posted 8 years ago
I purchased my 4 acres for 49,000. South Appalachia region, very diverse and full of plant culture. The structures are a 100 year old barn (it's ancient and able to be restored, amazing), and a 1000 sq ft house that was built in 1935, the house has slowly been updated among the years but we have no central heat or air. We stay warm with a woodstove, and we have two wells.
Also the land is backed up to the national forest, with hundreds of wild edibles, like sassafras, Sourwood, sumac, wild ginger, paw paws, persimmons, etc. our property has been growing non native things too such as figs, pears, apple, plums, persimmons, grapes, etc. it's pretty diverse , and hard to keep track of.
The US has been a great space for diversity and that's worth a lot for us.
But with the health care, I have yet to be required to pay for any care, I'm still fighting for the single payer program, and will try to avoid any biomedical health care, but I am also more off grid and have been able to get away with not paying so far,.