Piney woods area

I moved back to Olean NY two years ago from California and you are right on target. Wonderful people and lots of open spaces

How can I see this map?

Yes, too many people are moving here, and it’s getting crowded. Better to settle somewhere else, especially if you don’t want to learn about how to garden, collect and store water, keep cool/warm in season…

Yes, too many people are moving here, and it’s getting crowded. Better to settle somewhere else.

Probably don't want to be in the Flag area either.

Be curious to get your thoughts on the "Earthship" desert homesteaders.

Agree with you on earthquakes, hurricandes, and tornados. You have to be pretty foolish to die on a blizzard. All about preparedness. Our taxes are low, Fresh Water Springs, no issues with compost toilets or rain catchment systems from the county. 2A friendly.

Flying over AZ is they only way I like to see it.

I’m from the Binghamton area people have no idea what it’s like here, when they ask what is there to do? January time for gathering firewood, February and March collect sap and make maple syrup, April trout fishing, May plant the garden, June bale hay , July fair time August berry picking, September U pick orchards are open October leaves are turning color, November hunting season, December winter season. See nothing to do here 😂

Please do not send people here.🙄

Good. Stay out. We're full

I moved to Tompkins County NY from Northern California and this area is amazing. Agriculture everywhere, farms and small towns. Large towns are only 30 minutes away and more importantly the cities are 2-3-4 hours away. We get rain each week that keeps everything growing. You can easily buy a 5 acre old farm for $150k and be 100% independent.

Texas !!

Do Florida

I hope everyone keeps leaving. Yeah the politics, taxes suck, but i have lived in 6 states, its not as bad as advertised. Homesteading in NY is pretty good. That is why we have so many Amish and Mennonite. As he states out in the country of NY no one cares what you do. We have some of the poorest counties in the country. I am about 8.5 hrs from Nyc, they aren’t making it that far….

Us Arizonans are built differently... You say "hard" and I say fun. I love restoring desolate land here, and it's become sort of my life mission to green as much of the AZ desert as I can. With proper permaculture techniques, it's possible to homestead in the most desolate areas. Obviously water collection is key. One might opt for swales or half moon style passive collection instead of traditional crop rows, and steel roofs for active collection. Your house has to be super thermally efficient. Something like rammed earth, adobe, ICCF, or ICF works well here. Geothermal cooled or sunken greenhouses can allow for year round growing. The clay soil can quickly be revitalized and changed into beautiful lush soil with proper care, plus the abundance of clay allows for free pottery, craft, art, and building materials. Tons of edible native plants too and trees here too. Palo Verde seeds can be cooked like edamame, and mesquite seeds turned into a flour. Epazote, Rosemary, Sage, Basil, and tons of other herbs do absurdly well here, even in native soil. We can grow any citrus, tons of berries, some apples/pears/plums/cherries/etc. Tons of natural medicines grow wild here like Aloe Vera. Raised beds are a good temporary fix while working on restoring soil. Solar is obviously a fantastic option here. Laws outside the cities are really encouraging of homesteading. Tons of homesteaders in the state. Most just south of Tucson. Tons of intentional communities here too. I don't think it's harder than other places, I think it's just takes a wildly different approach than other states.

I’m thinking about South Dakota or Minnesota, will be visiting soon to check those states

Yes NY is beautiful, but its politics are garbage. People are leaving for a reason. I’ve lived in NY 50yrs….not going back unless I have to.

Watched so many carrot videos this one sticks out, getting ready to sow summer carrots and went right to this video

Maybe should check Apache county and do another show.

you did not talk about flagstaff

Can you do a video on the redundant systems you use on your homestead for water, power, septic, etc? A lot of preppers do have redundant systems, but they tend to be similar technologies - a diesel generator and a propane generator, an electric stove and a propane stove. Do you have completely non-electric back-up systems for laundry like a Lehman's Own Hand washing machine or a Waterbuck hand powered well pump? What non-electric off-grid equipment or systems do you use? Also, how is your septic set up? Do you have a back-up composting toilet (some areas of BC don't allow them).

whats the process once you found the spot tryna buy the piece of land ?!

