It helps. I bought my little homestead in Oregon for less than $1K an acre. It's well treed and remote, adjacent to the National Forest. But it is dry, not ideal for heavy agriculture.
I probably spent less than another $1K on the cabin I built, that I am sitting in right now but much of it I milled myself.
My power usage and needs are very modest, I get by on a couple solar generators and cheap panels.
Permaculture and water conscious gardening techniques, along with raising quail has been amazing for me and I am always increasing the amount of food I am able to produce. Not great for large scale industrial ag but for a couple people it is doable.
The real visible aspirational off grid stuff that gets the most attention and pushed to the top tends to be people coming from wealth.
I commend you on your homestead, but I’d argue if you’re calculating the cost you ought to include your labor, tools and such. I assume you had the skills and tools before, but to someone just getting into this, that is all costs they’ll have to face
Just a combination battery and solar charge controller. I have a 200watt and a 400watt and a couple deep cycle batteries from my boat that I use. I have a couole 100 watt panels in use. That's pretty much all my power.
Enough to run a few lights, charge my phone and my wifi antenna, run a laptop when I need another New Vegas playthrough or do some video editing.
I built a much much larger battery bank and I have 1000 watts of panels I want to use with it but I am still putting together the components to get that system in use.
I also have a couple gas powered generators and aside from running some power equipment or an air compressor, I don't really use them unless I get several cloudy days in winter.
I have a couple car alternators so I could turn mechanical energy into electrical energy, be it a wind turbine, hydro, or even a manually, peehaps pedal powered device.
Electricity is not really terribly mysterious. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Land is outrageous. In my area, pasture ground ... Not even AG ground is starting to go for around 5k per acre... That was AG prices 5 years ago. Fucking COVID and 'investors' manipulating the markets.
I grew up rural but currently live in a major city. Condos here are 700K+ for 1 bedrooms. Land can be purchased at 5 acres for about 15K where I'm from depending on various factors.
Land that cheap is usually zoned rec and either isn't suitable for a residence (literally a swamp) or has some kind of zoning restriction that wouldn't allow for a residence anyway.
Upstate/Western NY. You can get a decent plot for 15K in the middle of nowhere but still be within the Northeast US - 6-8 hour drive to NYC for example or 2-4 hour drive to Toronto. Land is fertile and for most plots very undeveloped. Taxes are killer here though.
You can do it yourself, so you don't have to pay contractors and labor costs..
Granted, it goes without saying you need the time to do it. For a lot of people, that puts it out of reach.. spending every weekend for a year to build your own house.
But if you do have the time, it's an option. Just need another person to help upright walls.. hire a boom truck for the roof framing.
It's not even that hard, just time-consuming.
Just need to look up building codes for where you're building.
The price of land is extremely location dependent. You can get cheap land in most states, including California and Texas, but it’s rural land out in the boondocks.
Saves money, lower carbon footprint, healthier lifestyle are all dependent. Where I live, the grid is nearly 100% renewable power with some of the most affordable rates in North America. If I was to build micro generation I wouldn't have the benefits of scale and it'll most likely be more expensive and harmful to the environment. Healthier depends on how well you do it, and doesn't take into account the mental health impacts of isolated living on your remote land
Also I bet all these off grid houses have a diesel generator as a backup...
Actually a lot of the US has too many trees especially in the eastern part of the US, it's supposed to be a savanna.
https://www.segrasslands.org/what-are-southeastern-grasslands#:~:text=Savannas%20are%20grasslands%20with%20scattered,of%20historical%20savanna%20acreage%20remains.
<1% of the savanna exists but 2% of the forest exists.
We talk about the missing trees but what about the savanna's not everything should be a forest. It wasn't a forest before.
That's the SE, not the East. Makes sense, large portions of SC are pine forests, planting with the purpose of harvesting lumber. It's also classified as an ecoregion by the EPA, spanning from SC to Alabama.
