Retiring somewhere remote !

pitdog

pitdog

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My dream is when I retire to move to some remote location and endeavour to be as self sufficient as possible, hunting and growing much of my own produce etc.
Does anyone else share my passion for this kind of lifestyle ?:confused:
 
Yes.....but I find myself liking the comforts of life and computers. Do you mean w/o electricity and and internet? I think about it....but not sure if I want to or not. It sounds great until it gets dark at 5....and there's no bladeforums to go to:D
 
That's always been my dream, I know I'm just starting out, 21 and in college, but I've always wanted to buy a big piece of land and live on it. Exactly what you said is exactly what I want to do. A mountain in colorado would be nice, maybe a little pricey though...I'll just have to save up for the next 20 years and then I can go buy my mountain and then I'll be

"King of the Moun.....*long pause*...yes dear, I'll take out the trash....as I was saying, KING OF THE MOUNTAIN!!!"
 
pitdog said:
My dream is when I retire to move to some remote location and endeavour to be as self sufficient as possible, hunting and growing much of my own produce etc.
Does anyone else share my passion for this kind of lifestyle ?:confused:
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YES!I definately share the same dream.I'd like to buy at least 10 acres in the Green mountains of VT.I love Vermont.I try to get up there as much as possible.;)
 
I'd like to retire to about ten acres ,surrounded on 3 1/2 sides by impenetrable swampland,that's a federally protected wetland preserve. That would give me at least an even chance of avoiding having everything around me "improved" by developers.
 
I hear that pitdog! I'm a lonnnnngg way from retiring, but I still long for a simpler life. There are definitely some luxuries I'd miss though, like liqueur that doesnt make you go blind.

What kind of country side would you like to set up shop in? I'm pretty partial to northwestern ontario/canadian shield territory myself, but shamefully I havent experienced the BC outback, so I cant compare the two.
 
I have fantasized about that, but it probably won't happen. Even a semi-remote are would be fine with me. If there is a mall within driving distance, my wife may even join me, LOL!
 
Yes. Lucky for me I'll get to move onto my Grandads farm. Which is 100 acres in N. Mississippi. I grew up spending my summers there. Rooting around in the woods, fishing in the ponds, hunting squirrel and deer, helping him with the vegetables, and watermelons, building his cabin, etc. I love that place.
 
I'm in as long as there are beer, women and knives. Actually I could be somewhat self-sufficient where I am. I have a big garden, game, lumber, pond and creek, two open wells and I heat my home primarily with wood that I cut. We'd have to learn to make antibiotics though, we get Lyme disease several times a year.... But instead, I work 60-70 hours a week to make lots of money so that I can move myself farther away from that simplicity (but the knives, beer and women are great;))
 
Hey, I am self-sufficient - and living in a wild area. Okay, the neighborhood has gone to hell, I keep loaded firearms around, my retirement check pays for all of the produce I need - and fish & meat I can find - marked down - at Publix, of course. I gotta get outta here... or learn Spanish!

Stainz
 
The thing to remember is that by retirement age for most people, they aren't as spry as they once were and remote living is a lot harder if you're, say, 60, vs. 30.

I retired at 44 and moved to Idaho. I wanted to live far out in the boonies but my wife wasn't quite into that. We compromised and bought a place 12-13 miles from a medium sized town. We have only one neighbor a 1/2 mile north and then at least a couple miles to the next one.

I gotta say though, it's nice to be able to run to town for errands and not have a 50 mile drive. The older you get, the more you may need medical services. Living in a remote area if you had, say, a heart attack might be all she wrote.

No reason you can't orient your life to live in a rural area though and live a more simple existence. My rule was work to live, not live to work.
 
I used to think that, but as I aged my desires changed. After a certain age its no fun digging a new outhouse pit, chopping and spliting the wood you need to keep from freezing to death, and hauling that d--m deer out of that gully he ran into after he dropped from that 30-30 round through his slats. Unless you're very lucky, its nice to be near town to get the perscriptions you'll need, or not so far out that when the old lady called the EMT's for those chest pains that you're having, they get there inside of an hour.

If you want to go live in the boonies, do it now before things start wearing out. Voice of experiance talking. When your young, its fun to do whatever you want, later you may still be able, but you won't want to. :D
 
Onething, I try to keep in mind is to be flexible. My inlaws have 100 acres. I always thought I'd end up there. Now, there has been development near it. Who knows what is next.

But to live in a remote area is my dream as well. I want to be self sufficient as possible. All I can do is lay the foundation for that dream to happen.
 
I've gone from wanting to live like Dick Proenneke, somewhere so far out that I'd need to get any supplies via airplane (actually having my own plane was part of the dream) to wanting to stay a little closer to civilization and having a phone and internet connection, but getting most if not all of my electricity from solar and /or wind generators. Hard to say where I might actually end up though.
 
Remote or no, its gotta be warm.
While I'd love to live somewhere remote, I'd rather live in the 'burbs than have to look at another dismal, gray, Michigan winter. Its a trade I'm willing to make.

Besides, when I retire in 20 years, there won't be any "remote" in this country.
 
pitdog said:
My dream is when I retire to move to some remote location and endeavour to be as self sufficient as possible, hunting and growing much of my own produce etc.
Does anyone else share my passion for this kind of lifestyle ?:confused:
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Your goal is exactly the same as mine, I have wanted to live in a very remote wilderness area, since I was a small kid. I was always drawn to it, and still am, I feel more at home in the wilderness than anyplace else there is.

I need to come up with the money for the land to live on to do it, and that takes time, that is the primary obstacle to me accomplishing this.
 
A compromise for a younger single man might be to work self employed and take 2-3 months a year off to live simple... just a thought. I am married with children so that is as close I can come to a simple outback dream!

At least you can enjoy roughing it while you are still young enough to do it with gusto...

I know a guy that lives on Lake Ugashik in upper AK- no roads, no car- just a boat, atv and a snowmobile. Growlers in the fornt yard.

2Door
 
All the time.... The in-laws farm is in south AL. I've bought a couple acres on the Dannely Reservoir on the AL river less than 40 miles away from there. Living here in metro Atlanta, I dream about leaving the traffic and congestion and the rat race behind. Problem is the schools suck and I have a 4yo.
 
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