Im almost positive the reason most folks are moving toward homesteading homesteading has less to do with their carbon footprint as much as it has to do with less government and corporation dependency. The more we can sustain ourselves, the less large businesses and government can control us.
It’s so true. We’ve taken basic knowledge on how to live and threw it away but the need to sustain and survive will always being back old knowledge and true gold that can be shared.
My Uncle lives off the grid here in Wyoming. The Vietnam War played it's toll on him, this was the only place he felt he could survive. Now he's got some really good stories including riding his horse from back east till he settled here.🖒
He rode his horse from back East to Wyoming?? Wow! That alone is amazing. Please thank him for his service from a Marine widow whose husband served in Vietnam.
Social structure and cost of living are becoming unbearable for most young people or even artists or just simple, veterans. The rude, every fast paced jobs, they low paying careers, the debt. That's not life. If it worked then we would be a good society.
@@Lainer1 I'm from Oregon, it's the same there. I pumped propane as a teenager at a gas station and talked to a lot of homesteaders and many were Vietnam vets. Many nice, many quiet. Always nice to talk to them, and they got me interested in also fleeing this increasingly complex clown world. I'm 21, and already feel so done with it all.
I was kind of surprised that Tennessee didn't make your list ... no state income tax, 7+ month growing season, very relaxed homeschooling laws, and very low natural disaster risk... among many other things.
I know the winters get rough but maine is also a good option. If you get up north the land is exceptionally cheap and taxes are as well. I got 5 acres in northern maine for 7800.00. And my taxes are 67.00 a year. If you are savvy with Alaskan slab foundations you can avoid property tax by paying for a technical shed value. Also some small areas are literally one guy in office so very lenient zoning.
Thank you! I had been researching around and Maine caught my eye. I like the colder regions, and from what I’ve read, it seems like a beautiful state. Definitely would like to vacation to check it out and study some more.
North Carolina actually has very laid back homeschooling laws. Basically you have to keep a file that has your child's standardized tests and immunization records. You don't have to show them to anyone, you just have to keep them on record in a file. That's it! Also, homeschooling HUGELY popular here so there are TONS of classes designed for homeschoolers. All the universities offer homeschool classes, our museums offer them...it's just accepted as a normal way to educate your kids.
This lady knows NC. I am subscribed to her channel. If/when we move it will be from Indiana to NC and to the southwest part of the state I think. Better winter and summer about like here.
We’ve been homesteading in New Hampshire for several years now and started recording our journey for our UA-cam channel a little over a year ago. Yes, it has shorter grow seasons, but plenty of other resources are available to us. Doesn’t hurt that the taxes are fairly low (in our county) compared to surrounding states. 👍
NH cheap property taxes?? We looked at going there years ago. We gathered that NH is pretty libertarian and thar was a reason they fought hard against sales taxes. They have no sales taxes, but compensate with the property taxes. If you think they have cheap property taxes.. I just wonder where you've lived in the past to feel like it's so low. Beautiful place though.
If you see unusually cheap farmland along the Columbia River (border between Oregon and Washington) check to make sure it's not radioactive. There was a toxic waste disaster and some of that land is not really fit for anything if you don't fancy a skyrocketing risk of cancer in you or your livestock. Most of the land in Oregon is safe, however. Also check projected lava and lahar flows from volcanoes in Oregon and Washington. Just because the region doesn't suffer the usual dangers doesn't mean it doesn't have a few unusual ones. It's rare, but the surviving former residents of Mt. St. Helens will confirm that it can happen. Fortunately, most land is not in the way of a possible eruption. Just check and enjoy the peace of mind that a volcano will not be your problem.
Homesteader from northern middle TN. I’m a bit surprised that it isn’t on the list. TN doesn’t have any laws against collecting and using rainwater which is a huge bonus as TN get PLENTY of rain!!!! TN also has a large amount of unincorporated communities where there are no govt officials or code enforcement. You can build as you see fit. Now land prices have gone up but only since Covid pushed the prices sky high. But there are no state income taxes and rural land taxes are incredibly cheap.
@@LM-kt2er Missouri has the absolutely best homestead laws, and much safer than Tn and Ar. You can build and live in a treehouse if you wanted. But at any rate- get somewhere soon! Congratulations!
