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    111 months ago

    I thought about going off grid in a house with a well, solar, and storage batteries. The price looked good.

    Even with the house it was too marginal. One anomalous weather event would have been RIP.

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      411 months ago

      I knew a guy who went to Montana to try the “cabin off the grid” life. He said we was drinking before noon after a few weeks and was in danger of becoming an alcoholic out of boredom so he moved back.

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        211 months ago

        Can confirm, live in Montana. Cabins are great…during the summer months. Winter rolls around and you better be prepared to be cut off from everything for a few months. Plus it’s cold as fuck. Last year where I live, we consistently saw -20F and stayed below 0F for weeks at a time. Winter here sucks, but it keeps out the riff raff for the most part ;)

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        211 months ago

        I could see that. I think the off the grid thing has been glorified by people who haven’t actually done it.

        I mean, Id like to run off into the hills sometimes, but I’d probably run right back due to some combination of boredom, weather, starvation, and running out of alcohol.