A bit surprised you didn't have some sort of overlay that shows data on aquifers. Seems it would be really important for a state like Arizona.

You dont need to drive to phoenix to get supplies😂

That green region all humid and gross 😂

I'm in Alaska, let's try that.

Doesn't everywhere have aquifers?

Wasn't expensive in 2019

AWG baby 💧

You know u love it 😂

Dunning-Kruger effect at its best

Funny enough that spot (Elroy) in between your no go zones is like the perfect spot while I was looking there years ago. The Place is called Arizona city Arizona, so I accidently found out it exists. Houses there are huge, new and cheap! The City is about 10K, half way between Phoenix and Tucson where most the residents are either retired or commuters. Pre 2020, the average listing was on a 1/4 or more lot, 4 bedrooms with 2 stories and dual back yard gates/driveways large enough to park a full size RV in ether yard for under 250K. additionally there used to be neighboring lots are dirt cheap prices like 7K. I saw entire blocks on the sat map photos of entire blocks only having 2 or 3 houses on it. Right outside of downtown there huge commercial farming lots. The used to have 164 acres of raw land that was already connected to the utility lines for only 390K!! Property is street to street meaning direct access to the road, no worrying about easements. If I had a million dollars, I would have bought it and put up alot of industrial green houses to supply farmers markets in both regions. just the back 40 doing traditional farming alone could do you a million heads of lettuce. that would be 850K per harvest before taxes overhead and payroll in 2018 commercial pricing.

Please dont tell people about the secrets of NY. We like to keep them that way. I live near the NYC red circle and own a cabin in no red circle. The town I live in has more people than the whole county of my cabin. I plan on retiring there.

Indiana? I live in southern Indiana near Ohio River.

HA! I love these regions because of how dry it is! Haha! I look forward to Idaho and Oregon's videos. Cheers

Which State is next?

I'm a 3rd gen AZ native. Land values are far too expensive here . Mostly, in the areas with reasonably priced land, there is no water or a 500 to 1000 ft well is needed. In the Metro areas, Water insecurity is becoming a real issue.

Where is the Pennsylvania video 😊

Multiple maps: Maybe 1 big map and 1 or 2 "resurgence" type maps 👅💋

Oregon is beautiful farm land and foraging land, mushrooms, artichokes etc....I had a beautiful garden in Marion county , also Oregon Grape root... Herbs & edible flowers etc... Plenty of Trees 🌲 🌲 & 💦 water !!! 🤍🕊️

Would love to see New Hampshire next!!!

Absolutely correct! Nothing in Arizona but tumbleweeds and snowbirds. Look elsewhere. Nothing to see here.

Curtis, would love to hear your thoughts on how much land we need. Most of the books I have read are all based on the east coast where they get 30-60+ inches of rain and dont need irrigation. Joel Salatin is running a head of cattle per acre with no irrigation. Crazy! We live in Utah at 20. If the grid goes down, some irrigation should work but dam controls wont work. Anyways would love to hear what you think. I believe you said are in a semi arid forest.

When you started talking about the massive aquifers it reminded me of what i learned recently about Saudis owning those lands for the water… kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX6Xd5SEfJaKadksi=nWn1y4zBK3FMUjNa

I live in AZ (close to Tucson) after living in Texas and California. AZ is literally the wild west, homesteading is part of the culture here. The Sonoran Desert is the only desert in the world with two rainy seasons. Tucson is the oldest continually farmed location in the country (4,000 years). During the Civil War Sonoran Wheat kept the rest of the country from starving. Yuma is known as the 'Winter Salad Bowl'. There is very few natural disasters. So I think it is a good state to homestead and plan to remain here.

Appreciate your video reviews. How far down your list is a video for Minnesota?

Arizona is a wonderful place to be in January.

Once you are settled in, if you are having to make 2 to 3 trips a week into the city, you’re doing something wrong.