Re:What Going Off the Grid Looks Like
by onecommentman on Monday November 28, 2022 @04:21AM
(#33771394)
I’ll read the New Yorker for off-the-grid Intermountain West living info the same day I read the Alamosa News for insights into the latest Israeli elections.
Saying that, in NM in the 1980s, off-grid living was perfectly feasible with some of the same caveats you mention. If the local community accepted you (Latinos, First Nations), you could easily make it happen (and I assume you still can). If you get crosswised with the autochthonous spirits, you could find yourself burned out of your half-built cabin pretty quickly.
Communes help, but come with their own problems. Don’t know whether the Intentional Community movement has solved those problems yet.
Saying that, in NM in the 1980s, off-grid living was perfectly feasible with some of the same caveats you mention. If the local community accepted you (Latinos, First Nations), you could easily make it happen (and I assume you still can). If you get crosswised with the autochthonous spirits, you could find yourself burned out of your half-built cabin pretty quickly.
Communes help, but come with their own problems. Don’t know whether the Intentional Community movement has solved those problems yet.