There are a lot of reasons for living off the grid. You’re not relying on someone else to provide your utilities. You can save money by using renewable energy; often, once you’ve built or bought the equipment, your energy is basically free.
You know where your water has come from, and you also control where it goes after you’ve used it. If some disaster takes out utility supplies you won’t be affected, because you’re already independent of the systems that just collapsed.
Then, of course, one of the biggest advantages of off-grid living is that you can live pretty much anywhere you want, even if there aren’t any utility hookups – because you don’t need them.
Getting yourself off the grid isn’t always easy. It takes some knowledge. You’ll need space for equipment, food production and a septic tank.
Some time and effort is needed to get everything set up, and then to keep it in running order. And that’s if you’re even allowed to do it in the first place.
Unbelievably, in a lot of places the law makes it difficult to go off grid. It almost seems like politicians don’t like the idea of people being independent and able to look after themselves.
Whatever the reason for it, though, it’s just a fact; there are a lot of state and local laws that make disconnecting yourself from the grid a lot harder than it has to be.
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There are no states where it’s actually illegal to unshackle yourself, but in some it can cost you a lot of extra time and money, and there could still be things you’re just not allowed to do.
Here are some of the laws that get in the way of self-sufficiency – and the best places to live if you want to avoid them.
Waste Disposal
By far the biggest obstacle to going off grid in many states is the problem of what to do with bathroom waste. Unless you’re hooked up to the sewer network, many state and local governments just aren’t going to be happy. You’ll probably want to install a privy, composting toilet or septic tank, and that might not be legal where you live.
Privies
These are the simplest kinds of toilet, consisting of a hole in the ground with a seat – and usually a small shed – over it. After use, you scoop some soil into the hole.
When it’s nearly full you dig a new hole, move the seat and shed over it, and fill in the old one. However, in most states they’re either illegal or tightly regulated.
The only states you can install one freely are Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
In some other states you can install one with a permit, or if your property doesn’t have a sewer hookup. Even in states where they’re legal, local laws might ban them. Check with local authorities if you can have one.
Composting Toilets
A more modern version of the privy, these toilets mix waste with dry material – usually sawdust or coconut coir. The mixture will naturally decompose into safe compost that can be used to fertilize plants.
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Composting toilets are legal in 27 states, but rules are inconsistent. Sometimes you can only install one if you don’t have a sewer hookup; in other places you can only install one if you already have a flushing toilet.
You might also only be allowed to have one that’s approved by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Septic Tanks
A septic tank is a large tank, usually underground and made of concrete, that a toilet discharges into. Solid waste collects in the bottom while remaining liquid is allowed to run out through an overflow. Septic tanks are legal, and common in rural areas, but many states and counties impose restrictions on them.
Most restrictions are about the release of liquid waste; for example it might be illegal to let the tank drain into a water source.
There could also be rules about how often the tank has to be emptied, and how solid waste can be disposed of.
Power Generation
A key part of going off grid is generating your own power – constantly, not just using a generator when there’s a blackout. The most common ways of doing this are solar or wind power.
Actually installing solar panels or wind turbines isn’t usually a problem, although you’ll need to check local zoning rules, but disconnecting your home from the power grid is a different story. Some states allow this; others don’t, and in fact seem to make it as hard as possible to be self-sufficient in electricity.
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In Alabama and Arizona, for example, it’s illegal to disconnect your home from the power grid – and, on top of that, the state will actually charge you to use the electricity you generate from solar.
A Rhode Island state law requires any home located less than 300 feet from a power line to have an “electric service,” but the law is vague and doesn’t make it clear if your own solar panels count.
In some states it’s illegal to have a home without an electricity supply, but that doesn’t always mean you need to be connected to the grid. A solar or wind supply might qualify.
Whatever state law says, many local building codes require all homes to be connected to the grid.
Check your local laws – but if you do need to be connected to the grid, remember you could be able to sell surplus electricity to the power company.
Water
You can’t go off grid without a reliable water supply, which means you’ll need to either have your own well or harvest rainwater, or ideally both.
Unfortunately these are both regulated, mostly at local or state level.
Groundwater Wells
The most reliable source of water is groundwater, which you can access by drilling a well. Some states still follow the Absolute Dominion model of groundwater rights, which says you can pump as much water as you want from under your own property.
