The little things keep you frugal and free | Pontifications in Paradise

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[@livingritual1965]

I think your 100 correct on our freedom and what the evil forces want to do to society.

[@WindsongPodcast]

What they're doing, and have been doing for a long time already..

[@HolmesBoyd]

If you ever make merchandise for your channel you should make a shirt that says "let me turn the phone around"

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Oh yes! ;) and "some people have real problems" ;)

[@lesb3481]

Sadly, a lot of people in this country cannot see the economic train wreck approaching fast, and will soon get run over by it. Back in the day, I subscribed to both Mother Earth News and the Home Power Journal. Glad to see things continue to go well on your journey.👍

[@crazydave72k5]

My Dad subscribed to Mother Earth news. I couldn’t wait for it to come each month I would read it cover to cover. You are right it is not as good now but not much is. Keep the Pontifications coming Brenton and Wavey!

[@Lannynetz]

I agree with most of what you say, although my experience has turned out a little differently. In the mid 70's I was able to buy 5 acres in Nevada County for less than $10K. I then built my own house using cash flow from my job. It was pretty basic, but I never had a mortgage. As time went on I was able to add to it, but it is still considered "rustic". I had someone say to me once" if you have so much money, why don't you just knock it down and build something nicer"? My reply was, "I don't really have all that much money, but the reason I have what I do have is that I can be happy with what I have". I still feel that way in my old age.

[@brianferguson6278]

I sold out of the South and took the money and purchased a home at the top end of the Great Lakes, best choice I ever did for a decade. Now I am of an age of retirement, those eight months of winter skiing were wonderful. Property valves rise in the South over the years in the North they really do not, in a few years one can never go back South, it is a one way bus ticket! So think do you want to cut and split wood for eight months a year just to not freeze to death, it gets hard in your older years. That is why property valves are so low in the North, no one wants to grow old and freeze for eight months of the year. ( I have some limited money so I do escape the winter, I am lucky)

[@karaDee2363]

The more populated an area gets, the more expensive it becomes to live there.

[@ChrisC-gq5ni]

The truth is rarely told on any sort of social channels. Loved it 🙏

[@lakemi4665]

Gotta love superiorland !!!

[@user-tj9kt5cs6d]

You are so right my parents and I were living the dream in the Florida Keys early 60s middle 70s and all of a sudden everyone wanted to be there and more restrictions and taxes and cost of living. So I joined the USCG and got to stay there for 4 more years but they found an undeveloped peace of land in SC 103 acres for $25000. Homestead it with a old patched up mobile home and went back to the basics I moved up we got a old sawmill and cut our own lumber and improved the house and built barns and a shop grew bigger gardens we lived off the land it was so inexpensive and relaxing but we could see the changes not so much at first and then snowballing tax’s , power rates, gas, everything that we didn’t grow and preserve. Well my folks are gone now and my wife has gone to be with the Lord and the mass exodus of New Yorkers like rats from a flood are buying up the land for insane prices building half a million $ and more houses and demanding water lines and better roads and everything that goes along with people who are not used to living simple lives and inadvertently are destroying our way of life back when we knew our neighbors and would help each other to now they are afraid to open their doors like there still in the city. I’m 68 years old I’m going to get into high gear and get my Shanty built and let some yankee have this place that I loved that has become a burden. God Bless my friend you know we got to love every body but we don’t have to like them amen.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

You've seen a lot of changes, and not for the better. Get that shanty built! That's the answer;)

[@patanthony9286]

I was favored by Yehovah God to have family land of original settlement

[@BruceGordon925]

Boomers parents lived thru the depression era, We watched and learned. ....... I repurpose, hoard and look for better ways to extend my money. The current generation doesn't have a clue, If they can't go thru the drive thru or get it delivered to the door they are lost.

[@solargloater8059]

Like your dog. Like your boat. Like Mother Earth News. Like freedom. Great advice!

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Thank you sir. It's not that hard to live a good simple life, but there's a hump to get over for thr basics, and they've made that hump higher than it should be.

[@michaelmills474]

We moved to the driftless area of WI in the early 70's. Those Mother Earth News magazines convinced us we could do it and we have passed them on to our grandchildren and great grandchildren to read.

