $1000 a month wouldn’t be living large but it would stand between you and starvation or getting trapped in a situation you couldn’t break out of.




Your goddamn right it would. Thats one of the reasons I'm such a ardent supporter. UBI would enable me to live my dream.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26346344 - 11/26/19 09:08 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

The freedom dividend would barely pay for my obama care.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: Crazy_Horse]
    #26346364 - 11/26/19 09:19 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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The freedom dividend would barely pay for my obama care.



Good thing Yang is for medicare for all then and not the right wing health plan Obama championed.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: Crazy_Horse]
    #26346366 - 11/26/19 09:20 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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The freedom dividend would barely pay for my obama care.




lol

Two (or 3?) years ago I was charged $700 for the privilege of being completely uninsured. I’ll tell you what, I hate the fuck out of Trump but I never hated him as much as I hated Obama when my broke ass got that news. I read that Trump did away with that bullshit.


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You constantly make posts thatr fling middle school insults at people you don't like mixed in with maladjusted psychopathic comments about wanting to beat up the other poster with a crowbar.

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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
    #26346382 - 11/26/19 09:30 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Healthcare does bring up a good point though. If you ever really hurt yourself or had a condition living remote would be extremely challenging. However I think that many diseases Americans develop are the result of our sedentary lifestyles and overly processed food.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
    #26346383 - 11/26/19 09:30 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Off the grid I'd grow some weed and other vegetables. I'd probably just rent a cabin in the cuts someone already built. For cheap. But it would get all lonely without the internet. I'd need a dog and something to do. What are you going to do hike, tend the garden, read?

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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: FungiMaster]
    #26346384 - 11/26/19 09:32 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I'd definitely read more would have a dog and a cat for mice. Also I think the chores would keep fairly busy you wouldn't be sitting around all day.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26346404 - 11/26/19 09:47 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Well I mean I'd hike and have lots of garden. Lots of drugs growing too.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: FungiMaster]
    #26346420 - 11/26/19 09:59 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I was thinking the Pacific Northwest might be good nice climate for agriculture.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter] * 1
    #26346421 - 11/26/19 09:59 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

I have a 25 lb inverter generator that runs on propane. Just exists as an emergency backup for now. But I like that the fuel doesn't degrade like gasoline.


I found out recently about this group that organizes land buys kind of near Timmins. $4k for a 0.5 acre chunk. But it's not outright ownership of the land, and if you sell it the other members have to approve the buyer. So some potential for annoyance there. But apparently no building permits are needed so that's cool.

And somehow it's supposed to be medieval.

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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
    #26346423 - 11/26/19 10:01 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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The freedom dividend would barely pay for my obama care.




lol

Two (or 3?) years ago I was charged $700 for the privilege of being completely uninsured. I’ll tell you what, I hate the fuck out of Trump but I never hated him as much as I hated Obama when my broke ass got that news. I read that Trump did away with that bullshit.




You do realize how cheap ACA plans are, right? I pay about $72 for metroplus A+ plan - includes dental and vision too. $15 is the most copay I’ve paid as of yet.

I work for a healthcare company and the health package they offered was worse AND more expensive.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: feldman114]
    #26346547 - 11/26/19 11:09 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

You can be as lucky as me and when your in the process of changing health coverage you wind up in the hospital and have to pay an insane bill. I’m still paying for that shit 3 years later. Even have letters from the doctors now trying to sue me for 10k and they didn’t do anything.

Nothing more frustrating then having to pay a bs bill while everyone else is on fucking Medicare and getting free treatment.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: feldman114]
    #26346558 - 11/26/19 11:15 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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The freedom dividend would barely pay for my obama care.




lol

Two (or 3?) years ago I was charged $700 for the privilege of being completely uninsured. I’ll tell you what, I hate the fuck out of Trump but I never hated him as much as I hated Obama when my broke ass got that news. I read that Trump did away with that bullshit.




You do realize how cheap ACA plans are, right? I pay about $72 for metroplus A+ plan - includes dental and vision too. $15 is the most copay I’ve paid as of yet.

I work for a healthcare company and the health package they offered was worse AND more expensive.