@@grumpygrannysgoatsngardens3185 that's true but by the same token Missouri has got a bad meth problem in several counties, along with some of the rivers that are known to have problems with bad bacteria.... yet for some reason families continue to swim in them. I used to own two different five acre tracks in different counties until I sold them about 5 years ago. As far as the meth problems..... I've never been to a state that has so many meth clinics. I'm not trying to bad mouth Missouri, I liked living in Missouri. I just got tired of being around meth heads. They steal from you and expect you to not get upset about it. They have no boundaries whatsoever!
The homesteading community is strong in Wisconsin. Beautiful land, rich in resources, and many people don't know this but WI has the second highest number of organic farms in the nation behind CA. Land prices are very high though, in most areas.
Thundering idiot; Third copy-and-paste on this vid- I've seen so far. No info. No reason. No example. You a hater? Failed homesteader? Got a jones about Briggs?🤥
Thunderbunny: Nope. My colloquialisms are fine & don't need a copy-&-paste troll's approval. You blame Briggs for viewer's mistaken assumptions. I blame you for sloppy watching & listening. And the toplofty attitude with no apparent basis.
@@hollywoodrdscholar Homesteading land giveaways used to be a program in most states created after the Civil War. Every state either ran out of land or had it declared federal land. My ancestors Homesteaded land in the late 1800's early 1900's and some of the land is still in the family. It is weird thinking that all Homesteaded land was either taken through war, undivided legally nomadic lands, or wild territory. It's hard to tell what is and is not definitively previously owned by a native tribe going back that far unless you use American Indian Law treatises which are sometimes dodgy and oral history from American Indians was often forcefully lost with Indian Bording Schools. Also American Indian Tribes were Seperate Nations with Disputed claims to similar areas and often pushed other native groups around on the Great Plains since the fall of the relatively large civilized pre-Columbian tribes of the Great plains. The Pre-Columbian Tribes had large burial mounds, cities in the tens of thousands, and were believed to have collapsed due to desiese. My Ansestors came after most of the Indian wars, which they did not take part in, and basically settled in abandoned Prarie where they had to build a house, live one year, and plant some trees to own the land legally. The whole thing historically makes you feel weird when you look back far enough and try to not put religious significance in land, which changes how other people and I often feel about land rights.
Moving to Indiana in 2 weeks and I cant wait. Beautiful towns and wonderful people. And I will finally have 4 seasons!! I have lived in a state with no seasons for most of my life, I cant wait to experience winter again!!
Wow Briggs you are doing good we all hope. It's like you ask,and you shall receive. Thank you for all of your suggestions and everyone you have helped.
Thanks, I've been waiting a long time for this one! LOTS of states are great for growing, but finding GOOD affordable land and low taxes as well is not so easy anymore.
@@noahhowellstone1264 A good suggestion, but I'm not sure "normal" is coming back soon. There are so many haters and self-righteous jerks any more. Good luck, and take care!
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Thanks for showing Pilot Mountain. I knew then NC would be on the list. I didn't expect it to be that high, but GOOD. Ya'll are welcome here and if we can do anything to make your move easier just let us know. 💛🌼💛
@@ajfletcher8350 Exactly lol. With everyone flocking to Western NC, home prices and property taxes are through the roof. Don't even get me started on places like Charlotte and Raleigh.
As a native Idahoan I am glad my state made the list. But I would like to point out that Idaho actually has very low taxes. In every category. However there are many specific towns and counties that can have high taxes. More specifically areas that are highly populated with retirees and summer homes. Areas such as Island Park, Red Fish, Sandpoint etc...
Hey Briggs, I dig all the drone footage.. It helps me view the horizon in all the states you profile. It's seems very consistent everywhere. LEVEL. Yep the horizon is always LEVEL. JUST LIKE WATER. Always level. Spinning away Have a good day
Depends on what you're looking for. West Virginia is a lot cheaper, but Virginia has better soil and while similar I would argue Virginia has a better climate than West Virginia.
Most of West Virginia land has timber and mineral rights assigned to a third party. The land is beautiful, but the landowners don't have control of their property.