[@FourMaxK1]

Gotta tell you Brenton, you have hit on things that are core to many of us. First, I grew up mainly in the Bay Area - 60's & 70's - moved South in '76 and would never go back. I had the first issues of Mother Earth News (yes, before it went nuts), and as I get into the retired life I find myself a little torn between my life long aspirations of acquisition and the need to divest myself of all of the "stuff" so that I don't burden the kids when I go. Further, you work all of these years and have so many projects and to-do's started, that now you have this driven urgency to complete. I thought that this was a time to relax. You struck a nerve, and I guess that my point is that it is real easy to join the rat race but that in itself is rarely satisfying. I doubt if in hindsight, that if I had run off to join a commune (some of which were near Grass Valley) I would be happier. One thing is absolutely true and speaks to your point, simplicity can be just as enjoyable as any other style of living. One last thing, I agree that our current world is increasingly volatile economically, socially, and politically, so all of the lifelong planning, worrying, anxiety, could all be for naught. I am an optimist, but I am also a realist which is one reason that I have been watching your channel and adding a few comments along the way. I am glad you are enjoying what you are doing, and am even a little bit envious. Keep it going Brenton!

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Thank you for articulating those important points and thoughts. Grass valley does (did) have a few of those communes out in NSJ...I remember. I use to date a nice ans smart girl from one. She was a quaker.

[@Artoconnell]

HEY Bubba, Gm, trying to catch up and watch all your videos. LOVE IT.

[@Captain_Clark_CDoryAdventures]

Captain Brenton I think you just took me to Church. 😊 These pontifications are spot on imo and I couldn't agree with you more. Most folks live well beyond there means(fast food workers, janitors, doctors, lawyers, etc). It's more about paying yourself first before paying your bills(save 5-10% every paycheck). If you pay the man first and live off the rest, you will work into your 70's or beyond. I'm 45 and my wife and I are nurses. We work two days a week by choice at this time thank you Lord. I worked full time the last 13 years as a nurse until January of this year. Everytime I eat rice and beans it makes me smile to be off an extra day a week. 😂 Two things that aren't made everyday are time and money my friend. You only get so much time on this amazing spinning ball. For that reason our family chooses TIME>MONEY. God bless you my brother. Great rant today. Loved it! 🙏

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

You're vert blessed to have a like minded family and partner. I'm happy for you my friend ;)

[@Captain_Clark_CDoryAdventures]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage thanks buddy. Yes I'm definitely a lucky fella. No doubt.

[@chrisco2004]

Preach brother!! I am about to build a shanty boat or move to northern Montana/Idaho!! My youngest son graduates high school in 2 weeks so I am seriously going to move far away from the concrete jungle!!

[@MichaelSmith-hu5pw]

Good morning and happy Sunday. Can't believe your already in SC. I with you on Mother E Mag. a good example of a great publication ruined by modern times. I put God in control and try to live the life that he provides for me. Money is a distraction and when life is over you can't take any extra with you, just use it and work for what God has you doing and he will provide for your every need, that's what I believe. Have a blessed day and happy trails or wakes.

[@IntheBlood67]

Amen! Nobody gets out of this Life alive and ya can't take anything with ya but memories and hopefully a good name! We are in the World BUT not of it, if yer washed in the Blood of the Lamb.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

That's the attitude right there. Thank you for confirming and reminding us

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

You got it buddy. So many traps to fall into in this world. I've stepped into a few...and still here ;)

[@MichaelSmith-hu5pw]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage those are lessons and it just goes to prove that you are never too old to learn. Go out into the light and put your hands up so that God can see your hand prints and pray for guidance when you are troubled.

[@chapter4travels]

If you want to live free in this country you have to fly under the radar of the UniParty government. Not that hard to do as an individual, but really tough for a family.

[@gsp49]

Speaking of for free, no tax paid on my free electricity off the solar panels! Buying from the utility they collect sales tax.

[@davelawrence6777]

I'm sorry but at 81 having experienced life though the lens of my parent's eye from the great depression and my own life is cyclical and economics move in fairly predictable patterns highs and lows and yes it is caused in great part by the (they) of the world learn these lessons and you'll be fine. Remember our entire economic system operates from the premise of (more) and if the more collapses entirely then (everbody) losses and they need it to survive so yes good times bad times but life my friend will go on.

