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I hope you don't think I'm snarky because I'm serious. If you're an American citizen you can homestead in Alaska and cut yourself off from all this if you like.
by labrador 1y ago
I hope you don't think I'm snarky because I'm serious. If you're an American citizen you can homestead in Alaska and cut yourself off from all this if you like.
edit: i'm serious. many americans would be much happier taking this option if they knew it existed. i may take it myself
- sillysaurusx 1y agoHomesteading is tremendously expensive, unfortunately. Most people can’t.
- labrador 1y agoI didn't know that, but in that case there are a lot of young men and women on HN who are financically successful, but are tremendously unhappy. That's the case for me when I looked into it 25 years ago.
- quesera 1y agoGrowing food in Alaska sounds like a meager existence, though.
- labrador 1y agoPeople hunt and fish mostly. That's a big part of the appeal.