Isn't West Virginia offering transplants $20k if they move in and stay for at least 3 years? Clever play. Looking to scalp residents from broken blue states.
@@BorninVirginia similar soils in many areas. I'm trained as a soil scientist. Retired USDA. Lived in Shenandoah Valley in Virginia 6 years. West Virginia much nicer overall and less people and traffic. Virginia very polluted also.
"Indiana has a high sales tax"? It's 7% - totally average compared to the rest of the country. Indiana has a lower state sales tax than 59.6% of states. Many states allow local governments to charge a local sales tax in addition to the statewide sales tax, so the actual sales tax rate may vary by locality within each state.
That's how it is here in arkansas. We pay 10% or more depending on what town you're in, what you're buying, etc. It varies up to somewhere around 15%. It's fantastic 🙄
Here in Oregon the sales tax is ZERO and we like it that way lol Oh and we don’t pump our own gas either and our gas prices are lower than the states around us where you pump it yourself.
@@sugilstrap7781 She's gone next year. If the previous governor's girlfriend hadn't had delusions of grandeur, Brown would never been governor. 'Bye now.
@@prepperjonpnw6482 no offense, but speak for yourself. I'd rather live in a state with no income tax. Tax me on what services and goods I consume, not on what I work hard to earn. That way you don't incentivise excessive consumption. Want to tax luxury goods more and essential goods less to help support people working their way out of low income brackets? That's how you do it. Oh, and it's actually fair.
Thank you for creating this video. We will surely share this with our customers. This would be helpful for our customers who would want to start homesteading.
I was really surprised not to see Florida/southern Georgia. I know weather can be a concern but the long summers means a long growing season and the amount of tropicals available is fabulous! The winters are mild enough to have a decent crop, not to mention being able to forage your own sea salt! Would be interested to hear some negatives other people can think of!
Hurricanes and Tornadoes. I live in NW Georgia going on 25 years, I garden year round and I do love that! In the south you will spend a lot of time building good soil, battling armies of garden insects that you might have never seen before. Its beautiful here for sure, that said, ,9 tornadoes later I've had enough.
Born and raised in florida been all over the place in this state and have never seen any good soils its pure fking sand sure you can do raised beds but there is nothing like having wonderful topsoil everwhere on your property. Even if you do raised beds or sheet mulching its a pain in the arse with tons of overhead cost and btw we have termite and nematodes that fk everything up. SO NO florida is not good for farming reguardless of what you read. the ony good farming is animals or produce for those like big ag using chemicals
@@Murph_. its living off the land with no support o From civilization. Such as electricity, water foods and clothing. Just depending on how bad you hate civilization is how far in homestead you go. Im fully off the grid. Solar power with a back up turbine connected to 2 bicycles to produce power. 2 wells, a creek, 15acres of woodland and my own farm animals i butcher and eat. Just droughts and rains are the major concerns. Your life basically depends on your ability to adapt to mother nature if the weather doesnt permit a peaceful time.
@Thundering Applause Yet you are following this channel and writing the same lame comment multiple times on random people's responses. Pretty lame. I guess doing this satisfies your low self-esteem.
I am not sure how much of Shawn James is real. I know he works hard to but I think he realized there is good money in this living off the land nonsense.
I lived in Indianapolis and I’m always confused when people say not to go there. I loved it. Now, I live else where and I miss it. The monon trail there was incredible.
I would go with Oregon. The weather is very variable depending on what part of the state you live in. So you don’t necessarily have to live in the part that has tons of rain. And the coast is beyond beautiful 😍
Michigan, the Great Lake State is my home. It does have a shorter growing season (Last frost is May 15) Grass skirt and burlap bra "crack" is a really a$$inine statement. Northern MI and the UP are best for hometseading> lots of snow. We also have bear, moose and predatory wild cats.
We just left Oregon for the SouthEast and we were living in Central Oregon. I love the nature/outdoors of Oregon and will Always miss that but, the People...........
I did a project in Central Oregon for a while. God, it’s beautiful, and you can’t beat seeing bald eagles flying about. One hell of a lot of gnats ... one time, driving to the site I drove through a *huge* cloud of them and it sounded like rain on the windshield. The folks I worked with were quite nice but the frequent sight of confederate flags was unnerving for me personally, though.