I’m back on my plan from work. That sounds better though. I didn’t know that tbh

Are you sure I’d get the same deal? I’m over 50 with health problems.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
    #26346577 - 11/26/19 11:23 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Damn man I thought you were 30 years younger from your posts :thumbup: Hope your health improves


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    #26346593 - 11/26/19 11:32 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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Damn man I thought you were 30 years younger from your posts :thumbup: Hope your health improves




It’s not going to  :makesmecry:  :singletear:


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You constantly make posts thatr fling middle school insults at people you don't like mixed in with maladjusted psychopathic comments about wanting to beat up the other poster with a crowbar.

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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: TheFakeSunRa] * 1
    #26346602 - 11/26/19 11:42 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

For what its worth I send my best wishes


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26346614 - 11/26/19 11:51 AM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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For what its worth I send my best wishes




Preciate it bro


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You constantly make posts thatr fling middle school insults at people you don't like mixed in with maladjusted psychopathic comments about wanting to beat up the other poster with a crowbar.

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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: TheFakeSunRa] * 1
    #26346628 - 11/26/19 12:01 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Sure, it might be different cause of your age but - one thing Obama deff did right - they can’t even ask about preexisting conditions. Go to the site man, it takes like 10 min to get a quote and it might surprise you.
Sending much positive vibes as well.

Don’t you just love unexpected bills? Like reaching into an old jacket pocket and finding a puddle of diarrhea that you totally forgot was there!💩


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: feldman114]
    #26350500 - 11/28/19 12:07 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

This dude is living the dream



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    #26350651 - 11/28/19 02:05 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Save up money bro. Buy some land. You can make you're dream possible. Just lower your standards (a lot) cuz you're probably going to have to sacrifice a lot of material things before you can make the move and then you're going to probably have to surrender a lot of modern amenities (for a time) after the move. But if you're willing to sacrifice ~4 years (saving up every penny you can) you could end up living your dream sooner than you might think is possible.


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    #26350652 - 11/28/19 02:06 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Also, another thing to consider, if you save up enough to buy cheap land, instead of building a cabin at first, you could also save up enough to buy an old RV and live in that while you save up more money while you're on your land to build a cabin.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: dreamachine]
    #26350655 - 11/28/19 02:08 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

What happens if you rip a giant turd though? Doesn't it clog up the septic system.


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    #26350668 - 11/28/19 02:12 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

:sexymeow:

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    #26350893 - 11/28/19 05:11 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Buying land is tough, for a long time I planned to buy land. The time it takes to research just one area of land and to schedule trips to go see it, emailing the land realtors etc. You finally get there to see the land you saw for sale on the internet and it's less than or not what you expected from the computer based research. You look into the costs of buying, financing, owning, traveling to, the development costs, electricity, road access, water and gas access, how you'll balance work with the land project money sink, whether youll get bored of your land, and it gets pretty crazy thinking about it all. Go through this process 5 or 6 times and it wears on your dream of being a land owner.

That's where im at with off grid living at least. Nowadays days I'm more inclined to not buy any land and instead keep all my money and do the sustainable world moto travel for a better position of freedom


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    #26350955 - 11/28/19 06:00 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Land is expensive where I live. Like 500,000 for a plot


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    #26350997 - 11/28/19 06:40 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

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Don’t you just love unexpected bills? Like reaching into an old jacket pocket and finding a puddle of diarrhea that you totally forgot was there!💩




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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: trees]
    #26351557 - 11/29/19 07:17 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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Buying land is tough, for a long time I planned to buy land. The time it takes to research just one area of land and to schedule trips to go see it, emailing the land realtors etc. You finally get there to see the land you saw for sale on the internet and it's less than or not what you expected from the computer based research. You look into the costs of buying, financing, owning, traveling to, the development costs, electricity, road access, water and gas access, how you'll balance work with the land project money sink, whether youll get bored of your land, and it gets pretty crazy thinking about it all. Go through this process 5 or 6 times and it wears on your dream of being a land owner.

That's where im at with off grid living at least. Nowadays days I'm more inclined to not buy any land and instead keep all my money and do the sustainable world moto travel for a better position of freedom




It certainly is a major pain thats for sure. However nothing worthwhile is easy.