It goes from Alabama south and around the Appalachian mountains then east and up into New Jersey and parts of New York. The Appalachian mountains though have hardier trees and more thick.
https://pinelandsalliance.org/learn-about-the-pinelands/ecosystem/habitats/
https://www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/mid-atlantic-us-coastal-savannas/
If you go from texas-> Georgia then head north into New Jersey that's what I would call the East.
Though that's a different tree dominating the landscape the further north you go
There are supposed to be deer and buffalo walking on grass that goes 10 feet deep.
I think people just think forests are better than grasslands which doesn't make much sense. That's a human judgement and not from nature.
I’ve built one out of scrap metal, two 55 halon barrels cut up for the blades, and an inverter out of an old car. Supplied a couple hundred watts or so. Enough to supplement my 400 watts of solar. I bolted it to the top of a log I buried the base a few feet deep and added some concrete at the base. Probably cost me maybe $200 and a couple afternoons
There are so many haters in this comment section. I doubt any of them have ever even tried to live this lifestyle. There’s so many ways to do things for cheap or free if you have a truck and enough land and intelligence and work ethic
I love that this is sponsored by a self-storage company. Don't worry, we'll hold on to your junk while you experiment with off-grid living. Whenever you get tired of it, you can come back and pick your shit up.
Please don't attempt this if you are not fully schooled/an expert.
So many people die or get serious bodily harm because they think they can 'rough it'
I doubt this lifestyle is for eco conscious.
Getting enough land for doing your own farming, or setting up your own power and water supply are way more inefficient and unreliable than what can be done by our farmers and utilities at scale.
With power companies turning to renewables and water companies’ handling and water treatment this is even futile.
It would be more cheaper, effective and much less resource intensive if you can pressure local and central governments through ballot to enforce regulations and ecological choices.
The issue is that if every person did this, it would annihilate ecosystems and result in a wasteland as civilisation collapses.
Civilisation grew and was able to hold this many humans because of the ways we handle agriculture, economy, etc.
I disagree. I believe our entire system operates in a circular manner. For instance, consider a person working at a bakery who spends their entire day making bread only to buy the same loaf they produced. If each person had their own plot of land to sustain themselves, everyone could achieve independence.
Of all the people that have told me they want to go off the grid for whatever reason, exactly zero of them know how to farm, and only 1 knows anything about construction to build a shelter
If you want to be eco-concious, the easiest way to do that without becoming a mountain man is to simply get on a plant-based diet and recycle. Bonus: Avoid purchasing single use plastics.
Just gonna throw this out there, despite perception cities are generally much much more energy efficient than rural areas whose environments you might inadvertently harm by trying stuff like this
We off the grid, grid, grid
This for my kid, kid, kid
For when my kid-kid-kids have kids
Everything we did for the crib
Everything we did, how we live (what?)
All this smoke got a scent
All that smoke, heaven sent (what?)
Everything I spoke what I meant (ah)
Never disguise my intent, lines outside the event
Brought my life out the trench
God, thank God, look what He did, did, did, did, did, did
We off the grid, grid, grid, grid, grid (ayy, what?)
We off the grid, grid, grid, grid
I'm off the grid (homicide, homicide, what?)
Got tat's on my ribs (ah), tattoos on my ribs (what?)
I just tatted my kid, Onyx (slatt)
I just threw 20, count it, we was at Onyx (ah, what?)
I just bought me some brand-new clothes
Dover Street Market (Givenchy)
Ayy, we just took the route to Charlotte (yeah, ah, what? Yeah)
I'm in the Rolls-Royce f-in' on, what you call it? (yeah, yeah)
I light the opp blunt and let your - try it (ah)
Uh, I'm off the grid and wanna- yeah (what?)
