Modern-Day Hermit
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My parents used to own a cabin in the middle of no where up on a mountain, for me it was paradice, everything I could possibily want. After I graduate from college and get a house, I plan to buy something like that, just to get away from everything else.
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Re: Modern-Day Hermit
Originally posted by shakespearesdad
I want to get away! I am surrounded, literally, by millions of people
I live between Dallas and Fort Worth. I figure all I need is a piece of land that has water available. Internet, TV, and phone are available via satellite. Wind, solar, and back-up generator for electric. I want to go somewhere where it isn't hotter than Hades in the summertime and the winter isn't too harsh, but it also has to be affordable. (I know I don't ask for much
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Is anybody else living out in the boonies and still maintaining a comfortable life-style?
I am looking at moving in about 6 years, my youngest daughter will be in college and I can get away. I would like to purchase the land this year and start to work things out so there are fewer surprises when I decide to pull the trigger!
As far as making a living, if I could make ten grand a year, combined with my savings, I could live just fine. So, any suggestions? Am I delusional? I am so burned out by all the people around here that Ted Kaczinsky's pad in Lincoln, Montana looks good to me!
I want to get away! I am surrounded, literally, by millions of people
I live between Dallas and Fort Worth. I figure all I need is a piece of land that has water available. Internet, TV, and phone are available via satellite. Wind, solar, and back-up generator for electric. I want to go somewhere where it isn't hotter than Hades in the summertime and the winter isn't too harsh, but it also has to be affordable. (I know I don't ask for much )Is anybody else living out in the boonies and still maintaining a comfortable life-style?
I am looking at moving in about 6 years, my youngest daughter will be in college and I can get away. I would like to purchase the land this year and start to work things out so there are fewer surprises when I decide to pull the trigger!
As far as making a living, if I could make ten grand a year, combined with my savings, I could live just fine. So, any suggestions? Am I delusional? I am so burned out by all the people around here that Ted Kaczinsky's pad in Lincoln, Montana looks good to me!
i cant stand it here and i want to move to the country. i live off roanoke rd (dunno if u know where that is) but out here the houses are spaced apart more and there not huge houses....just decent size one stories with ne where from half acre to an acre lots and plenty of big trees. i used to live off rufe snow and i cant stand that road. way too much construction and way too much traffic. im surprised they havent had more wrecks than they have.
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From: Corpus Christi, TX
Hey y'all guys up north, move down to Corpus!! Lots of land for the taking, beach is just a 10 minute drive away, your solar panels will do good here, and your wind-powered generator will do EXCELLENT!
Come on down!!
Come on down!!
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From: Homer, Alaska
Originally posted by fordzgal
Sounds like Western Washington State! Our summers are 80's our winters are mild with maybe a bit of snow but nothing major. Where we live we are 20 mins from town but land is priced right. Plus we live next to a state forest and we are only 5 mins away from a four wheel drive park!! We have horses and dogs and live a about a 100 yrd from a lake. It's gods country that's for sure!
I wouldn't suggest going eastern WA if you don't want a harsh winter...Idaho and Montana are bad winters too....
Sounds like Western Washington State! Our summers are 80's our winters are mild with maybe a bit of snow but nothing major. Where we live we are 20 mins from town but land is priced right. Plus we live next to a state forest and we are only 5 mins away from a four wheel drive park!! We have horses and dogs and live a about a 100 yrd from a lake. It's gods country that's for sure!
I wouldn't suggest going eastern WA if you don't want a harsh winter...Idaho and Montana are bad winters too....
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From: WA
Originally posted by hreed
Sounds like you got a little more than a "bit of snow" the last few days. Chains required on I-5? Is that true?
Sounds like you got a little more than a "bit of snow" the last few days. Chains required on I-5? Is that true?
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From: Eastern WA
I lived in the Puget Sound area for nine longgggg years. Yes, I've used chains on I-5 and 405 on more than one occasion. One snowfall back in 92 (I think) was so bad that people were abandoning their cars and walking. I'll never forget seeing a bright red Ferrari Testorosa (sp?) sitting on the side of 405 up by the Bothell/Everett highway for three days. I bet that owner was worried sick leaving a car like that on the side of the road. There were so many cars and no place to put them that the tow companies hauled them to the reversible stretch of I-5 and the local officials made it into an impound lot. I'll never forget spending 4 1/2 hours traveling 19 miles just to get home that night. When I finally arrived home (after chaining up my TransAm), the snow depth was axle deep. There was a similar storm, give or take a few years, where not only were the roads an ice slickened hell, but the power went out. Depending on where you lived, the outage lasted from 0 to maybe 10 days. Bear in mind, this is in winter with snow on the ground.
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I live out in the boonies, and i love it. We got 34 acres, a pond, our own septic tank and water well, not a single person has bothered us in about 3 years (except the nice moonshiner who traps our pond).
The only problem i have with it is, of course, all these yuppies move out here. What makes this neighborhood great is quickly fading. It blows my mind that these people move out here for a "change of lifestyle" and what do they do? Build big expensive houses on 1 acre plots...one right after the other. They dont even seem to realize that they're slowly making this place the exact thing they were trying to get away from.
The only problem i have with it is, of course, all these yuppies move out here. What makes this neighborhood great is quickly fading. It blows my mind that these people move out here for a "change of lifestyle" and what do they do? Build big expensive houses on 1 acre plots...one right after the other. They dont even seem to realize that they're slowly making this place the exact thing they were trying to get away from.
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Originally posted by Mike W
It is harder and harder to get "away". I am amazed at the growth in population that we are seeing. What is next? Soviet style concrete apartment buildings?
It is harder and harder to get "away". I am amazed at the growth in population that we are seeing. What is next? Soviet style concrete apartment buildings?
I've heard a bunch of BS about country homes messing up the tax bases of the communities- basically cause not enough people per square mile to tax. This bothers city planners cause they aren't getting all the $$$- so in conjuntion with the enviromentalists they are trying to portray the country folk as damaging and wastefull.
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