[@RutherfordTony]

Nice rant my friend. You speak a lot of truth. People are never going to make it in a place like modern day California. I am looking some now at North Dakota. Be safe.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Tony, you're looking into ND? We should talk soon. I can give you some thoughts about that state.

[@edithtrowbridge1775]

So many nomads use a spray bottle with vinegar to clean their dishes. Also cost effective and maybe safer than river water.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Thank you for that idea

[@edithtrowbridge1775]

I loved the original mother earth news. Took all month to read through it. The ones now are a waste of time and paper.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

You got it

[@mythologicalmyth]

Also a believe in sun-sani lifestyle.Just agreeing with your Sun sanitizing the dishes.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Looking that up...

[@evawinchester6122]

The hippie movement got gobbled up by the mad scientists of Silicon Valley. I really thought for a while that goodness might prevail. I live in a trailer park and not only have to pay rent for my space, but I have to pay the county about $1200 a year for “personal property taxes”for my 400 square foot park model trailer. This place is a zoo. Me and the kitties send love to you and Wavey!

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Hi Eva, those old Mother Earth News Magazines really captured something special that was trying to develop in society. It was a moment where humanity almost found a place to stop striving past the sweet spot and prioritize contentment and higher spiritual pursuits. I blame the NOTNILC! ;)

[@patanthony9286]

Keep doing what you are doing and speaking what you are speaking, goodbye is a twisted word of the enemy, it’s origin is from God buy you so I say Yehovah God buy you and be with you

[@222dyan]

Exactly what I'm looking to do, hence my venturing up north to the midwest/ UP. I woke up many years ago, luckily. I feel blessed for that. Looking to purchase raw land or a big piece of land with a small camp. Even if it needs renovating, I can do that myself. Where I live now, 20 years ago it was so affordable, but not anymore. Here in the mountains of NC. Home prices here are astronomical. My little place has more than quadrupled in price in the last 5 years. Many people have bought second homes here too and turned them into airbnbs so there's no afordable rentals for the local folks. I don't mind winters either. I actually enjoy them, so I think it might be a perfect fit... We shall see, at the very least it will be fun to explore...

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Hi Dyan, I can give you some useful thoughts here, I think. The UP is a big area, and mode diverse than people would think about. Lake Superior is colder and less populated than the Lake Michigan side (except Marquette, which is the biggest small city in the UP at approx 25k. That's where NMU is. The Keweenaw is beautiful, but surprisingly, not much affordable land. The affordable land is in the middle of the UP, away from the Great Lakes. Small (dying or dead towns) and raw land like you're saying. The prices used to rock bottom giveaway 10 years ago, even 6 years ago, but like your area...folks from down south moved up for second homes and relocated to escape the madness. Prices have gone up... but it's relative to what people are used to. I still think it's one of the last best places in America. Northern Minnesota is nice, too, and some of it is affordable still.

[@222dyan]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage Thank you so much, Brenton. That is very helpful, especially coming from someone who lives there and knows the area. I've been doing a lot of research and that's kind of where I've been looking, around Marquette. But in the rural areas outside of town. Formulating a plan to come up and explore, and reach out to a realtor too. It sounds and looks amazing up there. Dyan~😊

[@justinland1208]

Great video. I’m getting a small sailboat this summer to live on. Easier for me to cut my expenses in half then to double what I was making. Suspect it’ll be more rewarding as well.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

I think that's the only way forward, scale down and simplify.

[@tonyhand8779]

Great job looking forward to next video! 👍👍

[@jbrat1967]

Wow. Amazing trip.

[@poles38]

Nailed It! I’ve tried telling Close Friends, they look at you, like you have a Third Eye. Gonna be a strange Summer. Be safe, enjoy your channel. Learning a lot!

