in the US property taxes vary on location. let's say I owned 100 acres in Montana. property taxes would likely be $10-20 thousand dollars.

if I owned 100 acres in California it would be closer to $1 million.

I own 1.5 acres in the Midwest in a densely populated area and my yearly property tax is $8,000.

the only way I can afford that is by working my high paying, high demand, high stress, IT job. if I wanted to live "off the grid" so to speak, I would need at least $1 million to start with. 2+ acres of rural property (if you can find any that hasn't already been stolen by corporations) start at $250k. to build a home is an additional $300k. solar, water, and other infra will run an additional $150k. I plan on living for another 50 years. Tax at $8000 a year and a 2.15% increase over those 50 years comes to around $130k.

so that leaves me with $170k to live on for 50 years. That's $283 a month in living expenditures. that doesn't cover living expenses like vehicles, property upkeep, home repair, health and wellness, etc.

so, I throw in close to $1 million dollars into a dream and I fuck up once and it's all taken from me. my kids, my house, my marriage, everything. and you want to summarize it down to "you just need to recognize you're living on land being supported by national infrastructure".

get the fuck out of here. we're fucking slaves and there's no way out except for taking a dirt nap.