[VWWHFSfQ]

> 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.

[ramesh31]

>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.

[ryandrake]

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.