I hear you Scott, my wife, teen daughter and I are moving to Arkansas from the Northern Oregon coast in Clatsop County. I've lived in Oregon all my life, but now this woke, racist, discriminatory governor Brown is ruining our home state! Then they legalized hard drugs, close down 3 jails, and let homeless population explode and it's turned to hell!
Are the people really that much worse than anywhere else? Lived here for my whole life, I think it depends on what company we keep, what city we live in, etc. Sure, Portland has issues. But there are millions of other acres much more suitable, and the best water, fertile land, etc. Great for homesteading (I am in Washington though, I plan to stay up here)
We actually homeschool in NC. The laws aren’t bad compared to many other states. I suppose it depends on where you are from, but it’s certainly easier than in some of the NE states.
NY homeschooler here. My wife says VA. Has tougher homeschool laws than NY. I heard NC homeschool rules were tricky as well. She won’t let us move to Va, but said she could make NC work.
@@secretjourney4815 In 3 years of homeschooling in NC, the only things I've ever had to do were register my school with the state (easy and free) and provide each of my kids with a standardized test of my choosing once a year (except last year due to COVID). The results of the tests are for me only.
You should do a couple videos on the best and worst places in the US to homeschool. I live in Wyoming and all you have to do is send a letter to the school district saying you're homeschooling your kids. Plus, because we pay taxes, you can homeschool and can still send your kids to the school to participate in sports, music classes, extra curriculars, and some free classes at the community colleges.
If I was going to Homestead, Tennessee would be high on my list, as the weather seems good. Some of the other places are too cold, and I live in Canada, so I know all about cold. Vermont, Minnesota, and North Dakota, would all be bitterly cold in winter, but you can survive if your creative, smart and strong.
There's a lot of crime in Tennessee, much of it related to drugs. If you can find a place away from any sizeable population center, and that doesn't have a serious drug problem, TN is a great state.
I found it interesting when you said Michigan's homeschooling laws were "weird". It's literally one of the freest and easiest states to homeschool in the country.
@@ThesmartestTem it is good but we all need to keep an eye on new state regulations in the future, especially in these times. Gov Whitmer has gone off her rocker.
@@mcz_13 honestly, as long as you have fairly intelligent, or intuitive parents or mentors, with no religious or political bias, at this point, it would be significantly better to homeschool than to do it public, what with all the corporate and political indoctrination going on everywhere, along with the long time problems weve had with standardized testing, lack of REAL education, and this bogus mindset that kids need not learn useful or practical skills, only how to take a test and prepare to sell their lives to the university of their choosing. Everything just... well... sucks right now
Gotta somewhat disagree. I'm 86 and would give my eye teeth if I could be out somewhere (like West Virginia) right this moment. I'm planning a trip up to WV (from FL) next month to look around. Screw this place. Too many OLD, sick people here.
@@j.r.alexander9266 - I like your spirited reply J.R. - sounds like you have a lot of life left in you. Very good to see. There are too many old sick people, because they sit around and do nothing all day, and go downhill.
@@j.r.alexander9266 my grandparents built a summer home (no experience) just the desire at 70. They stated what killed their peers wasn't their bodies, it was their attitude and thinking they were OLD. They both lived until their late 90's and refused to get sick, had their own full set of teeth, and believed if you didn't walk at least 5 miles daily, you were slitting your own throat, and didn't believe in seeing a Dr unless you needed a bone set.
North Carolina is a great place for potters and ceramicists. Look for those particular counties in the western part of the state-there have been potters working in the areas since the 1700's.
(Native Oregonian) Oregon is (mainly) 2 states. Completely different including the people who chose to live there. Both are beautiful in completely different ways. Willamette Valley: RAIN, Grey days, Lush, Green, Lots of people, Urban, Sm. Farms, Ocean-Lakes-Rivers-Waterfalls-Steams $$$$ Eastern Oregon: Desert, Dry, Blue Skys, Rural, Ranches, Hunting, Few people, $$
Something to watch for when homesteading, a few states require you to be connected to the grid. No joke, Colorado comes to mind first, there are others.