[@doncollins786]

Years ago, I inherited a huge stack of Mother Earth News. I read all of them, multiple times. I loved that magazine! The new version is not nearly as good as the old Mother Eatrth, imo. Brenton, you have been to my $8000 house. I got a statement the other day from the Tax man. My 8k house is now worth 140k, according to him. Being a Senior Citizen, my Taxes are frozen now. My little town is very nice, and now, we are getting a LOT of California moving in and they move here, then want to change this town to be like California. :9

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

That's what I'm talking about Don. I was so impressed with what you've done with your modest home and property

[@toddcunningham2410]

Brenton since you have started this trip and you have spoke about this very subject before. Each town you went into or talked about, like Clinton Iowa and a few others you went too. After watching your videos I jump on Zillow and just for fun I search up houses for sale in those towns to see what’s there. Not knowing if the areas are good, just looking at the prices, and your right I saw fixer uppers for $35k, many more in the $70’s or low $100k. The monthly mortgage on a $80K with taxes is less than $650 a month. You could do that and still live on a $10 an hour job. Like you said for those struggling or “forced to live in a car or van”. They have options, if they really wanted too!

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

I've been homeless many times in the past. It's not easy. Having a place in the world to call one's own changes everything. This summer I plan on showing more of these little towns with modest empty houses. One thing I say is, if a person spends most of their time online, it hardly matters where they live. If they work online, even more so. I've net people who live in the middle of nowhere cheap because they spend most of their time online. When they leave, they lock it up and go roam. Thanks for giving these ideas some thought

[@toddcunningham2410]

I think the biggest issue with the guy or gal “living in their car” is they are not starving enough to fix their own lives. There are so many hand outs, not hand ups in California, that the car dweller has little motivation to improve themselves. There’s just to much free stuff given to those with no mandate to improve themselves. In California they get Free food, free medical, free phones, legal to camp or squat almost anywhere. No ones telling them to get a job or get out, they just keep feeding the problem and keeping the poor and oppressed down by giving them more free stuff or letting them break laws that the tax payer can’t.

[@talkaboutwacky]

"We're gonna have some W A L K's coming" "I can spell you know"

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Blahahahaha!!! ;)

[@gsp49]

My cousin has buildings on his property camouflaged, so the tax appraiser cannot spot them from the air.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Perfect!! Genius!! ;)

[@user-tj9kt5cs6d]

Ops now they will spend millions to track down your IP address and then your bloodline and then go after your cousin for back taxes.

[@erikyoutube5692]

“But the poor with Christ are princes and kings of the earth”. A River Runs Through It Later dude

[@billydaniel900]

👍

[@DavidDavid25365]

Good talk. Enjoyee this one

[@markolson5626]

3500 views in less than a day. Congratulations! Great subject.

[@DLBard-bv2nd]

You are 💯 percent 🎯 🤗 🙏

[@ratawai]

Always interesting, informative and topical. Presents a unique perspective with cogent observations and arguments on modern living. (Kiwi Tim)

[@tjstuts1706]

Hey partner, good to hear about that IceCo fridge cooler thing working well (considering one). Nice to see a product actually being used in a true setting. Would you consider a boat tour now that things have settled in their place through the journey?

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Absolutely, and yeah...the ICECO has solved so many problems. Don't forget the discount code WAVEY of you decide to buy one:)

[@TheCobraman45]

Prices for things go up, always have. Sometimes a lot, sometimes not so much. Every once in a while they even go down. We are going to put on your tombstone, “ Things cost too much ! “

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

They go down? Haven't seen that in a while ;) we've had 34 trillion dollars in debt dumped on us (while having no say in it) we keep sending billions to other countries (defence contractors) more more has been brought into existence in the past 4 years than rhe 200 years prior. How is this going to turn out well?

[@gary-rr7jp]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage My property taxes have gone down twice. Eggs are not $6 a dozen anymore and I always look for markdowns at the grocery stores. I eat meat sparingly and don't but things I don't need. Clothing from thrift stores and rummage sales and I still look presentable. As far as being a "boomer" goes, I thought that you were one until you started laughing about us.😁

[@FourMaxK1]

Last thing - places to live that are reasonable and conducive to good living - Alabama, Tennessee, etc.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

You got it. And the UP...and maybe a few other spots. It's gonna get rough

[@thedoor5442]

Brenton, please don't sell your 3rd property until you can turn that investment over into another property that you value more! I have always had 50% of my investments in real estate and only sold a property to up grade to a better one. Five years ago I bought a property in Florida as an upgrade property. In the next two years the value increased by 125% . This is how you ride the property wave, Get in and stay in.

