The Freest States For Off-Grid Living

[RickN]

Oklahoma ranks #2

"This edition of Freedom in the 50 States presents a completely revised and updated ranking of the American states based on how their policies promote freedom in the fiscal, regulatory, and personal realms. This edition again improves upon the methodology for weighting and combining state and local policies in order to create a comprehensive index. Authors William Ruger and Jason Sorens introduce many new policy variables suggested by readers. More than 230 policy variables and their sources are now available to the public on a new website for the study. Scholars, policymakers, and concerned citizens can assign new weights to every policy and create customized indices of freedom, or download the data for their own analyses. Which American states interfere with your life the least? The five freest states are: New Hampshire Oklahoma Indiana South Dakota Alaska

See more at: http://www.goodshomedesign.com/the-freest-states-for-off-grid-living/

 

[YukonGlocker]

I've helped build 2 totally off-grid houses in Oklahoma, and it's still not easy to pull off in Oklahoma.

 

[OKCHunter]

I am damn proud to be living in Oklahoma.

 

[steelfingers]

I know a few folks that live completely off the grid. They don't want to, but hate paying their bills.

 

[dennishoddy]

Hell, just drive around the SE part of the state, and look at all the piles of trash and debris behind each house and the dilapidated cars/pickups in the front yards, and you will understand how Ok is free to live off the grid.
We drove between the illinois river below Tenkiller to Lock and Dam # whatever in that area on the Arkansas river, and around to Greenleaf lake. I've never been so embarrassed to be from Okla in my life.
The filth those people were living in was despicable.

 

[YukonGlocker]

I know a few folks that live completely off the grid. They don't want to, but hate paying their bills.

The people I know doing it, want to and choose to.

 

[OKCHunter]

The people I know doing it, want to and choose to.

This is me. I'd love to figure out a way to live off the grid.

 

[YukonGlocker]

This is me. I'd love to figure out a way to live off the grid.

It isn't easy (to do in a long-term, sustainable way), but very rewarding.

 

[steelfingers]

My grandmother had electricity to her house but never EVER used it. Lit her home with coal oil lamps and cooked/heated her home with coal and wood stoves. No ac...Ha!
Water well 20 yards from the house and well under the house with pump in the kitchen.
Out house too.
Raised her own chickens, hogs, goats and milk cows. Huge garden.
This gal was short and spoke only French. Tough as nails and never saw where without several layers of clothes on and a sweater summer and winter.
We put a phone in her house for emergencies and she made a crochet cover to put over it and never once picked it up.
Sold eggs, goats, milk and produce. Her only on the grid thing was a refrigerator. She thought that was a miracle device.
Off the grid....almost. She passed in the early 1980's.

 

[dennishoddy]

My grandmother had electricity to her house but never EVER used it. Lit her home with coal oil lamps and cooked/heated her home with coal and wood stoves. No ac...Ha!
Water well 20 yards from the house and well under the house with pump in the kitchen.
Out house too.
Raised her own chickens, hogs, goats and milk cows. Huge garden.
This gal was short and spoke only French. Tough as nails and never saw where without several layers of clothes on and a sweater summer and winter.
We put a phone in her house for emergencies and she made a crochet cover to put over it and never once picked it up.
Sold eggs, goats, milk and produce. Her only on the grid thing was a refrigerator. She thought that was a miracle device.
Off the grid....almost. She passed in the early 1980's.

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