It's a good question and I see a lot of value in just living the homesteader life and just working on most things remotely. I feel like there are levels to all of it.

Here someone could be 40 miles away from major big box stores like Walmart and Home Depot and be pretty far off the beaten path or someone could even go further secluded than that in a place like Northern Michigan or Deep in the Ozarks in Missouri or Arkansas.

The biggest issue with me doing that are the women. It is very hard to get a woman who is on board with that. It's tough to keep women in the loop for a couple months. They are quick to throw things away here.

So I feel like going heavy homesteader route can really bottle neck someone with the women.

Guys are already ending up empty handed out here even living closer to the cities. It ends up being way worse out in the remote areas.

The other solution that is likely better for me is to go to Eastern Europe and it might be like going back in time partially.