[@GregoryMueller-ss2qv]

True story Brenton

[@user-bi4ly5ib6k]

You are so right

[@johnjacob-si3vc]

Mississippi lot of little almost ghost towns with cheap homes

[@GregoryMueller-ss2qv]

Hi 👋 Brenton and Wavey 😊😊 your heading north now 😀

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Hi Greg! :) We're almost to the Chesapeake if you can believe it

[@GregoryMueller-ss2qv]

@brentonsvlogchannel2207 getting closer to the end of the loop

[@stacymcmahon453]

The reason property taxes are high is that they are the only revenue source for local governments that have to pay for expensive services like police, fire/ems and schools. States collect sales and (in most cases) income taxes but have the same problem where they're on a relative shoestring to cover expensive basics like roads, public universities and utilities. Then the federal government collects massive income and other types of taxes, which they partly turn back to the states (with many strings attached) and frankly blow most of the rest. If we could balance out the tax system between federal, state and local, a lot of the other issues would largely sort themselves. But of course that's "the system" that you're talking about, so it's pretty likely to stay that way.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

...and stop sending billions to other counties...and stop printing trillions that can never be paid back....and....

[@erikyoutube5692]

Dang it man..I have not watched this yet spring is here man so nice to be exploring but your adventure is so beyond epic..you seriously are a hero man..for real..but hey back on track I would jump if I had too 🤛🏻

[@hobartelam3799]

14:22 you are so right

[@maggieward1892]

Then they change building codes so that no non permanent structure can be on the property. Ie tiny home mobile home travel trailer. If going to buy raw land go to the county and state and area check if don’t allow what you want to build.

[@SandDownSouth]

You're so right about the near future... This as I approach retirement age. I now feel my retirement funds aren't sufficient to live the way I want and to do the things I want to do. You said it earlier, "Retirement in the US is dead." It makes me sad and mad.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Retirement is cancelled! It's up to us to somehow work with what we've got and be free anyway. It's still totally doable, but they're trying to cover the exits. Pure evil. Wait until they're finished replacing us with the next batch of slaves. :(

[@user-ow5eg9so2r]

@@brentonsriversidehermitageBut usually one needs a job to retire from. My husband and I are after 35 year careers.

[@wallsle]

Good rant Brent. Saw a video in NY city eggs $5.79 and milk 1 gal. $8.63. There was more but those stood out to me. Where is the profit going. Live in Dallas sub. Bought a 1 bedroom condo in 2000 for $59000 now taxes are $110000. Rediculuse. Pet the pup for me and let her bite you.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

She's always biting me! ;) lol

[@Yooperal3]

Good video bud...except keep the car living West coasters away...send em south...it's cheap there too...Superiorland is no place to be homeless! You'll freeze to death! Anyway safe travels bud! Hi Wavey!

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

That's true ;) few will make all the way to Superiorland anyway, though I've lived in a car in winter in the Northland believe it or not ;)

[@BR-bj3ot]

Love you, Brother! I love your “ my faith on my sleeve” life. Unfortunately, even you will not be protected by persecution. They are coming and fast. Satan is working overtime to indoctrinate and poison the hearts of so many. Things are going to get so much worse. Many people don’t have a clue what is coming. Jesus Christ.. The Way, The Truth and The Life! Bless you!

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Only God can save us now. It's more than just words. How I know the time is soon, the children are being attacked. God states clearly he won't stand for that.

[@carlboulding5137]

Georgetown is known for the paper mill. You will recognize the horrendous smell if you find yourself downwind of it. That is probably the source of the steam.

[@brucecreswell136]

There is value in these RANTS. Get a small boat that you can live on and keep moving. Thank you.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Yes sir. It's amazing how you don't need much more

[@Mary-yu3sn]

they need to point the criminals in the right direction and the big fancy homes those people own many and they want the new people here....

