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12-07-2008, 10:28 PM
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Where can I find real cheap land with no utilities?
Hi, for the past couple of years now I have been looking on every website I can to find several acres of land for a several thousand dollars, I don't want any utilities, preferably in the eastern united states forest. I wish to live off some land off the grid. Any way I can do this?
Thanks
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12-07-2008, 10:39 PM
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12-07-2008, 10:53 PM
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Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico all have land for cheap.
One question: How do you plant to get your water if you have no utilities? Yes, you can install a well if your land is above an aquifer.
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12-07-2008, 11:01 PM
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I seem to remember about 9 years ago when the internet was a heckuva lot less popular and the only place to post was "usenet" there were debates between the Y2K survivalists and basically everyone else about the viability of "living off the grid". The problem with "junk land" is there is only so much canned food/mre/wildlife you can eat, and safe water is big deal. With out a reliable water supply your "farmstead" will turn into the "dustbowl" and we all know how well that turned out...
I'm guessing that a lot of the "lunatic panic" types are merely SELLERS of land that bought back before Y2K and FINALLY see a way out of their dumb move from a decade ago.
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12-08-2008, 03:05 AM
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Yep...it's all about water. So don't buy in a desert. If you buy near a large body of water you can always go there, or get water with a rain catchment system.
Living off the grid and living off the land are two different things.
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12-08-2008, 08:56 AM
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Who said there's no aquifer under the desert?
Phoenix, AZ sits in the middle of the desert atop a huge aquifer that is absolutely huge. Much of the other parts of Arizona are also atop the same aquifer.
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12-08-2008, 12:18 PM
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northern Maine.
check out the Maine forum and post your question there and I think you'll get lots of responses.
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12-08-2008, 01:15 PM
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you could also try ebay.. I've seen land in my area (WEST) that is there that doesn't always have utilities.. might not be the same though for the very developed EAST
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12-08-2008, 01:47 PM
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You can find a few acres in the Carolinas for under $10,000, particularly in the swampy eastern parts. Water should be abundant. You might want to read up on the local wildlife first, though.
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12-08-2008, 08:51 PM
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Midlands of SC. Swansea, Orangeburg, Gilbert, Batesburg, St. Matthews would all work. You could get land as cheap as 3k per acre.
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