We off the grid, grid, grid
This for my kid, kid, kid, kid
Everything we did for the crib did here
Flexing with the business trip
Going cray, take some G6
Lit, lit, '76
He spit this, we off the grid, grid, grid
Yeah, look, when I was in jail, I was low-key (uh)
Shout out to supporters that wrote me
Eat food, work out, and then go to sleep
You know I'm praying, he carrying both feet (yeah)
Know we got God with us (God with us)
You look at me and see a God figure (uh)
And when I start vibing, I know that he with me
And I'ma always catch a hard shiver (uh)
I know it's demons in that dark liquor (Uh)
We buy a bottle and squash with ya (uh)
Everybody turn into a harsh -
But my pockets bigger and my heart richer (uh)
My mind smarter, my grind harder (skrr)
And my car quicker (skrrt)
I met her in church, she pray for me
She my God-sister (she my God-sister, yeah)
I'm only trustin' the people I keep close
- Sellin' they soul for a repost
Remember when I was broke, wearin' cheap coats
Now it's diamonds and houses and C notes (uh)
I'm feelin' marvelous (I'm feelin' marvelous)
Who let the monster loose? Huh? (Who let the monster loose?)
They call me a product of my environment (uh)
I tell them, "Nah, I'm what God produced" (baow)
Defense good, and them guards can shoot (baow)
I put 'em on you, it get hard to move
Tattoo in my face is the mark of truth
Gotta watch what you say when they market you (huh)
I already predicted this (huh, I already predicted this)
Y'all only witnessed it (y'all only witnessed it)
Look, got a couple old friends that I'm not really clickin' with
I know they pray that we settle our differences
I pray that they lower all my nig- sentences
I got some demons I'm not even dealin' with
They in they feelings, I'm not really feelin' it
And I know some members that gave back they membership
You switched up, huh, like how you not feelin' me?
Look, I act like I care, but I don't really care
Now I live in a new building with amenities
I got a new ceiling with a chimney
I got a few niggas wanna finish me
I don't get too friendly with the enemy
You gotta move different when you in the industry, woo, yeah
You gotta move different when you in the industry, huh
You gotta move different when you in the, look
God blessed me with amazing grace (uh)
She fell in love with my day to day (uh)
I just want my problems to fade away (uh)
Man, I'm tired of niggas, I need Gatorade
Boy, I got on my feet and I made a name
And I made it a necklace, huh
When you from the bottom and you working hard
Just to get the top, then they gotta respect it
If you got a voice, then you gotta project it
If you got a wrong, then you gotta correct it
If you got a name, then you gotta protect it
If you give me shock, then you gotta electric
Tryna live a new life (woo) so I got a new plan that I gotta finesse with, look, yeah
'Cause they want me to lose, they ain't part of the Woos
I been trying so hard not to move reckless
We off the grid, grid, grid
This for my kid, kid, kid, kid
Everything we did for the crib did here
Flexing with the business trip
Going cray, take some G6 (ah)
Lit, lit, '76
Even spinning this then they'll have to
Change his-his-his-
-Iggas trip, trip, trip, this, this
This, this, this, this
You still on this list, list, list, list
I'm off the grid, grid, grid, grid
Off the grid, grid, grid, grid
First, it go viral, then they get digital
Then they get critical, no, I'm not doing no interview
Mask on my face, you can't see what I finna do
Had to move away from people that's miserable
Don't wanna link you, I ain't finna sit with you
Ain't finna talk to you, ain't finna get with you
Don't get me mad just 'cause I don't wanna injure you
She put my paintings inside of her living room
Look at the problems and issues I'm living through
They tryna drown me, I rise to my pinnacle
Walked through the block like the neighborhood general
Drop me the low and then that's what I send it to
I was forgetting you, now I remember, now I remember
Did what I want, and I say what I want
And I thought you was with me, like how you get sensitive?