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Mary knows what's up ;)

[@ironichumorist]

great little town. just across from the docks is the old courthouse. i used to go there for hearings and deposition before i moved to japan. great places for lunch along the dock and on main street. lots of history there. going back to the wave you see coming. i saw it too which is one of the reasons i moved to japan. things here just work like they are supposed to. people obey they laws. there is a stong immigration policy. it is safe and i dont have to worry about my wife coming and going.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

I've always wanted to visit Japan. I've heard they recently and unprecedentedly just opened up to immigration. Japan's birth rate is also in the toilet....like the entire west.

[@tracymacdonald4598]

Some of the boondockers that I hung out with had a spray bottle with white vinegar. They would spray their dirty dishes and wipe them out with a paper towel and call it done.

[@michaelgarrity6090]

Another thing to sanitize with is Hydrogen peroxide. I clean my house with a Dr. Bronner's soap and peroxide.

[@raybrdjr]

SO TRUE WORDS! ON THE OTHER HAND, HOW DO YOU POOP AND SHOWER?

[@jerrykroskie7782]

some how i think a boat trailer is involved your making really great time

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Nope;) we're going slower than most folks out here, and stopping offen

[@lb.9720]

Defiant. Just like Jack Black said in School of Rock, "Stick it to the man".

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Blahahahaha!! Freeweedoommm! Braveheart ;)

[@de6360]

There's the Pudgy.

[@michaelstout3218]

I can not figure out if you are going north to south or east to west. I live in Pensacola Creast View area. None to less I enjoy your videos and comments.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

We're heading up the East coast. It's not very confusing. ;) north.

[@robertgoodnow5069]

My grandparents bought a 20 acre farm in Massachusetts in the 1930’s for $6500. My grandmothers last property tax bill before she sold it in 2003 was $4500. If she had kept it for another 5 or 6 years she would have paid the equal amount in one year’s property tax as the original purchase price. Think about that next time you think you own your property

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Oh I think about it all the time. Making us homeless. And the taxes aren't exactly benefiting us much. If they can just print money...why are we taxed? Hhmmmmm....

[@mccluremetalworks4214]

We are slaves,they tax us to death,we pay tax on money we make and tax us on the same money when we spend it,ridiculous!

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

You got it. And the property taxes are what's going to sink simple home ownership.

[@michaelmills474]

a really good way to sanitize your dishes is a spray bottle of vinegar.

[@James-zj9ky]

Yes, Mother Earth News was great until they started getting too commercialized. Now it's mostly ads, no more centerfold plans or actual diy articles. Bummer 😢 I'm drawing up construction plans for a small houseboat.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Mother Earth was great until the mid-80s and then it went "Home Journal'ish" and lost its rebel DIY spirit

[@mccluremetalworks4214]

Did you cross l Lake Okeechobee! Any videos coming ?

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Yes and yes!! Working on Florida now ;)

[@Movingmidgard]

I live in WI renting currently and have been trying to find a peace of land in northern WI/UP to put up a tiny home but the current bills are holding us back.. I am tempted to have us just live on our 26ft sailboat or find a bus first and try and save up the cash for the land.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

That's a great way to get over the hump. I've lived in some many vehicles buddy. Back when I actually made good money, I had like a 70% savings rate. I've heard it said: the difference between renting and owning is a down payment, and I think there's some truth to that, but bank loans are out of the pan into the fire. Buying land outright or owner finance is the way to go. In the UP, inland towns still have some amazing deals. Anywhere near water (like everywhere) not so much anymore.

[@Movingmidgard]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage yeah loans have never been an option and I'd rather pay cash anyway because of the terms chaining you down for life. We just can't decide if we make the move now with our boys having two yrs left of HS.. and just have them do online or we just wait till they graduate. I don't feel they are learning much anyway. Feel they would learn more about real life while traveling. A peace of land for me would only be a place to regroup and relax. I drive truck and am always on the road but I long for the sailboat and if I had it my way we would be on there trying to catch up to you on the loop lol. I do know that I'd like to sail up there on Superior and would be awesome to buddy boat with you. Our boat is swing keel and we can raise and lower the mast on our own and wind is free. I feel it be the perfect platform.

