Hi, all! Another Oregonian joining on. Figured I may as well throw my hello in here rather than starting a new thread. Besides, it makes it easier to find people in the same region!
Another "we can't afford to homestead but we're doing the best we can" aka efficient suffiency living is a way of life by necessity as much as choice. Some day we'd like to have our own property but right now we're stuck renting if we want to stay in our home state.