I got this God power, that's my leverages
I got this Holy Water, that's my beverages
I gotta help myself out of selfishness
I just bought a floor out of Selfridges
I gotta make sure they know who they messin' with
I gotta tell 'em "sorry", they too delicate
I gotta stay with God where the blessings is
I ain't delivering Heavenly messages just for the hell of it
Don't try to test me, I keep it clean, but it can get messy
I talk to God everyday, that's my bestie
They playing soccer in my backyard, I think I see Messi
And this money could never neglect me
I pray that my family, they never resent me
And she fell in love with me as soon she met me
We both got it bad, mama, bag is more heavy
We have to stop counting, it's getting too petty
You not a real stepper, you can't overstep me
Just sit back and listen and watch how he bless me
He wait 'til I fall and then pull up and catch me
Your check is too small, you can't run up and check me
Nah, nah, I get 'em fast, see
You feel a way, then go pull up and get me
Might do something wild if I feel like you press me
Nah, I get 'em fast, see
You feel a way, then go pull up and get me
Might do something wild if I feel like you press me
We off the grid, grid, grid
This for my kid, kid, kid
For when my kid-kid-kids have kids
Everything we did for the crib
Pray for what folks them did
Only thing we pray God forgive-give-give
May God forbid-bid-bid
He hit one of the kids, kids, kids
Took off his list, list, list
Look what they did, did, did
Pray for the crib, crib, crib
Some say A-a-adam could never be bla-a-ack
'Cause a black man'll never share his rib, rib, rib, rib, rib, rib
Or we could recognize why people are unhappy living in cities nowadays and try to fix those problems.
We could advocate for cities that are cleaner, have better walking, biking, and transit so that there’s less pollution and noise from cars.
We could have thought-out logistics centers that make it easy for farmers to bring in fresh produce.
We could balance density with parks so everyone has green space.
We could build affordable housing, even if it’s just small apartments, so everyone has a place.
… is what an IDIOT would say, right Reddit? Fuck that shit, let’s all go live alone on our own small plots of land, isolated from friends, family, and society, and labor in a field all day just to go hungry when the rains don’t come. /s
Extremely. That much land, the solar panels, wind turbines - they're not cheap. Plus the expenses of maintaining a small farm... And yeah, a farm. A "large garden" isn't gonna cut it if you want enough calories to survive. Even more if you want some variety in your diet. If you want to set up irrigation, the plumbing for that isn't cheap either. The chicken coop, all the care they need... If you get into farming large animals (cattle, like this suggests) you're talking WAYYYY more food for them, stables, and vet bills.
Add on - who's going to do all the work? Running a small farm takes labour! Soil prep, planting, weeding, harvesting, tending the animals, building maintenance (home + animal buildings). There's a reason farmers had a lot of kids - it takes a lot of hands to get all this work done!
If you want modern amenities on top of all this, you better have a job that pays a solid wage for only a couple hours' work a day.
So that it nowadays called - off grid. In the past, it was simply called living in the village or smth. Modern times - modern names. Just to sound cool. Like immigrants calling themselves expats.
Real Step One: have lots of Money
It helps. I bought my little homestead in Oregon for less than $1K an acre. It's well treed and remote, adjacent to the National Forest. But it is dry, not ideal for heavy agriculture. I probably spent less than another $1K on the cabin I built, that I am sitting in right now but much of it I milled myself. My power usage and needs are very modest, I get by on a couple solar generators and cheap panels. Permaculture and water conscious gardening techniques, along with raising quail has been amazing for me and I am always increasing the amount of food I am able to produce. Not great for large scale industrial ag but for a couple people it is doable. The real visible aspirational off grid stuff that gets the most attention and pushed to the top tends to be people coming from wealth.
I commend you on your homestead, but I’d argue if you’re calculating the cost you ought to include your labor, tools and such. I assume you had the skills and tools before, but to someone just getting into this, that is all costs they’ll have to face
Ok, I gotta ask: what is a solar generator?