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    #26352108 - 11/29/19 01:56 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

It's a lot easier that you guys think. I've done it in Hawaii. You guys just have to look into areas where land is cheap, and in particular where it rains enough to collect it; with water catchment and solar power it's very easy and relatively inexpensive; just lower your expectations and expect some hardship especially at first; also you can buy land in an area that doesn't have a lot of rain if they have free water spouts you can buy large plastic containers and fill them with water. People here on this island do that as well as a large chunk of the island doesn't get rain.

Look into LandEquities; look into Big Island of Hawaii, Alaska, and middle america states that have land even cheaper. If you tell yourself it's too difficult and make excuses why you can't do it you never will.

Trees: As for going rubber tramp style i totally dig that idea as well; though it is a lot more 'dangerous' and unstable i feel; however no doubt filled with more adventure.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: dreamachine]
    #26353305 - 11/30/19 07:46 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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It's a lot easier that you guys think. I've done it in Hawaii. You guys just have to look into areas where land is cheap,




Hawaiian land seems to be extremely pricey. https://www.landwatch.com/Hawaii_land_for_sale

While the climate is ideal it is unaffordable unless you manage to inherit a small fortune buying in Hawaii seems very unlikely for the average person. I'm looking into the pacific northwest and Idaho.


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    #26353449 - 11/30/19 09:29 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

I think I wanna make a dank gypsy wagon. I've been watching tons of videos. Most these people that are building these things have like no fucking money at all. They cant even afford real apartments and live out of the things. I also kind want to get some remote land and throw up one those earthship things. Just seems like a really ingenious design and actually off the grid.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
    #26353453 - 11/30/19 09:30 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Earthship for less than 10k!


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter] * 1
    #26353455 - 11/30/19 09:30 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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It's a lot easier that you guys think. I've done it in Hawaii. You guys just have to look into areas where land is cheap,




Hawaiian land seems to be extremely pricey. https://www.landwatch.com/Hawaii_land_for_sale

While the climate is ideal it is unaffordable unless you manage to inherit a small fortune buying in Hawaii seems very unlikely for the average person. I'm looking into the pacific northwest and Idaho.



Most of the dirtbags who live in the Van's seen to live in Oregon. One guy even built a sailboat.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26353744 - 11/30/19 12:08 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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It's a lot easier that you guys think. I've done it in Hawaii. You guys just have to look into areas where land is cheap,




Hawaiian land seems to be extremely pricey. https://www.landwatch.com/Hawaii_land_for_sale

While the climate is ideal it is unaffordable unless you manage to inherit a small fortune buying in Hawaii seems very unlikely for the average person. I'm looking into the pacific northwest and Idaho.



Like I said look into land equities. They have properties for sale on the big island for real cheap and really short term payment plans if you don't have cash saved. Here on the big island (not oahu) there are hundreds of properties for less than $10K


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: dreamachine]
    #26353762 - 11/30/19 12:20 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

https://landequities.com/hawaii/8-019-007


Here's just one example for 1/5 of an acre, 8K sq ft 60 x 135 ft, there are lots of lots for sale on craigslist and other regular real estate sites as well, but i like land equities cuz of their financing options.

disclaimer: i have no stake in the site, i don't sell real estate, though i probably should start, lol


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: dreamachine]
    #26354797 - 11/30/19 11:26 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26354837 - 12/01/19 12:15 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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Whose done it or knows anyone who has? My dream is to one day have a nice cabin out in the wilderness and be fairly self sufficient. However the more research I do on this lifestyle the more hardcore and expensive it could be. Anyways curious to hear your thoughts. :smile:







Yeah something like that would be cool

I know that I bug a lot of people on here

If you met me you would understand and see it

Went into the city tonight to see if I could meet anyone

It was fucking shitty and it bugged me

Realized again that I would not touch any of those people with a 10 foot pole

I wish them well though

I'm not looking to meet anyone anymore because I dont think we could relate in pretty much any way

I run off a lot of energy in a fucking crazy way

Not even sure how to describe it just go all out storming 7 days a week non stop , all day all night sober too