[@Matt-ty6pq]

If a person has some basic mechanical and or construction skills it is very possible to make it with very little, the trap to many is trying to look successful.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Exactly. Keeping up appearances. For men: trying to impress women.

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

Ok, let's see if Karen Tube lets me make this comment. The Midwest is full of value and, if you are a self-contented introvert, you could live a quiet, happy life there on the cheap. Problem is...I figure a lot more people are gonna have this same idea. Then, you have a never-ending stream of foreigners coming into the cuntry that are eventually going to settle in those areas (look at Dearborn, MI to see what I mean). Midwestern prices aren't gonna stay cheap forever. Best to keep a good thing a secret. Don't advertise.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

I've thought of that Gilded, the truth is, the extreme north and cold and no jobs will never been I. Real danger, because so few will "tolerate" the "hardships" when the new world problems reach Superiorland, we are truly screwed as a nation

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage Human societies/nations seldom function well and the ones that do don't last long. The America in the founding documents prolly never really was...and if it ever was, it vanished 160+ years ago. Humans are self-centered and self-interested at heart, which means they can't work together with others that long to maintain an orderly society/nation.

[@tomcop668]

I'm in the last year of the baby boomers and you are not far behind, brother. I loved Mother Earth News in the 70s. I still have a book around here I bought from them on how to make ethanol fuel. The way I look at things is there are really only 2 classes in the western world, the wealthy class and the working class. The working class encompasses everyone that is not wealthy including the poor and disabled that may not work. The wealthy are always the ones that end up with the power and they are doing it through economic insecurity. They have been brilliant in buying up the media to spread propaganda and divide us while buying the government, including the justices. Never forget that the police and military are the thug enforcement arms of the government, which are the wealthy class. It should be mandatory reading of "The People's History of The United States to get a reality education on how the US came to be and what it's really about.

[@jimmychandler9328]

I sell real estate and what I think is happening is that the value of land is not going up, the value of the dollar is going down AND FAST...

[@DSGLABEL]

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[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Thank you for the insight. Makes a lot of sense. This thing is about to crash and burn

[@GoingYooper]

The UP of Michigan is sold out sorry. Go south! lol

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

That's right. It's full ;)

[@mythologicalmyth]

boil your potatoes first, then fry. Cuts 20-minutes off the time.

[@Gardneronthewater]

That’s so crazy! I lived in grass valley as a kid in 70s and I too use to read Mother Earth. Wow! FYI, love the side vids!

[@robmitchell3633]

Some people get caught up in the rat race.

[@erikyoutube5692]

Today’s Tom Sawyer you are. You’re right And it is so so scary and it is evil

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

"Reaerve a quiet defense, writing (video'ing) out the days events" ;)

[@erikyoutube5692]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage though his mind is not for rent..don’t put him down as arrogant Man..I’m learning all the time..age of innocence is gone and it is sad

[@erikyoutube5692]

@@brentonsriversidehermitagecatch the mist Catch the myth Catch the mystery Catch the drift

[@erikyoutube5692]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage like it

[@erikyoutube5692]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage you are good man..lol….

[@gangsterghost7200]

hi

[@user-gi5ze1ob4f]

I live 1.30 minutes north of Georgetown SC. There are subdivisions from Myrtle Beach all the way to Charleston now. I remember when it was all woods 10 years ago. Georgetown SC is one of the last few spots left not to developed. I hope there government officials do not sell out to the money of the investors from up North. I hope they deny building permits and rezoning requests. Send them back up North where they came from. Let them go back to there crowded cities and there crime ridden neighborhoods. Quit trying to make the south what you are trying to escape. Insanity in my opinion

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

I hear ya. It's happening everywhere. There's going to be small pockets of America left soon. We're being replaced

[@isserfiq]

Hey your breakfast is getting cold man. As they say you either limit government or the government limits you. Keep some white vinegar handy. You can wipe down your dishes with it when no fresh water is available. Cuts grease and disinfects all at once.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Good tip. Thank you! I get some next trip to the store

[@chuckfry1227]

I grew up reading Mother Earth News. Great magazine. Then it got way to commercialized and isn’t worth a buck. I bought a three bedroom house 35 years ago for 9k. Let my now wife talk me into selling it, the man is now taking my money like I’m some kind of billionaire. I want to sell our house and find cheap living again. Money is available if you want to work to stay unchained. But you probably won’t get rich but instead live a more quality of life. I just wish my health was better( brain cancer).