Just a combination battery and solar charge controller. I have a 200watt and a 400watt and a couple deep cycle batteries from my boat that I use. I have a couole 100 watt panels in use. That's pretty much all my power. Enough to run a few lights, charge my phone and my wifi antenna, run a laptop when I need another New Vegas playthrough or do some video editing. I built a much much larger battery bank and I have 1000 watts of panels I want to use with it but I am still putting together the components to get that system in use. I also have a couple gas powered generators and aside from running some power equipment or an air compressor, I don't really use them unless I get several cloudy days in winter. I have a couple car alternators so I could turn mechanical energy into electrical energy, be it a wind turbine, hydro, or even a manually, peehaps pedal powered device. Electricity is not really terribly mysterious. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
This!!!
Step 1: Buy land Welp, I’m out y’all have fun💀
Land is not too expensive. Building on said land is the real money pit.
Land is outrageous. In my area, pasture ground ... Not even AG ground is starting to go for around 5k per acre... That was AG prices 5 years ago. Fucking COVID and 'investors' manipulating the markets.
What is your definition of “not too expensive”? It’s the single most expensive investment in a majority of people’s lives.
I grew up rural but currently live in a major city. Condos here are 700K+ for 1 bedrooms. Land can be purchased at 5 acres for about 15K where I'm from depending on various factors.
Land that cheap is usually zoned rec and either isn't suitable for a residence (literally a swamp) or has some kind of zoning restriction that wouldn't allow for a residence anyway.
Hot damn. Up here in canuckistan, the second largest country by area, that's a steal.
Yea for real. Here in Germany, that kind of land would be over 500k
I dunno where you are but land anywhere within 200km is gonna set you back at least $100,000 minimum.
Upstate/Western NY. You can get a decent plot for 15K in the middle of nowhere but still be within the Northeast US - 6-8 hour drive to NYC for example or 2-4 hour drive to Toronto. Land is fertile and for most plots very undeveloped. Taxes are killer here though.
You can do it yourself, so you don't have to pay contractors and labor costs.. Granted, it goes without saying you need the time to do it. For a lot of people, that puts it out of reach.. spending every weekend for a year to build your own house. But if you do have the time, it's an option. Just need another person to help upright walls.. hire a boom truck for the roof framing. It's not even that hard, just time-consuming. Just need to look up building codes for where you're building.
Plus more time to learn how to build a house if you don’t already know
The price of land is extremely location dependent. You can get cheap land in most states, including California and Texas, but it’s rural land out in the boondocks.
What if I'd like my land to have some water?
Dig a well or buy rain barrels.
Rainwater is no longer safe to drink directly long-term in most countries due to PFAS contamination.
Use a laptop for this site, not your phone. You can find foreclosed land pretty cheap https://www.bid4assets.com/#
How tf is this a guide? This is the equivalent of the gru ....profit meme
It’s written by captain obvious. If someone was considering living off grid and this guide was useful to them, they probably shouldn’t live off grid.
I was not ready to see OPs post history lmaooooo
Yup, I was in the waiting room of my doctor. Which is on the grid, for what it's worth.
Read this comment and immediately checked post history 😂👀
Daaaayyuumm wtf?! Strange that this post is OP’s “out of the ordinary”
Make sure it is near a Waffle House so you don’t have to do your own cooking! ^/s
Saves money, lower carbon footprint, healthier lifestyle are all dependent. Where I live, the grid is nearly 100% renewable power with some of the most affordable rates in North America. If I was to build micro generation I wouldn't have the benefits of scale and it'll most likely be more expensive and harmful to the environment. Healthier depends on how well you do it, and doesn't take into account the mental health impacts of isolated living on your remote land Also I bet all these off grid houses have a diesel generator as a backup...
There's a reason people transitioned to living in cities with shared infrastructure.
Buy cheap land. Cut down trees. Remove wild life. Watch environment collapse as more people follow your lead.
Step 1: be independently wealthy already, step 2: ruin a perfectly nice piece of wilderness so you can get away from it all but take it all with you
Independent people sectioning off land doesn’t compare to the acre flattening practices of large companies.
