Please don't forget, there are other places than the US for living off-grid too.

https://www.lawnstarter.com/blog/studies/best-and-worst-states-for-living-off-the-grid/

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poVoq@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Was expecting an article about other places than the US 😅

CadeJohnson@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Sometimes it feels like the phrase "offgrid living" is almost entirely an American-English phrase. There are some UK-based off-grid discussion, but more than 90% of the time when I'd see this expression on reddit, there was an implicit assumption of US-centeredness. I lived off-grid a substantial portion of my life and it has almost all been outside the USA. So while I applaud those who manage to escape grid-dependence in the USA, for a person thinking of how to do it; I want to remind them that the first simplifying step can sometime be to simply go somewhere it is more easily achieved.

poVoq@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 3y

Hmm, I guess most people in other parts of the world consider off-grid an unfortunate necessity in some cases and not something to voluntarily choose (as the article implies).