tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post9026552588065216546..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: guest article-2 of 2 articles todayJames M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-72394279601336963892017-10-25T18:42:59.094-07:002017-10-25T18:42:59.094-07:00Great, another great one almost dead. Great, another great one almost dead. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-55849397615079337622017-10-25T16:15:56.567-07:002017-10-25T16:15:56.567-07:00Same here Jim, one of my all time favorite books. ...Same here Jim, one of my all time favorite books. The reason I thought of him and decided to mention him, was because I decided to look him up and see how he’s doing these days. I know that he’s getting up there in years now, since as I recall, he was around 60 at the time when Rancho Costa Nada was published in 2003. <br /><br />His views on working for others mirrored my own, so I could really relate to this author. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-21115069177007666042017-10-25T14:58:28.742-07:002017-10-25T14:58:28.742-07:00Go to the Rancho Costa Nada website above. Must h...Go to the Rancho Costa Nada website above. Must have book, for free. If you love it, buy one of the authors books on Kindle to support him. I'd list it as one of my top motivational/off grid idea books.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-31746940819647463832017-10-25T13:49:09.401-07:002017-10-25T13:49:09.401-07:00They build on farmland here in Dingoland as well. ...They build on farmland here in Dingoland as well. It really ticks me offAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-7663970556639446022017-10-25T13:03:02.547-07:002017-10-25T13:03:02.547-07:00As you say, the Kalifornians are mostly to blame f...As you say, the Kalifornians are mostly to blame for the outrageous real estate prices across the country now. Sadly, the only land that you can get at a reasonable price anymore is junk land. There are exceptions, but they’re rare. <br /><br />The excerpt below is from the Rancho Costa Nada Author, Phil Garlington. Our friend Phil knows a thing or two with regards to this topic:<br /><br />“Land. Mother Earth News likes to depict the woodsy homestead in the tall pines by a gurgling brook. Fact is, even the rawest land these days is pricey if it comes with water and timber. The only cheap land left in the States is worthless land. That means desert land. Bone-dry land.”<br /><br />http://ranchocostanada.itgo.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-64754717845774052012017-10-25T12:37:55.295-07:002017-10-25T12:37:55.295-07:00New Yorkers moving in. California did that years ...New Yorkers moving in. California did that years ago, took the entire West and jacked up prices on everything. I was born there, and I'm NOT fond of those humpers. Ruined Nevada, but it had the furthest to go to get flushed so it is still better than most places ( does not include Vegas which should have stayed in the AZ territory ). It seems like areas in the South have old well established carpet baggers and colonial administrator families controlling most areas. Most areas 100th meridian to the left coast states are great for scouting retreats further abandoned. Not to discount the South or even Yankeeland, it is just a harder search.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-82313035329250955572017-10-25T12:24:03.416-07:002017-10-25T12:24:03.416-07:00pioneer preppy wrote a column about the emptying o...pioneer preppy wrote a column about the emptying of the lands near him--missouri-- and it looked like a good place to set up a homestead. money is necessary and jobs in out of the way places are scarce. so cash is best unless one has a home business.<br />his article is in the left sidebar of his web site, 'the small hold'.<br />in northeast pennsylvania, said to have the best soil , the new yorkers were moving in, destroying family farms by paying millions for the lands and building mansions on them, and raising the taxes to levels such that the heirs of the settlers, some with claims to the land 300 years old, were pushed out.<br />the new yorkers commute 2 hours each way every day. what a load of parasites.<br />that farm land, which could sustain many, is now ruined.deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-34369695322795149942017-10-25T08:08:01.650-07:002017-10-25T08:08:01.650-07:00Here in the US, if you stay away from the coastlin...Here in the US, if you stay away from the coastlines, plus a few oddball locations NOT on the waterline but associated with the Industrial Economy, you can find the same semi-abandoned areas. What better relocation destination?James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-17553413238981554802017-10-25T07:44:41.363-07:002017-10-25T07:44:41.363-07:00Super interesting, Ghostsniper.
Clearly in older ...Super interesting, Ghostsniper.<br /><br />Clearly in older times people were interested in the long term/very long term. Building a city was very ressource-intensive back then.<br /><br />Nowadays, nobody gives a rat's ass about the future. They want their money as fast as possible, with no concern for the way what they have built will age.<br /><br />It is truly a flight forward, and it's suicidal. it's not seldom to hear people say "tomorrow is going to suck, when I'll be old I'm not going to enjoy life, so let's do as much as possible right now, and on credit if need be".<br /><br />I understand why ypoung generations don't want to work anymore, first they witness how their parents are being destroyed at work (people come back home and talk about work relations and stress and betrayal by the hierarchy) and second because there is nothing left to improve, in that everything is overbuilt, leaving no room for something different.<br /><br />In Europe, the demographic decline actually frees up space, but in gloomy abandonned areas far from the globalized urban nodes.Avehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508223217305671728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-51243914273505416112017-10-25T07:39:23.513-07:002017-10-25T07:39:23.513-07:00I hadn't thought of the practical planning con...I hadn't thought of the practical planning considerations being subsumed by political and financial. You could explain a lot about things/places today that way.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-3690843530100416872017-10-25T04:36:19.280-07:002017-10-25T04:36:19.280-07:00"Too much humans (usually in the capital city..."Too much humans (usually in the capital city) that are a net loss (they cost more to take care of than they contribute)."<br />====================================<br /><br />That's a powerful statement right there, and one I had never considered before, but it will be on my mind for some time now.<br /><br />Many years ago when I was just starting out in the architecture business my wife gave me a book titled, "The Ten Books on Architecture" written thousands of years ago by a guy named Vitruvius. It changed the way I think. Few books do that. One of the things in the book was a description of how the elders chose a place to create a society and the long process involved. Many things were considered and when the choice had been narrowed down to a few locations temporary establishments were created and a variety of farm animals were located there and small vegetable fields were set up. Then, after a year or 2 the fields were harvested and the animals were killed and all were closely examined to determine what the environment did to them. Perhaps there was a swamp located within the prevailing wind stream that caused poisonous vapors to cause harm to the living theings there over time, etc. There were many, many steps in the process to effect the long term usefulness of the new community.<br /><br />I contrast that against the way new developments are done now where the biggest consideration is not the overall usefulness of the location but rather the enormous hurdle of navigating the mostly useless gov't hurdles and of course the gargantuan financial obligations. I am not doing the book The Ten Books on Architecture justice here and only a self indulgence in it can that be made. I found it fascinating and might read it again since it's been more than 30 years since the first time I read it. ghostsniperhttp://www.deadcenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-77610859772942821132017-10-24T23:57:33.112-07:002017-10-24T23:57:33.112-07:00Gee, thanks :)Gee, thanks :)Avehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508223217305671728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-16907775312555497572017-10-24T13:38:13.423-07:002017-10-24T13:38:13.423-07:00Phenomenal response. I'll be printing that out...Phenomenal response. I'll be printing that out & adding it to my list of important documents<br /><br />I appreciate the time you took. I really liked Glubbs essay but now see that it is somewhat simplistic and also a product of the time (social mood) he wrote it in. Dingonoreply@blogger.com