These states are Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont, so if you live in any of them then – if local laws allow – you can get your water from a well on your property. You might need a permit, or regular checks on the water quality.
Other states follow the Reasonable Use doctrine, a variation that says you can use the groundwater under your property as long as it doesn’t “greatly affect” the rights of other people who share the same aquifer.
These states are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
In practice, residential wells in most states come under this doctrine – and, if you’re just drawing water for personal use, and aren’t being wasteful with it, it should be legal.
Rainwater
Believe it or not, in some states there are laws on collecting rainwater. You’d think water that fell out of the sky onto your property would be a free resource, but some politicians disagree.
In Arkansas rainwater collection systems must be designed by a professional engineer.
In Oregon you can only collect rainwater from roofs. In Utah you can’t store more than 200 gallons of rainwater unless you’re registered with the Division of Water Resources.
The Georgia Plumbing Code says rainwater can only be collected for outdoor uses; Colorado has a similar rule, and adds a requirement that rainwater must be used on the property where it’s collected.
On the other hand, some states actively encourage rainwater harvesting.
Best States For Off Grid Living
Wherever you are, there are probably some laws that affect anyone planning to go off grid, but some states are much better than others. But achieving self-sufficiency and living independently doesn’t necessarily require going completely off the grid.
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In general rural states with a low population density are the friendliest environments for self-sufficiency; they’re already used to people who live at least partly off grid because utilities don’t extend to their homes.
Here are our top five choices:
- Missouri: In Missouri it’s legal to harvest rainwater, there are no state requirements on septic systems and the state actively encourages off-grid living.
- Georgia: With a mild climate and good agricultural land, Georgia is an ideal place to live off grid. Local laws vary widely, and can be strict around cities, but Treutlen County is at the other extreme – it has no building codes.
- Tennessee: It has the longest growing season in the lower 48, and many counties have relaxed building codes. It also allows rainwater harvesting.
- Montana: With huge rural areas and sparse population, living off the grid is common and accepted in Montana.
- Maine: This state has all the resources you could need, including plentiful water and timber. State laws have no problem with you disconnecting from water, power and sewer hookups. Just beware of the short growing season and cold winters.
Living off the grid offers numerous advantages, including independence from utility providers, cost savings through renewable energy use, and control over water sources and waste disposal.
Transitioning to an off-grid lifestyle requires knowledge, space for equipment, and adherence to various state and local laws. However, by navigating the legal landscape, you can still create an independent off-grid lifestyle for yourself and your family.
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There is an underlying premise that the people lack sufficient knowledge to build secure shelter, access safe water, safely produce energy and hygienically dispose of waste for themselves. It isn’t a false premise; hence there are regulations that can get in the way of self-sufficiency. Because the premise is true, it is also cited to support self-interested utilities and self-perpetuating regulatory authorities. The question is what will we do if these service providers can no longer provide the services? If we have not gained the knowledge to safely provide them ourselves, then we’re screwed. So learn them. Then practice them sufficiently that the practice internalizes the knowledge. Depending upon your governing laws, practice may only be like a hobby or may be a new way of life. Gaining the knowledge, even if for later implementation, is still worthwhile. Learn, while there is still time to learn.
Your underlying premise could apply to virtually any topic because there are a lot of people who suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect. Likewise, there are many people who are very capable and given the age we live in, the information required for success is right at our fingertips. I’m just such a person having saved well over $30K on my septic system by DIY. Bottom line: we’re supposed to be a free people and you can’t save everyone from themselves. A government that gives you everything is capable of taking everything from you. I for one prefer dangerous freedom over all other options and possibilities. If stupid dies, the gene pool becomes that much stronger! Government breads stupid people. Amen.
I’ve helped build 3 ceptic systems and passed the regulations in my county. Work yes. but entirely doable. My mobile home is totally off grid but my main well keeps it legal as a residence by having and using commercial power on the property. My second well is set up to draw water with a manual winch. it’s my backup plan. I’m getting ready to add drip edge to my garden shed to put water into 55 gallon drums. the garden is far enough away from the home I’m adding a composting toilet to the garden tool shed for my convenience. I’ve been using a simple camping toilet that uses trash bags to collect waste that is then buried out of the way. The garden is close enough to actually put in a flush toilet and tie into the sewer line but I like the idea of a composting toilet.
