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You are projecting an ideology onto these people for no reason other than to satisfy your own bias and/or earn a few cheap upvotes from likeminded readers.

99.9% of these people are not living "off grid" for any particular ideological reason. They are living off grid because where they live is simply too dispersed and/or poor for there to be a grid. They've either always lived this way or adapted when they moved there.

Buyer: "but if it's off grid where do I get water"

Realtor: "there's services you pay for that truck it in and fill your tank, just like propane or heating oil"

Buyer:"oh, ok"

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> Debi and John Marks moved from Florida to build their dream home in the high desert of Costilla County. They bought property in the ranches two years ago with plans to build a retirement home and live off the grid among the pines

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> “We wanted to be as independent as possible, and so we searched all over the state for property that would fit our needs, and this fit the bill,” Debi Marks said.

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> Amanda Ellis bought a house in Costilla County five years ago to live off the grid.

These are people specifically moving to this unincorporated county in order to live "off the grid". This sounds ideological to me.

>These are people specifically moving to this unincorporated county in order to live "off the grid". This sounds ideological to me.

Realtors out there are selling sandcastles in the sky to flatlanders who don't know any better. The property they are buying is parceled out ranch land that went bust generations ago for the same reasons. These aren't "prepper" types so much as folks who want the Colorado high-country lifestyle when they can't actually afford it.

I think a lot of people are just cosplaying as Little House On The Prairie and think they're independent and "off grid" because they don't have monthly utility bills. Except they're buying their propane and buying their water, not to mention their clothes and everything else. So they're actually on-grid, but just with extra steps.

>You are projecting an ideology onto these people for no reason other than to satisfy your own bias and/or earn a few cheap upvotes from likeminded readers.

No, I read what they said during the interviews used in the article.

Which you didn't quote or reference and who's commentary was included because it is noteworthy, eye catching or controversial, not because it is representative.

It ain't no different than the 5am news person interviewing people off the streets and only the "interesting" responses making the 7am news.

If we want to compare family anecdotes I can trot out my own but that's not the point.

You don't need to pull quotes or provide references in a comment about the article you've just read and are commenting on.[1]

Of course, I read every word of the article instead of just the title, or skimming it, or having an AI summarize it and spoon feed it to me like I am a baby, and I expect others to do the same.

[1] common fucking sense

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