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The Plan; Operation: South Austin Freehold
Topic Started: Apr 28 2009, 04:28 PM (679 Views)
Rhadamanthus
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Tristan da Cunha
May 1 2009, 12:14 PM
Quaon
Apr 30 2009, 06:41 PM
You won't see this until it ends, but good luck. Either you'll prove all of us wrong or learn a decent life lesson.
Who's "all of us"?
:lol: Yeah, I think most of us who posted rather support this idea.
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Quaon
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I realized the irony of that statement as soon as I posted it.

I confuse the political leanings of the various forums I post on far too often.
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Eleytheria-Duo
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Respecting an idea and supporting one can be unrelated. Though viewing the replies, it appears everyone in some way encouraged him with respect alone, thus... I'd have to say its not a valid example in this case.
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Ulgania
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I'm curious to see how this goes. My family in Vermont practically lives off the land, and if push comes to shove we would need absolutely no outside support for quite some time. However, it's been a gradual process of several years of cultivating a vegetable garden, planting an orchard, having the proper setups for a chicken coop and a pig pen, and a stocked pond with plenty of fish.

Although all of this is still extremely intriguing
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Filo
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..you are cracy...definitly :P but you are free...
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NRE
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Map Tsar and Southern Gentleman

Well, you know we want a update :P So how is the free life?
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East Anarx
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Update, right. I'm at my dad's for father's day, and so I'm on his computer. Well, the Freehold isn't looking like it will happen in its current location. My "comrades" are, (understandably,) more interested in getting white market jobs to pay for rent and going to community college and creating theatrical works of art, (which is commendable.) Also, the owner thinks I party too much, (definitely a possibility,) and so I figure its about time for another move.

I am now, like NH, a homeowner. No, not a homo... a home owner. :gnarkgnark: It's not nearly as big as NH's, but its cozy and easily movable. I'll post pictures soon, but for the moment, imagine it not as it is but as it will be: A 5x8 "teardrop" style custom-built camper, psychedelic glowing mural paintjob, solar panels, and a garden on the roof. Oh, and proudly flying the black flag.

At the end of the month, I'll be moving out of Wits End and to my mom's land out in the hill country, where I will lay low, enjoy a similarly rent-free existence for another month or so, but with more yardwork and gardening, and with much-needed interwebly leisure. From such a base-camp, I hope to realize the vision I have for my home, and decide where next to plant it.

Any suggestions?
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Quaon
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Any suggestions?
Acknowledge your failure, realize that an ethical system is unsound if it cannot be adhered to, and reject anarchism.
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East Anarx
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Quaon
Jun 21 2009, 02:01 PM
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Any suggestions?
Acknowledge your failure, realize that an ethical system is unsound if it cannot be adhered to, and reject anarchism.
Actually, I meant any suggestions regarding possible locations for my recently acquired home.

But thanks for that, really. :rolleyes:
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NRE
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I'm under the assumption you need somewhere to go rent-free?

I'd say come to the east coast but then again its hurricane season and by the time you're here odds are you might have to turn right back and leave :lol: :sad:
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Ulgania
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Vermont would be rather accepting of your given lifestyle. I highly recommend the state, despite my ongoing anti-Vermont attitude. You'd fit in nicely :lol:
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flumes
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You could probably buy a forclosed lot in inner-city Cleveland or Detroit for like $100 or $200... You could probably even convince local governments that your green growth with those solar panels and get your taxes waived.
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New Harumf
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flumes
Jun 21 2009, 03:44 PM
You could probably buy a forclosed lot in inner-city Cleveland or Detroit for like $100 or $200... You could probably even convince local governments that your green growth with those solar panels and get your taxes waived.
This may be the mbest suggestion yet! Also, in Michigan, you would get a Homestead excemption, like Don, my partner, who, because he is on the lease with me (where we are renting, all last year, at least, he recieved a $900.00 homestead credit. Considering he only worked for a week last year (at Macy's) and only paid $13.00 in state taxes doesn't matter - he is still getting the $900.00 homestead credit!

Now, will you continue to sell peaches?? Also, if you are hidden out in the Hill Country, how can I stalk you??
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East Anarx
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Vermont and New Hampshire are both definite possibilities, Vermont for the reasons you mentioned and NH for its high concentration of libertarians thanks to the Free State Project. Maybe Oregon, I hear there's lots of dirty tree-huggin' hippies there. Maybe somewhere similar in Canada?

Yes, rent-free would be preferable. Any sort of arrangement where I could offer my labor or other skills in lieu of rent would be perfect.

As for peaches, that particular opportunity has come, been exploited, and gone. I made a good wad of federal reserve notes from it and even a little chunk of silver, but now I'm looking for other opportunities.

To address Quaon's trollery helpful advice:

Far from being a failure, I consider what I've done so far to be a successful experiment in low-tech living and a valuable life experience. But I will, of course, acknowledge that I did not achieve precisely what I initially intended and so in that sense I suppose I failed. Does that make you feel better, Q?

As for your comment on the soundness of ethical systems, I completely agree. In fact, its consistency and practicality are precisely why I embrace anarchism.
Edited by East Anarx, Jun 21 2009, 11:27 PM.
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Nag Ehgoeg
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I gotta say - well done for trying.
Well done for learning something.
Well done for not being discouraged.

But really, you should be able to come up with a sound back-up plan without asking us for advice. Not that we're not happy to give advice - I for one love giving advice. Just that if you think you can succeed in this, you really need to draft up a number of alternative locations and backup places to live.

Moving back with your parents (and this isn't much different from living in the basement or the garage) and asking us for help, really does smack of "failure".

Anyhoo, keep plugging away. Maybe take this chance to do a lot more research on where to live and find backup places to move to.
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Esternarx
Jun 21 2009, 03:11 PM
Quaon
Jun 21 2009, 02:01 PM
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Any suggestions?
Acknowledge your failure, realize that an ethical system is unsound if it cannot be adhered to, and reject anarchism.
Actually, I meant any suggestions regarding possible locations for my recently acquired home.

But thanks for that, really. :rolleyes:
Come to Maui...

Who cares about a house when theres more weed than Compton here...
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