Cool, cool…As a Canadian I will ask Americans A. where you gonna work? and B. where you gonna live? because both situations here are…yeah not great. good luck though I guess. Well I suppose if you want to live in a shoebox in Toronto those prices are apparently “coming down”.
A. anywhere, on anything, God please get me out of here! more seriously, probably in some sort of applied math/CS research position given my background. or maybe start a garage-based research startup.
B. Nunavut, obviously. Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics are beautiful. alternatively, maybe I’ll finally live my dream of studying Nuxalk and working with the First Nations people to revitalize their language.
Whats the land situation like? Like say I don’t particularity care where, I just want some land where I can build a microfarm/homestead and largely be left alone, and I genuinely don’t care if I’m 100km from the nearest settlement. Would prefer closer, but meh. Doesn’t even need good internet, I’m beyond caring at this point.
I mean honestly and truthfully if you don’t care and are willing to drive…like…awhile to get to something even moderately close to what would be considered a decent sized civilization then I think you’d do fine.
If you don’t want to live along the US border then you could probably score some land in like Northern Ontario or like Albera or something. But keep in mind the further you get from the border the harsher the winter. If you’re ok with dealing with -40C winters then have at it. You gotta prep for that crap too because depending on where you decide to go you gotta be ready to spend 8+ hours at least driving for like groceries or something. I used to live in a town in Northern Ontario where the nearest Indigenous reserve was like 10+ hours away. So once a month they’d all drive down here, clear out the walmart and safeway, and then head back. People who lived and worked out in the bush did the same. came to town once a month, stocked up, spent the night in the motel, drove back the next day.
Yeah that all sounds pretty doable. I don’t usually buy groceries that frequently now, and I don’t currently have a farm with year-round greenhouse space as I would do with land, just minimal space for plants inside. Though I do need fairly regular medical care (every 3-ish months) so that might be a challenge.
My plan for winter no matter where I end up is basically hibernation, because screw winter anywhere with snow (I’ve lived near the great lakes most of my life so no stranger to unpleasant winter). What I want to build would allow me tunnel access to any outbuildings, all of which would be earth bermed.
Cool, cool…As a Canadian I will ask Americans A. where you gonna work? and B. where you gonna live? because both situations here are…yeah not great. good luck though I guess. Well I suppose if you want to live in a shoebox in Toronto those prices are apparently “coming down”.
as a trans American with Canadian ancestry:
A. anywhere, on anything, God please get me out of here! more seriously, probably in some sort of applied math/CS research position given my background. or maybe start a garage-based research startup.
B. Nunavut, obviously. Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics are beautiful. alternatively, maybe I’ll finally live my dream of studying Nuxalk and working with the First Nations people to revitalize their language.
A shoebox? In this economy?
Whats the land situation like? Like say I don’t particularity care where, I just want some land where I can build a microfarm/homestead and largely be left alone, and I genuinely don’t care if I’m 100km from the nearest settlement. Would prefer closer, but meh. Doesn’t even need good internet, I’m beyond caring at this point.
I mean honestly and truthfully if you don’t care and are willing to drive…like…awhile to get to something even moderately close to what would be considered a decent sized civilization then I think you’d do fine.
If you don’t want to live along the US border then you could probably score some land in like Northern Ontario or like Albera or something. But keep in mind the further you get from the border the harsher the winter. If you’re ok with dealing with -40C winters then have at it. You gotta prep for that crap too because depending on where you decide to go you gotta be ready to spend 8+ hours at least driving for like groceries or something. I used to live in a town in Northern Ontario where the nearest Indigenous reserve was like 10+ hours away. So once a month they’d all drive down here, clear out the walmart and safeway, and then head back. People who lived and worked out in the bush did the same. came to town once a month, stocked up, spent the night in the motel, drove back the next day.
Yeah that all sounds pretty doable. I don’t usually buy groceries that frequently now, and I don’t currently have a farm with year-round greenhouse space as I would do with land, just minimal space for plants inside. Though I do need fairly regular medical care (every 3-ish months) so that might be a challenge.
My plan for winter no matter where I end up is basically hibernation, because screw winter anywhere with snow (I’ve lived near the great lakes most of my life so no stranger to unpleasant winter). What I want to build would allow me tunnel access to any outbuildings, all of which would be earth bermed.
Thanks for the info :)
I agree, what’s property like way out in the country?