So what your saying is that the US government suffers from the Dunning-Kruger Effect? Regardless, I agree 110% to your other statements. “Big enough to give…Big enough to take.” “Gene Pool Strengthening.” We spend lots of time trying to protect the weakest among us…unless you are currently in utero. Sorry ass country we have allowed us to become.
It is easy to over-estimate our ability or under-estimate the work if knowledge isn’t tested or practiced. Knowledge is abundant, but we don’t really know the degree of our understanding until we use that knowledge. I’m reminded of a friend who was fascinated by all he learned about the “saw dust toilet” by reading everything related to humanure. He was an “expert” until the entire neighborhood suffered a sewage backup and he was just like his neighbors, distressed over the inability to even flush a toilet. Like his neighbors he rented a motel room and crammed a family of five into it for a day or two. He had the knowledge to have been prepared, but in real life the knowledge served no purpose. No, his local government wouldn’t have permitted saw-dust toilets to replace flush toilets, but his knowledge could have been practiced on the side and have been his go-to when this emergency happened.
Sometimes we have to color outside the lines but be stealthy in today’s fickle govt.
Knowledge is king and you don’t college for most jobs. Unless your going to be a surgeon, lawyer and so on. Said to see the Vocational trade schools are elevated more than they are.
The PHd types for dome are over educated in technology. But limited in commonsense. They have little knowledge of American history to make crucial decisions. The stupid twisted 1619 project is part of Marxist doctrine.
No wonder Americans are confused about a great country. We are being seduced by the dark side.
Fine examples are the Blue Sanctuary States of liberalism.
We have a false sense of solar grid-tie systems on our house will save us.
But when the electrical grid goes down, like a brownout so does that grid-tie unless you have battery backup.
Considering the sewage backup into the house. Have people thought of placing in a shutoff valve to prevent a mess in a SHTF?
We can use an alternative toilet in the meantime. By then don’t believe the local inspectors will be checking. They will be busy with their family too.
Sorry for the misspellings, it would be great to have an edit feature to correct the mistakes a lot of us see in the postings.
Maybe in the next website upgrade the edit button can be added, thanks.
This is just my opinion for what it is worth.
The electric grid will go down sooner or later for any number of
reasons.
If there is a recovery we might survive.It is unlikely we will survive if there is no recovery
I’m gearing my prep’s for five years and hoping that there will
a recovery of some sort.
Who knows.
I’m gearing toward being pretty self sufficient year around and year to year. I cut enough wood with a bow saw for heat and cooking. I cut some every year and use the dry from the previous year. I save seed. I currently have more seed that I would care to plant. Some I share and some I keep saved toward the next years. I’ve been adding fruit trees, vines, bushes ect. and adding perennials as well. That gives produce to can, dry, and eat. I also have a crusher and juice press for juices. That makes juice, jelly, wines, and vinegars easy to make. Planning ahead, learning more, and obtaining more supplies each year is improving my situation. My garden this year is around 1,600 Sq Ft for two people. my young orchard is twice that with necterines, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, and apples plus elderberries and hazelnuts. There are also gooseberries in several places and blueberries in the yard. a male female pair of arctic kiwi were just added to the garden fence line. 4 blackberry, 6 boysen berry, 5 Marion berry, 7 grapes, 2 huckleberry bushes and 100 strawberries have just been added to the edges of the main garden. I have the materials saved up to build a leanto greenhouse on the south side of by homemade 4×10 garden shed. I have two old large piles of horse manure plus aged chicken manure and fresh rabbit dropping and two compost piles to work from.
I have 4 darling little fluff balls following their mom around the chicken pen so my tiny flock left after a dog attack is slowly rebuilding. 9 medium brown eggs sit in the kitchen in my egg basket. 2 rabbits are quite willing to help rebuild the stock after that horrible night with the dogs that died of lead poision. A few young but mature fruit trees are scattered about with their first crops set. Thats always exciting.
Did you compost the dogs? Waste not, want not.
Both sets of grandparents lived and thrived without things we now think of as essential; hospitals, indoor toilets, refrigeration & electricity.
