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[–] 15 points 6 months ago (7 children)

There a communities that live like that in modern times, just seek em out

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Life demands efforts. It's not like downloading and pressing play.

    Its interesting that you find it hard to seek out the lifestyle that you want when that lifestyle will actually require a lot more effort just to survive

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I'm not trying to go camping, but just in terms of finding a "simple life" still requires weaving around a lot of modern problems/realities. For instance I do plenty of unpaid chores for family (today I helped carry fence panels), but I am not going to travel many hours (esp. lacking a car) to meet strangers to see if I possibly mesh well in such a community where I would also likely have to pay rent even after putting in what effort I could.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Sounds like you are looking at the grass over the fence.

    It's always greener than on this side

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I live a stagnant life (shut-in, somewhat rural area) so there may actually be "greener grass" somewhere but I am unlikely to ever even see it, which is part of my point. And funnily enough, in a literal sense importance of green well-kept lawns is a relatively modern problem as well (going back to aristocrats) adding to sprawl (and bad for pollinators/other wildlife).

    To hammer my point home... on top of USA's car-centric sprawl, there is also no freedom-to-roam enshrined in law (like Europe has along with the Schengen Area) and I don't want to end up homeless without even a car to live in.

    There are also a lot of other modern USA problems that are reduced or eliminated in other countries (healthcare, tax filing, worker protections, diet). Which is not to say they don't have their own problems, but being the richest country in the world certainly is not reflected in our placement when it comes to global statistics of well-being (because yeah, our wealth is concentrated at the top).

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    Yeah could be slim pickings near you. Do you do any as a hobby? Theres lots of campers i watch who live off grid on weekends yet still have normal jobs during the week (gotta pay the bills somehow). Ive only gone as far as growing my own food in the garden, but gotta admit, eating something ive gone to the effort of growing, caring for and harvesting is a level of self satisfaction that hits pretty hard

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