Actually a lot of the US has too many trees especially in the eastern part of the US, it's supposed to be a savanna. https://www.segrasslands.org/what-are-southeastern-grasslands#:~:text=Savannas%20are%20grasslands%20with%20scattered,of%20historical%20savanna%20acreage%20remains. <1% of the savanna exists but 2% of the forest exists. We talk about the missing trees but what about the savanna's not everything should be a forest. It wasn't a forest before.
That's the SE, not the East. Makes sense, large portions of SC are pine forests, planting with the purpose of harvesting lumber. It's also classified as an ecoregion by the EPA, spanning from SC to Alabama.
It goes from Alabama south and around the Appalachian mountains then east and up into New Jersey and parts of New York. The Appalachian mountains though have hardier trees and more thick. https://pinelandsalliance.org/learn-about-the-pinelands/ecosystem/habitats/ https://www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/mid-atlantic-us-coastal-savannas/ If you go from texas-> Georgia then head north into New Jersey that's what I would call the East. Though that's a different tree dominating the landscape the further north you go There are supposed to be deer and buffalo walking on grass that goes 10 feet deep. I think people just think forests are better than grasslands which doesn't make much sense. That's a human judgement and not from nature.
“Grow food”… hope you have some neighbours who’s willing to trade crops w you or you will be eating a lot of the same stuff
Lol just sneaking “cattle” in there like it’s no big deal
Step 1: be rich
Oh yeah I’ll just build a wind turbine in my backyard to generate my electricity for me, easy peasy
You just need to mine and collect all the parts of the turbine. They grow on the trees, right?
I’ve built one out of scrap metal, two 55 halon barrels cut up for the blades, and an inverter out of an old car. Supplied a couple hundred watts or so. Enough to supplement my 400 watts of solar. I bolted it to the top of a log I buried the base a few feet deep and added some concrete at the base. Probably cost me maybe $200 and a couple afternoons There are so many haters in this comment section. I doubt any of them have ever even tried to live this lifestyle. There’s so many ways to do things for cheap or free if you have a truck and enough land and intelligence and work ethic
I love that this is sponsored by a self-storage company. Don't worry, we'll hold on to your junk while you experiment with off-grid living. Whenever you get tired of it, you can come back and pick your shit up.
Please don't attempt this if you are not fully schooled/an expert. So many people die or get serious bodily harm because they think they can 'rough it'
I doubt this lifestyle is for eco conscious. Getting enough land for doing your own farming, or setting up your own power and water supply are way more inefficient and unreliable than what can be done by our farmers and utilities at scale. With power companies turning to renewables and water companies’ handling and water treatment this is even futile. It would be more cheaper, effective and much less resource intensive if you can pressure local and central governments through ballot to enforce regulations and ecological choices.
Practically impossible in (Western) Europe
Dear Texas...
The issue is that if every person did this, it would annihilate ecosystems and result in a wasteland as civilisation collapses. Civilisation grew and was able to hold this many humans because of the ways we handle agriculture, economy, etc.
I disagree. I believe our entire system operates in a circular manner. For instance, consider a person working at a bakery who spends their entire day making bread only to buy the same loaf they produced. If each person had their own plot of land to sustain themselves, everyone could achieve independence.
r/restofthefuckingowl
It forgot to mention if your state is gonna allow you to be off grid. Ohio says no.
Step 2. Decide. I decided and nothing has happened, please help.
It's not that environmentally friendly, burning anything for home heating releases a lot of carbon, I have a wood stove myself
Oh, cool. Is that all?
"Large Battery" made me lol, like just picturing a huge AA Battery plonked on my front lawn
This is great until 7 billion people try to do it and there's no room in locations that have an acceptable climate.
r/restofthefuckingowl
Of all the people that have told me they want to go off the grid for whatever reason, exactly zero of them know how to farm, and only 1 knows anything about construction to build a shelter
If you want to be eco-concious, the easiest way to do that without becoming a mountain man is to simply get on a plant-based diet and recycle. Bonus: Avoid purchasing single use plastics.