I'm just crazy or something man for real

think that a lot of people underestimate it and they dont quite see it

I would love to just sit down one day and have a day of rest and peace

Tried that in Europe not so long ago , nobody really wakes up in the morning to work or anything , everything shuts down for nap time , it's very chill

I was like fuck this

bring me to the field and let me pick some vegetables in the sunshine or something I wont to sweat balls

It keeps my mind sane

Been exercising a lot and it feels good already made a big improvement from around late October

I like moving

Family in America rides from Florida to Alaska on motorcycles , crazy long bike trips all over

I would like to do something like that

Crazy adventure like that sounds good one day


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: watermelon mon] * 1
    #26354878 - 12/01/19 01:30 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

You dont bug me watermelon I think you are awesome.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: dreamachine] * 1
    #26354956 - 12/01/19 04:16 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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https://landequities.com/hawaii/8-019-007


Here's just one example for 1/5 of an acre, 8K sq ft 60 x 135 ft, there are lots of lots for sale on craigslist and other regular real estate sites as well, but i like land equities cuz of their financing options.

disclaimer: i have no stake in the site, i don't sell real estate, though i probably should start, lol



That is not how you buy land. That has scam written all over it

Nice neighborhood🤦‍♂️



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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: koods] * 1
    #26355000 - 12/01/19 05:44 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

You gotta remember even remote land goes for good money comparatively. Anything dirt cheap is typically dirt cheap for a various very shitty reasons. You also have to remember what type of zoning and building codes and land use restrictions there might be. Again if it's cheap it's cheap for a reason. Access is a big deal too. And on Hawaii especially you have to worry about a whole clan of fat stinky hawaiians showing up with pineapple knives or whatever they use over there threating to kill your family if you dont get off thier ancestral land you unwittingly jus bought. Judging by koods picture it's highly likely.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: koods]
    #26355022 - 12/01/19 06:21 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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https://landequities.com/hawaii/8-019-007


Here's just one example for 1/5 of an acre, 8K sq ft 60 x 135 ft, there are lots of lots for sale on craigslist and other regular real estate sites as well, but i like land equities cuz of their financing options.

disclaimer: i have no stake in the site, i don't sell real estate, though i probably should start, lol



That is not how you buy land. That has scam written all over it

Nice neighborhood🤦‍♂️





Yea there’s some shady title shenanigans going on with that company


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: YangSupporter]
    #26355909 - 12/01/19 04:50 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Man I'd buy property on a hill with a view of the city. My buddy when we were growing up had a home in the mountains and the view was nice of the city.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: FungiMaster] * 1
    #26355943 - 12/01/19 05:22 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

I inherited 3 acres with a surrounding 30 acres that the rest of my family owns that will never be used, about 8 hours from me and I have no idea what to do with it. Thinking about putting up a large shed and trying to live in that. The only thing is I will need to still work and I think the closest small town is about 45 mins away. Maybe I can make it work, idk.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: LittleDipster]
    #26355961 - 12/01/19 05:34 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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I inherited 3 acres with a surrounding 30 acres that the rest of my family owns that will never be used, about 8 hours from me and I have no idea what to do with it. Thinking about putting up a large shed and trying to live in that. The only thing is I will need to still work and I think the closest small town is about 45 mins away. Maybe I can make it work, idk.




Start raising livestock


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: LittleDipster]
    #26355967 - 12/01/19 05:37 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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I inherited 3 acres with a surrounding 30 acres that the rest of my family owns that will never be used, about 8 hours from me and I have no idea what to do with it. Thinking about putting up a large shed and trying to live in that. The only thing is I will need to still work and I think the closest small town is about 45 mins away. Maybe I can make it work, idk.



Bruuuuh. I'd jump on that in a heartbeat if I was you. Where there is a will there is a way.


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Re: The off grid lifestyle [Re: dreamachine]
    #26355992 - 12/01/19 05:52 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Yeh I'm going to be checking it out this summer. Power is already there, just turned off I believe. And a well is already on the property. Figuring I could save a few grand and try to just find a shitty part time job to make ends meet once I'm there. I could live in a shed.


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