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In reply to the discussion: Woman Living Off The Grid Faces Eviction If She Doesn't Hook Back Up [View all]Munificence
(493 posts)is rural in nature and falls outside of a municipality, burg, or city and there are "no restrictions" on the land, then I feel that a person should be able to decide at what level they want to live and within what era. For instance if one wanted to live like "rural folks" did 200 years ago then they should be able to pursue this.
Those folks from 200 years ago managed to survive and prosper...today most would run around like chicken little's screaming about the horrors of using an outhouse.
I know of a guy that lives in an old log cabin, catches rainwater, takes a bath in the creek and uses an outhouse....he has chosen to do this and probably has a net worth of more than 90% of our society. I use to call him crazy, now I think I wanna be him. He is likewise surrounded by 200 acres of pure beauty that he owns of which he taps the maples and makes around $15K a year in syrup proceeds. The guy is rich, not from a monetary sense, but instead in his happiness.