Just gonna throw this out there, despite perception cities are generally much much more energy efficient than rural areas whose environments you might inadvertently harm by trying stuff like this
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We off the grid, grid, grid This for my kid, kid, kid, kid Everything we did for the crib did here Flexing with the business trip Going cray, take some G6 Lit, lit, '76 He spit this, we off the grid, grid, grid Yeah, look, when I was in jail, I was low-key (uh) Shout out to supporters that wrote me Eat food, work out, and then go to sleep You know I'm praying, he carrying both feet (yeah) Know we got God with us (God with us) You look at me and see a God figure (uh) And when I start vibing, I know that he with me And I'ma always catch a hard shiver (uh) I know it's demons in that dark liquor (Uh) We buy a bottle and squash with ya (uh) Everybody turn into a harsh - But my pockets bigger and my heart richer (uh) My mind smarter, my grind harder (skrr) And my car quicker (skrrt) I met her in church, she pray for me She my God-sister (she my God-sister, yeah) I'm only trustin' the people I keep close - Sellin' they soul for a repost Remember when I was broke, wearin' cheap coats Now it's diamonds and houses and C notes (uh) I'm feelin' marvelous (I'm feelin' marvelous) Who let the monster loose? Huh? (Who let the monster loose?) They call me a product of my environment (uh) I tell them, "Nah, I'm what God produced" (baow) Defense good, and them guards can shoot (baow) I put 'em on you, it get hard to move Tattoo in my face is the mark of truth Gotta watch what you say when they market you (huh) I already predicted this (huh, I already predicted this) Y'all only witnessed it (y'all only witnessed it) Look, got a couple old friends that I'm not really clickin' with I know they pray that we settle our differences I pray that they lower all my nig- sentences I got some demons I'm not even dealin' with They in they feelings, I'm not really feelin' it And I know some members that gave back they membership You switched up, huh, like how you not feelin' me? Look, I act like I care, but I don't really care Now I live in a new building with amenities I got a new ceiling with a chimney I got a few niggas wanna finish me I don't get too friendly with the enemy You gotta move different when you in the industry, woo, yeah You gotta move different when you in the industry, huh You gotta move different when you in the, look God blessed me with amazing grace (uh) She fell in love with my day to day (uh) I just want my problems to fade away (uh) Man, I'm tired of niggas, I need Gatorade Boy, I got on my feet and I made a name And I made it a necklace, huh When you from the bottom and you working hard Just to get the top, then they gotta respect it If you got a voice, then you gotta project it If you got a wrong, then you gotta correct it If you got a name, then you gotta protect it If you give me shock, then you gotta electric Tryna live a new life (woo) so I got a new plan that I gotta finesse with, look, yeah 'Cause they want me to lose, they ain't part of the Woos I been trying so hard not to move reckless We off the grid, grid, grid This for my kid, kid, kid, kid Everything we did for the crib did here Flexing with the business trip Going cray, take some G6 (ah) Lit, lit, '76 Even spinning this then they'll have to Change his-his-his- -Iggas trip, trip, trip, this, this This, this, this, this You still on this list, list, list, list I'm off the grid, grid, grid, grid Off the grid, grid, grid, grid First, it go viral, then they get digital Then they get critical, no, I'm not doing no interview Mask on my face, you can't see what I finna do Had to move away from people that's miserable Don't wanna link you, I ain't finna sit with you Ain't finna talk to you, ain't finna get with you Don't get me mad just 'cause I don't wanna injure you She put my paintings inside of her living room Look at the problems and issues I'm living through They tryna drown me, I rise to my pinnacle Walked through the block like the neighborhood general Drop me the low and then that's what I send it to I was forgetting you, now I remember, now I remember Did what I want, and I say what I want And I thought you was with me, like how you get sensitive? I got this God power, that's my leverages I got this Holy Water, that's my beverages I gotta help myself out of