Modern conveniences equals flaccid bodies. The biggest difference between the grandparents days and ours was how hard they worked.
Bottom line, it’s been done before and with enough motivation it can be done again.
Just for the record, I prefer indoor plumbing.
We will survive, it’s the domestic American manufacturers that will have a tough time building and replace burned out transformers for the grid. In the USA supply chain it would take years to rebuild. With all our manufacturers depending on China. Since our jobs were shipped overseas for corporate profit.
All that money and weapons sent to Ukraine’s war could be spend upgrading our electrical grid.
Why is it we or the poly science majors who can’t get a real job in daily life. End up being the bureaucrats that go into politics to royally mess stuff up. How about get a real world job, like burger flipping. See how people are, work and play, get the life experience. Then go into politics make the right decisions then listen to what some Marxist professor tells you the sky is yellow.
Lol won’t happen
There doesn’t have to be a recovery of the electrical grid for people to survive.
Our ancestors lived without electrical power. We can too only issue is if we want to or not. If you really want to you can live without electricity or any of the modern conveniences.
I have not done much but put back a little food but I am 72 years old and if all goes to pot, I can survive because I am still active, know how to gather, know how to raise crops, have military training (which makes you understand how to survive), and I am a senior Electronics/Mechanic with a great understanding of how things work so I can build anything I need without power. I can even make a power source from things laying around if it is not a EMP that kills everything. If that happens most everything will be dead and so you will be without power unless you have it 100% protected.
What is needed most to survive is knowledge.
Good article !! I hope you got through to some that have not researched into their state’s ( and county, local ) laws. Preparation is needed , and knowledge is critical to survive , and to prepare for the worst. As we (hopefully) most are aware of the probability of the grid failing, and along with that failing- effects many other systems ( water, natural gas, sewer , etc…) . the comments are right on , and support your info.
………… one ‘after thought’ .. With the new direction (with my NY state) of stopping the new construction of homes with natural gas ; brings up a serious (dire) questions. Your new home will seriously dependent on electricity !! ex: home heating, stove, water heater, clothes dryer ? , or any other daily appliance. Switching to dependence on electricity , I see that electricity will become ‘needed’ to many , & also more expensive !!
The biggest reason they want all electric is its easier to monitor and CONTROL your use of it. Why do you think so many electric companies started giving you the “choice” to have a power cutoff device that THEY control at certain times like when it’s extremely hot and the grid is struggling to keep up and provide power to everyone? You can always be ready to switch over to your own power, water etc WHEN the grid etc finally does go down. THEN set up your preps because there won’t be anyone around to enforce any stupid laws. We have been repeatedly warned by experts that our infrastructure is on its last legs and needs to be fixed but the politicians refuse to do anything. Kaliforniastan is the perfect example. Newsome says: “We are mandating you switch to electric cars but because our electric grid sucks we can’t let you use your $100,000 new car. No, sorry, I can’t answer questions right now I have a $50,000 a plate dinner to attend where I refuse to wear a mask. But you still have to.”
Virtually complete destruction of our electric grid will happen in 2 or maybe 3 ways. An EMP strike about 100 miles above us is several places. It should only take 2 of them to take most of it down because our politicians have ignored the warnings to harden the grid as well as start replacing the entire system. #2 could by a CME ( coronal mass ejection) from the sun we CAN’T control. If it happens we will have something like 8 to 10 minutes warning before it hits the earth and we can’t stop it. It will likely be worse than an EMP strike. In either of these scenarios our electric infrastructure is doomed because it’s old and falling apart. A third possibility is a regional overload that we have already seen a couple of times such as NYC a number of years ago. It happened because of the infrastructure being old. (It also caused a spike in births 9 months later but that’s a side bar story. Lol)
My advice is be as readily as you can be but also remember if people see you have power, water and food they WILL come after it and YOU.
Bubba, that was a home-run comment. I’d only add one thing to the mix; move away from tyranny. Find a free State. I have moved 5 times in the last 15 years to find what I currently have. It’s been a drain on every nerve, but it’s paid off. I won’t ever live East of the Mississippi River again and I won’t spend anymore time than necessary in a BLUE State because those people are walking zombies.
Keep an eye on Cali, not too much on NYC for experimental liberalism.
The old saying is true what happens in California so goes the rest of the country.
