[labrador]

I hope you don't think I'm snarky because I'm serious. If you're an American citizen you can homestead in Alaska and cut yourself off from all this if you like.

edit: i'm serious. many americans would be much happier taking this option if they knew it existed. i may take it myself

[sillysaurusx]

Homesteading is tremendously expensive, unfortunately. Most people can’t.

[labrador]

I didn't know that, but in that case there are a lot of young men and women on HN who are financically successful, but are tremendously unhappy. That's the case for me when I looked into it 25 years ago.

[quesera]

Growing food in Alaska sounds like a meager existence, though.

[labrador]

People hunt and fish mostly. That's a big part of the appeal.