Yah. But also with heat, running water, AC, a convenience shop nearby and some friends. So basically what I already have minus a job.

I'm workin' on it!

I've lived out in the rural before. I'd only do it again if there was a pharmacy that was open more than 9-5 mon-fri within a reasonable driving distance, a grocery store, and at least one good restaurant close by (it's nice to be removed from other but boy does cooking for yourself every meal get old fast).

Also without the Necronomicon in the basement, please.

Me, living in Wyoming with gigabit fibre:

Yes it's a bit of a flex but I sold everything I owned in order to own a humble old house here and I am proud of it. Cow poop walls? No regrets.

Not me. The rural part? Yes. But I can smell and feel the wet. In this type of place, you’ll be in a war of attrition against insects of all types. And mold and wood rot. Then there’s the wild animals or scary horror film neighbors.

We basically have this in Ireland. Only instead of a log cabin its an old cottage in the middle of nowhere.

An old cottage with a gigabit connection.

I find that most people that romanticize this sort of middle of nowhere living tend to only consider it from the point of view of that time period in their lives when they are healthy and able to go years without needing convenient access to medical services.

I want this, but with an irrationally large Evil Dead esque cellar, for my hobbies.

idk about the internet. kinda makes me sad these days

Yeah my Father in Law basically has this… but significantly nicer (4bed, 4bath, full kitchen, running spring water, off-grid solar+batteries), up a mountain, surrounded by pine trees, with StarLink internet.

It’s amazing when we can go visit for a week or 2

Genuinely laughed! Thank you (also this is me)!

This sound fun for like 3 months. Like I'll get some random medical issue and then have to go to the hospital. Like what if I sprain my ankle, what if the cabin got termite infestation and I need to repair it. At some point I'm gonna need civilization

So a Finnish summer cabin? I mean it is heaven tbf

Lived like that for a while (but with a working shower and not-so-fast internet). 10/10 would recommend. Will do again when I'm done with $CURRENT_LIFE_ISSUES.

I would prefer the cul de sac of 8 close friends, but still surronded in nature.

Wish granted. Enjoy mosquitoes.

Definitely not, my dream place to life is microdistrict with everything needed close.

I prefer houses not made from the same material the heating system uses for fuel.

You want Norway, Sweden and Finland. You can get fast internett pretty much anywhere and a large portion of the countries are just forest. I actually met a guy in Troms who is the only year round resident of an island that has two ferries a week if you book ahead of time and he has fast internett, as well as a lovely vegetable garden and a plentiful supply of fish.

I have zero desire to live like that to be completely honest with you

Nah the internet sucks no matter where you live. That cottage with a closed network or something like Secure Scuttlebutt/Manyverse in a little village would be cool though. The town library can have gigabit internet (for downloading media) and a shared local Jellyfin (& calibre, Navidrome, audiobookshelf, etc) server that can be accessed by anyone in town.

Want to play Live Service or online games? To the library. Publish your website or music album or artwork outside of the local loop? To the library. Online classes? To the library.

I’m ok without internet but plumbing would be nice

I'm not sure about the fast internet anymore. The internet is cancer and getting worse.

I'd love a stone or brick built eco build version with full insulation, solar & battery supplemented with and ground or air source heat pumps. I saw that dream house on my last winter trip to Scotland. My sense of making it!