@@JosephRussellStapleton In Colorado's case, they passed a law requiring all dwellings to be connected to the grid. You can go look it up rather than taking my word for it.
It used to be so cheap. Seems cost of land and living everywhere compared to the salary or hourly wages. Is increasing. Sounds like banks, lobbyists or Real estate is behind this. Make a more poverty so People can't even buy land to escape Captiolist Society
Thank you so much for your answer. I realized that “homesteading” probably doesn’t mean what I thought it meant. What I’m dreaming about is to buy a small parcel of land (5 or 6 acres) build an off the grid cabin and live a self sufficient life style. So I would like to know what the rules are on this kind of life style. Property prices, property taxes, what is allowed and what is not. All tips and advices will be welcomed.
We LOVE TN! In the process of building our homestead in Northern middle TN. On the fringe of the Cumberland plateau. Look for unincorporated communities. We chose to buy land on one and it’s absolutely perfect. In TN you can collect rain water, and we get plenty, and use it for your main water source. We do not use public water and are connected to a gray water system and filter our drinking water. TN’s state parks are all free and we have a LOAD of them! A hikers and outdoor lovers dreams. No state income tax and in our area the land taxes are very low.
Alaska is too harsh for most homesteaders, CO land price is in the stratosphere, Vermont is trash in comparison (mainly due to weather). Was surprised there wasn’t a Washington, though.
I live in the corn belt between Flint and Detroit. Our growing season is much longer than you stated. I also have a home on the grid in the Upper Peninsula. There's is a lot of sunny days in the UP compared to the Lower Peninsula. The Great Lakes UP there flush out the clouds. Winters in both parts of the state can vary from inches to feet. Depends on if we get a Polar Vortex or not. In the Michigan, if your house is on blocks and under 500 square feet, your property tax drops drastically. Plus, you can build more than one.
Michigander here too, west side between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. I think too many people believe Michigan is still under an ice sheet. Both your area and mine are zone 6A, same as central Missouri and most of Kansas. Throw up an unheated hoop house and there might be three months a year you can't grow vegetables outdoors. Also, Detroit's a baller city. I had a condo downtown for a couple of years recently. Great music scene, great bars, great restaurants, mediocre sports (but Tigers fan for life).
The definition of Homesteading has drastically changed through the years and I believe is being used incorrectly these days as a definition promoted by Lenders and Lawmakers. Actual Homesteading was to be a Settler moving to unowned land and being granted the right to use the land simply by putting it to use Homesteading today is no different than simply buying land and qualifying for available particular exemptions. There is very little land available for "actual" Homesteading outside of Alaska, as nearly every acre of land is either owned by individuals, companies, States, or Federal Government. Homesteading and Off-grid are two competing different things.
I want a piece of property that allows me to work the land, raise my own food and have independence from the modern lifestyle and urban living. Whatever you call that, that's what I want.
I noticed that too. What people are really doing with the “homesteading” label is hiding the fact they’re survivalists, which has negative connotations to some.
2 different things except for one fact....both are farces. Especially "off-grid". Thats a fake concept in the USA. The closest ur gonna get to being "off-grid" in america is being an illegal alien, and even then, you aint really.
Love your videos Briggs. My wife and I watch all of them and your other channel also. Couple things; industrial wind and solar are not green. Personal wind and solar are great. Nuclear is our best and safest option for energy currently without polluting the landscape with outdated and inefficient monstrous wind turbines.
Since you mentioned Cali in your Idaho part, you should also mention that in NC it’s better to tell people you just got of prison than telling them you are from New York.
@Connie Shelp Why do Californians moving to other places make the prices go up? Is it because they can afford the few outrageously priced homes so other locals price their homes higher too? I never really understood how it worked
@@Waryfaerie it’s bc most Californian’s who are ultra liberal don’t realize that the policies they voted for caused CA to be unlivable. So they move to a new state, vote for all the crap they wanted to flee from, and created a mini CA in the new state 🙄
I like how you mention the current situation in Portland. I'm over it too. Eventually, the idiots breaking windows and spray painting property that doesn't belong to them will realize that trying to bring down the city you live in doesn't really work for anyone.
