Comment on We can play that game too

• LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You’d have to buy your own land, of course.

  But you could buy a tiny plot in the middle of nowhere, not hook up any utilities or have roads, and just live off your land if you wanted.

  There are small parcels in the middle of noplace that nobody wants because there are no roads, utilities, or other services.

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  • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Small parcels? Australia and many other places are pretty much empty. And yes, nobody wants to be there for a reason.

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    • LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, but the ‘nobody wants to be there for a reason’ is my whole point.

      It will absolutely suck for you. That’s why civilisation is better, and also why we have to make some concessions to be in a society.

      There’s literally no utopia where everything is perfect. There literally never was.

      If you want societal amenities, you have to pay for them in some small way, and if you don’t, your like will be very hard. Those have always been the choices.

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      • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I know. I just wanted to point out that the are huge swaths of land that are empty, not buy tiny patches.

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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But you could buy a tiny plot in the middle of nowhere, not hook up any utilities or have roads, and just live off your land if you wanted.

    Not legally mate.

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    • LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You literally can do that.

      Why do people seem to think this is impossible?

      What’s changed? Some parts of that life are sometimes illegal, but most people haven’t been against it like this.

      What’s different?

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      • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        For one there’s zoning laws, most property do not allow any construction, so you’re fucked for shelter. Likewise if you’re on agriculutrally zoned land as most of those large rural parcel are you are legally required to use it for farming. You can’t just go and fell trees or hunt animals, so you’ll be fucked for food. And if the council ever finds or hears of you living in such a place, they’ll send the police for you.

        Linking to a few mansions in the bush isn’t the same thing as being able to just go fuck off to woop-woop for the rest of your days.

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