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re: Are you wanting acreage?
Posted on 11/25/22 at 1:29 pm to Toucan Sam
Posted on 11/25/22 at 1:29 pm to Toucan Sam
No. I rather live in a house 6" from my neighbors house. Why would you not want acreage? Its land... You own. Its pretty valuable and it gives you options.
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Posted on 11/25/22 at 1:31 pm to Korkstand
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3 acres is plenty enough to feed a family indefinitely.
It is, but just having 3 acres isn't the same as being fully prepared. You have to already be growing and putting food away successfully when things go sideways, as he says. I have 60 acres and a lot of food production going and it's hard work. We couldn't be fully self-sufficient food-wise. There would have to be a lot of bartering going on.
The you need as much as land and skills is a local network of like-minded people that can band together for defense, trade etc. Being able to communicate with those people is highly underrated as well.
Posted on 11/25/22 at 1:48 pm to Toucan Sam
I live in the country and raise some cattle. From my house, you can turn 360 degrees and you won't see a building, tree or blade of grass that I don't own.
It's awesome. I can take a piss off my front porch or shoot a deer from my front porch.
It's awesome. I can take a piss off my front porch or shoot a deer from my front porch.
Posted on 11/25/22 at 1:52 pm to Korkstand
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Not directed at me but that poster is making power until 1,000 gallons of propane runs out, and 3 acres is plenty enough to feed a family indefinitely.
You need more to be really self sufficient.
A couple acres for crops. 5ish more for grazing animals and tank (assuming natural) are the biggest land suck. Then 1/2 acre for some solar. I’d say you can do it with 10 if you have a good relationship with your neighbors to cross breed livestock. But thats cutting it close IMO.
This post was edited on 11/25/22 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 11/25/22 at 2:08 pm to Toucan Sam
300 acres in southwest mississippi. We raise cattle, have a couple fishing ponds, well water, and a full home propane generator. I’d like to think that I am ready for a doomsday scenario. Your arse is toast in the city
Posted on 11/25/22 at 2:13 pm to trussthetruzz
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a full home propane generator.
You’re good until you run out of propane. That’s why we have a solar and storage setup.
Posted on 11/25/22 at 2:19 pm to Toucan Sam
Yeah, up in rural Maine where you can frick off and watch the world burn. Get me a good solar / battery setup and spend my off days fishing with my kids and eventually grandkids.
The snow sucks but you just have to plan ahead.
The snow sucks but you just have to plan ahead.
This post was edited on 11/25/22 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 11/25/22 at 3:39 pm to biglego
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24.5 acres NW of Houston
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Great, more sprawl
Our neighbors actually love us, because right after we got our property DR Horton bought 300 acres next to us and would have bought our property if still for sale. We have a pond we let the neighbors fish in and are leaving almost all the old growth trees intact.
Posted on 11/25/22 at 3:43 pm to Toucan Sam
Toucan Xi, shut yo mouth. Get in your pod and eat your bugs WE will have to farm for you. I'll give you all the bugs.
Posted on 11/25/22 at 3:50 pm to Toucan Sam
Minimize your time in close quarters to others. The more you’re around others and the more others you’re around the greater chance an other is stupid and does stupid things. It’s a % thang…..
Posted on 11/25/22 at 4:11 pm to X123F45
Have 6.5 acres in the Rocky Mountains, actually not too far from South Park. Yes, there really is a South Park, Co.
Posted on 11/25/22 at 4:11 pm to X123F45
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This post was edited on 11/25/22 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 11/25/22 at 4:22 pm to gumbeaux
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You don’t have to upkeep all of it
Yeah, I didn't even put in a lawn, why bother with that when nobody can see your house? I did hack out a trail system which I'm largely letting go of. Having land does not have to be all that labor intensive if you chose not to make it so. The one big downside was terrible internet speed; thank you Elon Musk for Starlink!
Posted on 11/25/22 at 4:38 pm to Toucan Sam
I do. I want to be out of the suburbs, out of an HOA and into a place where I can have a large climate controlled high bay garage to keep collector cars and a large work area. I want to keep a motor home on property and if I want to work on cars, building furniture, creating art, whatever... until 2:00 in the morning, that's my business and you can't use a noise ordinance to stop me.
Posted on 11/25/22 at 4:48 pm to ithad2bme
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DR Horton bought 300 acres next to us
That sucks. That area NW of Houston is growing like crazy. Gotta keep going further and further to even get to the country and find affordable acreage.
Posted on 11/25/22 at 4:59 pm to GreenRockTiger
Not too far from the thriving city of Kenedy 
Posted on 11/25/22 at 5:21 pm to justaniceguy
Posted on 11/25/22 at 6:12 pm to Salmon
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Some of us are not lazy and value space
Plus land is probably the most stable investment you can make
Posted on 11/25/22 at 6:15 pm to Toucan Sam
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Toucan Sam
Just happy with what daddy gov gives her.
Posted on 11/25/22 at 6:45 pm to Toucan Sam
I’m retired so cutting grass is my hobby. If I can’t mow it in a day, it’s too much land.
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