California if these weasels can get away with it there. Most other dumb down people will except it elsewhere.
Newscum is in cahoots with the Washington DC swamp to remake America. He’s a liberal fraud. During Covid crisis he sent taxpayer’s money to the CCP for Covid masks. Instead of contracting with American companies an employing American workers.
Do you know that all those ventilators Trump had manufactured for Covid patients are now salvage scrap? Many Covid personal protection equipment is being wasted not stored for other emergencies. Some are ending up in landfills.
Or healthy military personnel who got the Covid shot now have heart issues. This effects our country’s National Security to be able to fight the next war.
The American taxpayer has been horns-waggled by liberals such as dr. ‘F’ shutting down our small business economy.
So it is not surprising about this article posted today.
Ok Big Electric limits you to a certain amount of electricity that you can sell back. At least in NC. Why should I pay twice as much for a solar panel system when another system is cheaper and I can put a backup generator on the same system. Ya know just in case? For those who have streams Tesla turbines work great but please put in a cheap break point when you connect to your generator in case the generator seizes up. This way you don’t have to buy a new shaft for your Tesla turbine.
This link provides detailed information per state for disconnecting from each state power source:
Is It Legal to Disconnect Your Home From the Electricity Grid?
Ok demon
The push from gas/oil economy to green electric benefits the spoils to China. Who manufactures the solar panels, LED lights, EV batteries and wind mills.
The taxpayer looses again.
The above article is basically the historical war between cities vs the farmers.
Living in cities is more or less about power hungry mandarin bureaucrat’s like China.
Cities are places to control a large population by laws, rules, regulations and fees.
Make people go green, live in tiny cubicles and ride public transportation.
The farmers have less rules and regulation as compared to the city slickers.
We have at least a couple Marxist generations that can’t get a decent job with their basket weaving university degrees. So they go to the rural areas of untapped resources.
Which they go into politics instead of hard work. They screw up the pleasant easy going system with city slicker ideology.
That is what we see in today’s modern changing of the guard attitudes.
We got too many laws on the legal books that citizens can be arrested everyday breaking some infraction of the law.
America is fast becoming less of a Christian nation since obummer-bite me took office.
What will we do in the next few years to turn around this nonsense, to America first?
We heat with wood AND have kerosene FHA furnace that won’t work without electricity. That means we’ll have 250 gallons of K1 for our oil lamps. Outside wood stove and oven works great with dry pine and plenty of canning jars and lids will help preserve our gardens bounty. Am putting together a 12 volt submersible pump and solar panel for my artesian we’ll as a backup, but recently acquired a human yoke to haul 2 five gallon buckets from a local stream. Survival planning is a one day at a time lifestyle and hopefully we’ll never need it, Lord willing. Have extra Bibles to study when things go dark.
Excellent article and great views
Stand up , speak up , and tell all you know of the villiage idiots who , lie , cheet, steal and plan your dimise all in the name of globalism and control for the greater good
if anyone believes the save the planet LIE , they need to be the next slaves to the rich and that s what is being placed at your door step
Money , Power , Control by those who have not idea what work is or why you have to work or what a conscience is
Living in the buble of money , shield them from reality
Live Free, live with out DEBT , Live Life
no stress , no kaos, no need for the greedy
ask a politician if they can live by only the salary , no other gratuites or income and you will find a filthy liar , telling you how to live on less , so they can have more
Do your research , so when failure occurs you are prepared
Dont Trust the Government of liars and thieves
In Broward County, Florida Power and Light avidly searches for homes that produce electricity, and prosecutes them – heavy penalties, and your setup is destroyed. They were fanatic about it, at least through 1990. Very powerful politically.
My thoughts are as follows. They, the government, do not care what laws they break. Even among their own creations. So why should I give half a care about which of their laws I break to live out from under them? We are the masters and they are the servants. Regardless of what they want to think. P155 0N #M!
