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Anonymous07/15/26, 10:11No.2874655
No but seriously, why cant i just buy a cabin and live there instead of a normal house?
Its cheaper, more private and gives me great opportunity to do outdoor activities. Lots of cabins run on solar and have adequate plumbing, yet the cost remains low. Only thing i could think would be a challenge is winter, but even then i think a 4x4 and backup heating/electricity and lots of firewood. It would also give good homesteading opportunities.

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Anon07/15/26, 10:55No.2874658
>No but seriously, why cant i just buy a cabin and live there instead of a normal house?
Because you're whining about it on the internet instead of doing it.
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Anon07/15/26, 17:41No.2874678
>why cant i just buy a cabin and live there instead of a normal house?
Because youre poor (?)
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Anon07/15/26, 20:29No.2874689
i bugged out to appalachia about a year ago and build this little starter cabin. it only cost $200 to build and is super cheap to maintain. now i have all the time in the world.

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Anon07/15/26, 23:53No.2874707
The only real tradeoff is location. Many states won’t allow you to live in a cabin unless it lives up to certain codes. The workaround in many places is to buy a place that’s zoned for agriculture. The price is right though. Especially if you have a good work from home job or the money saved
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Anon07/16/26, 05:03No.2874727
You can. You just need to take into consideration food, water, electricity (if you so choose), heating, how to cover costs for things that you can’t/won’t source yourself. You also need to consider your own morale. Having lived in a cabin for several years, it’s actually quite psychologically demanding, so you need some way to keep your head screwed on straight.
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Anon07/16/26, 14:53No.2874748
you are romanticizing a way of life you've never experienced, because you are not able to cope with your current circumstances.
you are the maladaptive daydreamer.if you were by some stroke of luck able to get that super awesome cabin and live the lifestyle you're dreaming of; you'd last maybe a month before cunting off back to the city because it was too hard and you missed your drip feed of endorphins.
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Anon07/16/26, 15:21No.2874750
>why dont people live far away from other people and resources abd jobs and things to do
Probably because its lonely and inconvenient and boring and hard to make money
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Anon07/16/26, 16:02No.2874752
>No but seriously, why cant i just buy a cabin and live there instead of a normal house?
DO IT
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Anon07/16/26, 16:07No.2874755
FIrst, when was the last time you cooked yourself a meal? Because uber eats and door dash won't being available.Secondly, you greatly overestimate the capabilities of a 4x4 vehicle in the snow.Third, I have no idea what you think "backup heating" is. Are you planing on installing a 15kW generator?
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Anon07/16/26, 16:16No.2874762
WTF do these posts end up on /out/? They have nothing to do with outdoor activities. Or do people see /out/ and think "oh yeah, I want to get out of the city"?
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Anon07/17/26, 04:41No.2874812
OP, you can't. Other can, but you can't. Just accept that. Sorry to dash your fantasies but you simply don't have the capabilities of making them a reality. Some have those abilities, most don't, so you're not alone. Go watch some Isabel Paige videos on YT. That will give you some of the fantasy you crave while knowing her videos are fake so you don't feel the need to live up to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ZCPcMn7HU
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Anon07/20/26, 01:32No.2875095
Chattanooga Tn, Knoxville TN and Asheville NC have great internet providers. Get a place with a good internet connection and work from home. It's a no brainer.
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Anon07/21/26, 18:31No.2875287
>why cant i just
You can.
Innfact many do. And of those who do most would do almost anything to change their situation, others have given up. Only very few either chose to do so or are genuinely happy with this lot.
So the question is not why "you can't" but if "you want". And you have answered the later by simply not doing so and deceiving yourself about the reasons. Only in your mind is it that "you can't" while in reality you don't want and rather have an easy and comfortable life, which is perfectly reasonable.
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Anon07/22/26, 03:24No.2875364
I wish I could buy a piece of forest and live there but in my shit country that is illegal. Someone once did it and was raped by subhuman pieces of shit in uniforms (aka STASINAZIS).But I wonder if I could buy or rent some property and live there inofficially while keeping official apartment for my welfare status and legal adress. Would that break any law just as if I was permanently camping somewhere else in the forest? I receive "Grundsicherung nach SGB XII" due to severe disability.