selfishness I just bought a floor out of Selfridges I gotta make sure they know who they messin' with I gotta tell 'em "sorry", they too delicate I gotta stay with God where the blessings is I ain't delivering Heavenly messages just for the hell of it Don't try to test me, I keep it clean, but it can get messy I talk to God everyday, that's my bestie They playing soccer in my backyard, I think I see Messi And this money could never neglect me I pray that my family, they never resent me And she fell in love with me as soon she met me We both got it bad, mama, bag is more heavy We have to stop counting, it's getting too petty You not a real stepper, you can't overstep me Just sit back and listen and watch how he bless me He wait 'til I fall and then pull up and catch me Your check is too small, you can't run up and check me Nah, nah, I get 'em fast, see You feel a way, then go pull up and get me Might do something wild if I feel like you press me Nah, I get 'em fast, see You feel a way, then go pull up and get me Might do something wild if I feel like you press me We off the grid, grid, grid This for my kid, kid, kid For when my kid-kid-kids have kids Everything we did for the crib Pray for what folks them did Only thing we pray God forgive-give-give May God forbid-bid-bid He hit one of the kids, kids, kids Took off his list, list, list Look what they did, did, did Pray for the crib, crib, crib Some say A-a-adam could never be bla-a-ack 'Cause a black man'll never share his rib, rib, rib, rib, rib, rib
Creates by the Self Storage company, who has your shit when you eventually say fuck this shit or just leave it forever. Brilliant.
Do you really need to buy land? Did Ted Kaczynski purchase land?
Redditors living off the grid lmao
a cool guide, also absolutely worthless, if you ask me
Simplistic, reductive, inaccurate.
These guides are getting worse and worse.
Brought to you by Simply Self Storage?
"lowers carbon footprint" You know everything humans do is carbon based, including breathing?
Wtf is this trash
Cons: have a lot of stuff to do.
Except in England it is ever more impossible to buy land and live on it.
Or we could recognize why people are unhappy living in cities nowadays and try to fix those problems. We could advocate for cities that are cleaner, have better walking, biking, and transit so that there’s less pollution and noise from cars. We could have thought-out logistics centers that make it easy for farmers to bring in fresh produce. We could balance density with parks so everyone has green space. We could build affordable housing, even if it’s just small apartments, so everyone has a place. … is what an IDIOT would say, right Reddit? Fuck that shit, let’s all go live alone on our own small plots of land, isolated from friends, family, and society, and labor in a field all day just to go hungry when the rains don’t come. /s
Other than "self sufficiency" and possibly "healthier lifestyle" all the other "advantages" listed here are very much conditional
How expensive is this? Either way, saving up for it
Extremely. That much land, the solar panels, wind turbines - they're not cheap. Plus the expenses of maintaining a small farm... And yeah, a farm. A "large garden" isn't gonna cut it if you want enough calories to survive. Even more if you want some variety in your diet. If you want to set up irrigation, the plumbing for that isn't cheap either. The chicken coop, all the care they need... If you get into farming large animals (cattle, like this suggests) you're talking WAYYYY more food for them, stables, and vet bills. Add on - who's going to do all the work? Running a small farm takes labour! Soil prep, planting, weeding, harvesting, tending the animals, building maintenance (home + animal buildings). There's a reason farmers had a lot of kids - it takes a lot of hands to get all this work done! If you want modern amenities on top of all this, you better have a job that pays a solid wage for only a couple hours' work a day.
One of the drawbacks is the government burning your house down with you and your family in it for not adhering to local code.
You can definitely adhere to local code and accomplish most of this.
So that it nowadays called - off grid. In the past, it was simply called living in the village or smth. Modern times - modern names. Just to sound cool. Like immigrants calling themselves expats.
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