Texas in the RURAL counties do NOT have permits for ANYTHING PROVIDING you have over 10 acres for do-it-yourself septic!!!! There are NO building inspectors and NO permits!!!! You MUST follow the state guidelines though. Texas also has HANDS OFF home schooling!!!!! Home schools are considered as being PRIVATE schools and the school districts are TOTALLY hands off meaning no state exams, no record keeping (except for your own records to issue your own transcripts and diplomas), no letters of permission, no permission requests, NO NOTHING with the following required by LAW: reading, writing, arithmetic (to be taught each year) and ONE course in civics will be taught !!!! Tennessee does NOT have the longest growing season in the lower 48 Your gulf states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama do (Florida has sudden freezing in the interior). Wyoming is the LEAST populated state in the lower 48 followed by the Dakotas and Montana is going LEFTIST!!!!!
Yes the Yellowstone TV series beyond the BS cussing. Is exactly what the liberals have been doing to rural lands since the 1970’s. Speculating on land deals, hiking prices up so the locals barely can afford to live there.
Time to tell the city slickers heck no, stay in your drug infested cities. Fix those places up instead. Big cities have rent control, landlords can’t make a return on their property.
Cussing you think ranchers don’t swear
Let’s not forget today is D-Day June 6, 1944, WWII.
Not many people even remember all those fallen soldiers who died for freedom of others.
Even wars since then, our freedom is because of them, not the bureaucrats that started the wars.
By today chaos of Marxism in the United States. If they came back to see what happened to the America, they died for. Would they fight for the freedom, as seeing it in today’s Blue cities. Trash, poop on the sidewalks, homeless urban campers with drug and mental problems.
Would those brave soldiers do it again? Probably not. A shame America has gone off the tracks. Will America get it’s moral bearings back, once again?
Did they die for freedom I think not
There are many thriving urban homesteads utilizing skills of tremendous value, in place, and functioning in ways that circumvent local restrictions. Located in larger cities, so-called blue ones, urban homesteaders have learned how to put knowledge into practice without running afoul of the law, and in some instances to make meaningful changes in the law. Entire neighborhoods participate in some cases. Be sure, that in the Great Correction, these neighborhoods will thrive more easily than the face-painted, camouflaged lone wolf dragging all his purchased gear through the forest. The only thing better than the urban homesteading neighborhood is a rural homesteading community.
Solar is NOT illegal in AZ. You are not obligated to be connected to the grid nor do you get charged for electricity if you are off grid. Where did you get that information? It is totally i correct…stopped reading at that point.
Raven: Go stick your finger in a light socket.
Go be the town bike and give everyone a ride
Each year I try to add at least one new project to make myself more self sufficient. This year it is a small greenhouse. I start plants under a grow light and in front of home windows. It works and I won’t abandon that completely but it will aid in making variety more accessable for the garden. It will free up a window for a small lemon tree and a pomgranate bush to winter inside the home. I bought a homemade 4×10 garden shed from some enterprising young men. I have the poly carbinate sheets from a 20 ft leanto greenhouse. I’ll build a new greenhouse with those materials and wall framing saved from tearing down an old mobilehome. I also have doublepane glass doors to add. I have 5 of those I used for hot beds. Another mobile home door has a nice opening windows that I plan to install in the garden shed along with a simple solar 12v set up for lights,
I’m helping a friend add just enough solar power to run a daytime fan to ventilate an enclosed trailer with a nice car stored in it. I had some screened vents he’ll cut in and the small fan and panels are an easy addition. It’s a start for him. All very inexpensive and easy. Too many make things out to be harder than they need to be.
Great research, although I’m disagreeing on the best places to homestead! Any state with liberals running it is a no-no! i.e. maine! West Virginia ia perfect place to homestead. Even here, choose wisely which county you want. Our county is 942 sq miles with 547 of that being state and public lands. Water galore! No rediculous restrictions! Capture all the water and sun you want. Also, no cell service!! Which we love!
I moved back to Texas 10 years ago, this time to a sparsely populated county. I love it and I love my neighbors. With that being said, please….
Tell all those Californians and other Libs how horrible it is down here. Too hot, too dry, too many rattlesnakes, scorpions, spiders and other things that want to hurt/kill you. The weather is horrible, the scenery is flat, brown and ugly. The people are loud and obnoxious. The taxes are high, the IQs are low. And yes, Texans like their guns, they have them and they know how to use them….. accurately. ?
Whatever you do, DO NOT encourage them to move here. Austin is enough of a problem, we don’t need any more liberals coming in and trying to make “here” just like “there.” ?