Computer Tech,23, Looking for Land to Homestead | Living Off the Grid: Free Yourself

Computer Tech,23, Looking for Land to Homestead
by POLACK PIRATE on JANUARY 24, 2013 - 7 Comments in I WANT TO GO OFF GRID

I’m looking to get away from as much of everything as possible. I’ve been brought up living in an upper middle class society and, for as long as I can remember, I have not been happy or healthy doing so. I’ve currently saved up about $15,000 and am hoping to find cheap raw land to live off of, without indebting myself; a tall order, I know.

As philosophy goes, I believe that humans have outgrown money and that it is more of a hindrance than a convenience as it was intended. I feel money slows newer, cleaner, and more energy efficient technologies that could eliminate jobs that encourage an uneducated work-force to perform repetitive and often unhealthy work.

As survival goes, he longest I’ve camped is for a month in a high mountain range off the Blue Ridge Parkway (mile marker 420 if you’ve been there). During that month I ate only berries and the small amount of canned food I brought with me. I’m not a good hunter as I find it very difficult to bring myself to kill land creatures, especially for the purposes of recreation and sport; ironically fishing isn’t a problem for me. I have enough equipment to survive on my own for a few months depending on nearby food and water sources before having to move on given I didn’t cultivate the land.

My skill set is mostly based in computer technology and networking. I realize that this is only minutely helpful in living in an off-grid scenario, but hope to make it useful later on to help others go off-grid without the trouble I’ve had.

I’m looking to get to a place secluded from the contemporary American, and learn to live off the land in the process. My goals are to find a decent amount of secluded acreage to build a house and workshop for myself as I see fit (unrestricted land) then, if I have enough land, establish a sanctuary for people from whatever new forms of oppression bureaucrats devise.

I don’t usually express my personal beliefs, and feel it’s wise for others not to as well, but as I see that it’s a priority for many on this site, I will share them to avoid problems down the road. I am a sceptical agnostic. I love poetic philosophy, but am for the most part non-religious. I appreciate people and their wide range of beliefs, but am intolerant of evangelicals who would impose their religion or their way of life on another person in any form more forceful than a recommendation.

7 comments

1 Community Valley { 01.24.13 at 11:51 am }: We have land here at our community. We can help you get started
2 Aaron Hill { 01.24.13 at 2:13 pm }: I share the same ideals and philosophy. I’d love to get in contact.
3 Lauren { 01.27.13 at 3:37 am }: Do you have an interest in Oregon? If so contact me at dragonflypond@ymail.com
4 JoGee { 02.04.13 at 3:09 pm }: are there any potential areas for land here in NC? I live an Hour East of Asheville ( the foothills of the mountians) and wouldnt mind finding land close by.. Lots of ridges and valleys, creeks and rivers ect. I have knowledge in aquaponics so food wont be a scare.. Ive been really interested in this off grid idea for awhile now, just need a team of like minded folks to carry a plan out. Life is too short to be a slave, its time for people to have a “human” experience and evolve.. No more de-evolving to a consumer minded robot! shoot me an email bro!
5 Polack Pirate { 02.15.13 at 10:28 am }: To all the people who commented and didn’t leave their email: I have no idea how to get in contact with you, but I’ll try to figure out how to see your profile somehow.

To JoGee: I’ve exhausted myself trying to find land in the Buncombe County area of any significant size that won’t sink me in debt. Allegedly, about five years ago, lawmakers just arbitrarily increased the appraised value for land in Buncombe. So there’s a lot of pretty worthless plots, some under an acre, selling for $50,000 +; even in “nowheres” like Spruce Pine. I think Tennessee is about as close as we’re gonna get for cheap land, but even there owners are pretty stingy, at least from what I’ve found so far.
6 Somebody Nobody { 03.01.13 at 2:00 pm }: Hello, brother. I am also a computer tech, currently working/living in Raleigh. I love asheville and would like to get some land in the area around there. I know of some cheap land I am considering buying. I do not have time (currently wage slaving right now) to explain what I am looking for and my beliefs but they are very similar to yours. Send me an email,
jhomemanif@gmail.com
7 Ziggy { 05.04.13 at 12:21 pm }: To all those above who are looking for land near Ashevlle NC we are located now just above black mountain and old fort, you can see the farm we have been homesteading in pictures on the web site, we have now found another piece of land that is perfect for the vision we carry of feeding ourselves and our neighbors good healthy food and a healthy life. Our first 5 acre piece will cost us about 15k, we believe we can acquire 20-25 more 5 acre plots at this same cost to expand the community as needed we have core group of 6-10 like minded souls and are open to adding more Rays of Light as they show up. If you want to talk serious about joining our group you can reach us on the website or at empweredfarmer@yahoo.com
Thanks and IN-JOY your self.
Ziggy and Tammy