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Anon07/22/26, 03:28No.2875365
I find myself in a somewhat lucky situation to live in the middle of nowhere but haviung neighbors drives me crazy. Whoever was here before me build two sheds into the forest nearby, these must be older than myself (assuming D-Mark price tags) and likely illegal themselves. But no one ever cared.My long temr goal otherwise is renting a forest house / holiday home for permanent residency but the problem is they usually have no registerable adress. 20-30 m2 would suffice if I had enough land, I intend to build a greenhouse and live in it anyway.

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Anon07/26/26, 05:15No.2875770
>Let me guess, you need more?

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Anon08/08/26, 21:51No.2877083
>chickens have more room than the goats
Hahahahhaha
That book is fucking worthless.
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Anon08/12/26, 03:52No.2877385
coyotesinging,,,out my window right Now.,
,,regular furry opera.

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Anon08/12/26, 16:58No.2877433
By the time most men have enough money to buy a house, they almost always, somehow have a wife and a kid to take care of, the kid needs to go to school, needs friends need everything, even tho you know you can take care of the kid, easy deal, but your wife doesn't agree with you, deep down she just doesn't want to live like that, cuz she " manifested " smt else, but she tells you that we gotta buy a nice house in city for the kid, she guilt trips, telling you that that family can't live forever in your little man cave and to stop being selfish, but deep down you know she just wants to satisfy here own, " manifestation ".
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Anon08/12/26, 18:19No.2877440
You can. But its no coincidence healthcare and health insurance are retardedly expensive. The government is going to make it really fucking hard for people to drop out of society and healthcare is the "stick" in this case.
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Anon08/14/26, 10:08No.2877581
less convenient, termites, rot, lack of clean water supply, no electricity, no clean clothes will make you pack up after a while. Unless you have a woman for that, then you'll be fine.
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Anon08/14/26, 15:20No.2877594
chopchop,,cost lessthen $300.

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Anon08/14/26, 17:19No.2877603
AYO BACON
CEB. Compressed earth block. It's the shit trust me. Like rammed earth construction. But much more convenient. Simply test your soil in several spots, if needed find a working combination and mix, press, press, press blocks all day long, once dry use clay / loam plaster to lay bricks.
If desired minimal addition of cement gives extra compression strength.
Press can be made to make hollow bricks, interlocking features and what not.
Would not ever again want to do earth walls any other way.
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Anon08/15/26, 08:52No.2877666
imagine a few million people doing the same
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Anon08/16/26, 02:06No.2877730
Anon that was shitting in a bucket for 2 years here.
Had a nice rain storm to break up the 98° weather sent directly from Satan's taint.Its not difficult.
Its no more expensive than that 1 bedroom apartment youre renting.
You just have to suck it up and bleed a little in the beginning.What were you doing 2 years ago?
What will you be doing 2 years from now?

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Anon08/25/26, 01:58No.2878473
I have one of these bear archery targets down on my shotgun range.
Its not for shooting at, I just think it looks cool down there.
It was heavily used so now its just retired. The black was faded ao I repainted it in grizzly colors.

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Anon09/07/26, 16:24No.2879586
very telling how few threads are titled "check out my off grid cabin". that's because the people doing it are all semi retired engineers, dentists, and construction guys who have real skills or real money, or both. while the average 4channer is just a larper.
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Anon09/08/26, 08:46No.2879642
If you can have a job that is compatible with that, you should but somehow they decided to stak all the jobs in the country in the same 10 towns so we all have to pack like sardines now.
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Anon09/08/26, 09:50No.2879645
if you have the money, and either know how to maintain this lifestyle or the people who can help, then just do it?Alternatively give the money to me and I'll do it for you. I'll even invite you over once a month to watch me enjoy it.
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Anon09/09/26, 03:20No.2879722
anyone,,canstack the rocks.,wall and fireplace.,
,dontell me you needmore?,
,,,goto move every 15 days BLM.,need to lethe site 'air.,never admito Cement!

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Anon09/09/26, 12:47No.2879755
They're generally far away from jobs and family.
That's the only reason really, oh, and "adequate plumbing" generally means it works okay for when you're using it a weekend a month but it'll quickly start showing wear when used more regularly, but that's something you can upgrade over the years.
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Anon09/15/26, 22:32No.2880302
Out watering some walnut saplings i planted this year. They are not happy with this heat. (Theres a water jug in the pic somewhere next to it but i can't find it).

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Anon09/15/26, 23:16No.2880306
>why cant i just buy a cabin and live there instead of a normal house?
because you are bluepilled. you can, only barrier is an invisible wall you have put up yourself, and bullshit laws, but there's places without them or that accommodate living like that.