Originally Posted by
crashdive123
Jason - I'm sure that this will come as no suprise to you. Hope and Wild Woman have spoken clearly about it. We see it here as well. Most that are looking for a way to "get away from civilization" have a romanticized notion of what it really is. Too much television and movies in my opinion. Many, when they find out that remote living requires work - more work than they ever had to put in in their 9 to 5 grind that they are seeking to escape. More work than the young person could have imagined that is trying to avoid the "tyranny of the man". More work than they have ever thought about doing, much less having done it. The oft romanticized fascination of living off grid is, in realty most times a desire to live with fewer expenses. Once their eyes are opened to reality they kind of fade away. Maybe it's a product of the "I want it now" society. Maybe it's the product of a lazy society. Maybe it's something else. Maybe that's why fewer and fewer people in today's society do it.
