I’m way to old to be a Millennial, so I obviously can’t directly sympathize, but the ridiculous prices today really trigger the introvert side of me. I have this strong desire to move somewhere that land is still very cheap and become a crazy hermit who lives in a shed or something.

I have this strong desire to move somewhere that land is still very cheap and become a crazy hermit who lives in a shed or something.

Any time I have a piece of this feeling I’m reminded of the most underappreciated technological and society development: the flush toilet.

Its freakin’ magic that usually requires a functioning municipality to run dependably and cheaply. I just don’t think I can live a life long term without it.

toilets just require a water supply and somewhere to flush to

no need for municipal water supply and wastewater, though that does make it easy, but you can simply use stream water that gravity fills your well located water tanks, then flush into a septic container suitable for the location. or hell even hand pump the water up from a well - bicycles make great transmissions to drive pumps

My experience with living and depending on a well shows its anything but easy or dependable.