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Ouch. That is very hard to hear. I'm sorry Chuck. Is that recent? I know you've been here a while (on Back Waters)

[@djpar3492]

I got to tell you, the trip videos are nice, but I hang around for these. I've done a lot of the things you mention in this video. Dropped out from a six figure job. My uneducated humble opinion is we are facing 1970's style inflation. Wave 2 has started, pain is incoming. Get small!! Stop buying things you don't need, to impress people you don't like, with money you don't have! Brenton's conclusions are sound. Get a skill, live simple, the best things in life are free. Gen x will not have an easy out like most of the boomers.

[@treesnshrubs]

😮 Call me naive cause I ain’t buying what you’re selling….lol I too used to read Mother Earth news as well as countryside and backwoods home I subscribed to all of them as well as many more. I enjoy your talks even more than your travels but I’d say you’re describing a problem that’s not nearly as bad as you imply imo. You see most people in this country are like yourself they have multiple houses as well as many toys such as boats and motorcycles.they may complain about high prices but they rarely change there habits to conserve money. The spending goes on and people are renting airbnbs flying too and fro and the bands still playing. Life is good in America….. That’s not too say we don’t have poor and homeless people we do, But most of that is due to addiction and or mental illness. Have you looked around? Even the poor ain’t poor anymore..I think you’re trying to fit today’s situation into a certain biblical prophecy that you believe in. That were about to enter a time of trouble like never witnessed before.You describe them and they as satanic? Who are they and them? Are you talking the Government?Taylor swift. Bitcoin? You always allude to stuff but never tell us how you really feel. You talk about loss of freedoms, regulations,and high prices and I agree there real. but you never lay out what you really believe and why,Oh you allude to it, you skirt the edges of it and you throw a few hints but you never lay it out so we can debate and dissect it. You have every right to believe whatever you want and who knows you may be correct so don’t hide your real beliefs. As a book I’m sure you love says let your little light shine, lol

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

I'll try to find the time and focus to go deeper into these subjects. Thanks for listening to these little talks

[@kerkleblanc7690]

Who is they ? They sound evil .

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

That's always the question isn't it ;) I have some theories....future rants ;)

[@djpar3492]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage I left a highly vague comment here and it's now gone. The 👁 in the sky is watching.

[@user-ow5eg9so2r]

@@brentonsriversidehermitage That is always my question. " Who is they?"

[@CaptainOdark30]

I’ve said this before, but as a reminder; live your most authentic life, what ever that may be. Where ever that may be. Making money is not that hard; keeping from spending it, that’s the challenge. Last rant: poor people spend, (mostly out of necessity)middle class save; the wealthy invest.

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Well said. I agree. Thank you

[@lae52]

What the hell happened to Florida? Politically I'd love to see it disappear, but you went from northern Gulf Coast to northern Atlantic Coast eliminating the whole state. Mother Earth News was a great magazine although I wasn't into the going back to the land thing.

[@rope2hocks]

There are 3 videos I’ve seen from Pensacola, Destin, Mobile….have a look

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

Thank you ;)

[@stephengutman6335]

I don't understand how you could be in Pensacola Florida a couple of days ago and now you're in South Carolina, it makes no sense! What happened to all of the points in between? There seems to be something very sketchy here..

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

It's the 2 channels thing that's confusing. It takes a while to make a BWBRS video, that's why they're behind. This channel i can makes video quick, so it's often out of sync with the main channel. Does that make sense?

[@patanthony9286]

I don’t know if this comment will get canceled but pope Frances when he became pope in 2013 predicted from his own mouth that he would own every human by 2027 But fear not Yeshua ha Messiach will be sent back by Yehovah God the Heavenly Father to correct all the wrong and take this world and make His own kingdom for a thousand years and all believers will reign with Him

[@brentonsriversidehermitage]

The current Pope says a lot of stupid things. I know some based orthodox Catholics that don't consider him the leader of their church

[@tomirwin4819]

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