Peace. More bandwidth for the rest of us.
I talk about this a lot - mostly tongue in cheek (mostly) - and my partner always calls me the Unabomber afterwards, or asks when I’m publishing my manifesto.
I’m not a people person and society seems to be getting worse, plus I love rugged living and being outdoors. I can dig it.
I feel pretty happy in a city where I feel welcome and the neighborhood is fun. I got my family and friends around, and my bf only lives a short drive away :)
Nature isn't too far away either.
Don't drink the Kool-Aide
Avoid the apple sauce too.
I'm honestly so close to going home and living on a kibutz
From Biblical Babylon to modern scientology The problem with cults, at least according to me / Is that it’s so hard to see the purpose, meaning or point in them / And they’re never any fun, but still, people keep joining them
Amateur Rappers, by The Burning Hell
No I like not to have to worry about food every day and potentially die if I have some medical issue.
If I were younger I'd be looking at Mexico. Elevation and arable land can be found. Aboriginals would have survived if not for guns. And I think it will be a long time before the US ruins them like they do all over the world. I believe you can pretty much survive with 1acre per person in the commune. At least according to Fukuoka Masanobu.
Yeah I have thought about it, here's a decent list. Mind you there are many more.
https://www.treehugger.com/off-the-grid-communities-places-carving-a-sustainable-path-4863640
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