That's all that's going on in PDX now, vandals & bored brats, lol! Their timing sucks: Cops are practicing.their "kettling" skills. No good for antifa or proud boy wannabees.
It didn't make this list, but rural northern Wisconsin is spectacular for homesteading. It's cold, but you can still grow crops. Hunting and fishing is spectacular here. The northern half the state is gun happy, so very pro 2nd amendment. Much of the farm land is reasonably priced. With very little building codes to inhibit your lifestyle choices. The Amish up here aren't intrusive neighbors. A lot of timber, water, hunting, fishing, and reasonable priced land, with very little rules.😁👍
@@Heather-xm9ul since I’m conservative I was thinking about Montana. Too but not anymore i think it perfect for me as car enthusiast and firework lover
Doing this as we speak. Here in merced County in California valley. Been living off my land for 3years now. Drought and rain are my main concerns. Have a turbine hooked to 2 bicycles to create power if needed. Preparing for zombies. Hit n miss engines will get you thru almost everything if you can tinker with what you have to make things work.
@@grantp4022 oh I should have mentioned I'm not alone. Always ensure buddy system/community living. A few extra hands on the farm go along way. And solar yes but we are upgrading to a bigger watt. And it takes a good 8hrs power the gen if on bicycles. We have 4 now. The California heat has really shown us our weak points in our power supply collection systems. We are figuring a way to build a water mill style power supply system. But streams are low.
@@RVBadlands2015 I was in snelling California a while back looking at property. Great area beautiful with natural beautify plus the wildlife. Don Pedro has turkeys if I'm correct no? I'm in Delhi off the 99 now working on a new acreage to convert off grid. But merced county is a pain.
We’re looking to move out of south louisiana after Ida, but I love the living here. Slower pace, conservative and good neighborly ppl. Please help, southern states preferred
Why did you leave FL off the list? We have a bunch of homesteading here, and our growing season is all year round. With the solar minimum, people should be looking to states that are closer to the equator...or get versed on geothermal greenhouses. See David The Good and Rob Greenfield.
@@mandykathryn9005 Seriously! Some people are hating on FL because of their loose pandemic laws. Not sure where this guy stands on that, but clearly he has a bias.
Glad to see Michigan made the list. In the mid to upper parts of the state homesteading is pretty common. It has been working out for me pretty well so far. I just got my property last year, it is still hooked to the grid, but I have plans to take it fully off grid eventually. I can only go as fast as my wallet can take me. My goal is more "early retirement with low bills" than "I want a fully self sufficent homestead, and I want it now." I have a 5 year expansion plan for a fruit tree orchard, more garden beds both raised and in ground, and chickens. Unfortunately for me, cows are out of the question because of my location and local rules, but luckily goats are a grey area. So I may get a goat or two eventually. Edit: Something to keep in mind if looking for a state / location for a homestead, look for a local Amish population. Some people find them a bit weird, but they are the kings and queens of homesteading. They offer really solid products at solid prices most of the time. They are usually more than happy to share any knowledge they have with any who ask as well. Let me tell you, a middle aged Amish women has probably forgotten more about Homesteading, animal care, gardening, canning, food processing, grapes, cheese and butter making, (and who knows what else) than I will probably ever learn in my lifetime. They are an amazing source of goods and knowledge. An amish market is pretty much a one stop shop for any begginer homesteader. Depending on the group of amish they usually have builders as well that can build sheds, green houses, coops, pens, replace roofs, ect. for amazing prices. One last tip, BUY AN AMISH QUILT! Those girls know their stuff, and they know how to make a damn good quilt. They usually cost a few hundred dollars, worth every penny. Those quilts will have you wanting to open a window in December.
@@kaiseramadeus233 You do realize that Idaho is a red state :) Actually the panhandle of Idaho is fairly liberal and the cost to buy land is still going up.
@@kaiseramadeus233 So you consider moved in and prosperous states like Idaho, Utah, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, and etc. are dump places? I never knew being so great is a dump.
Developers (nationwide) are really driving up the cost of land especially anything over 5 acres. There's HOA's now in the middle of the deserts. Homesteading and off grid living are not for the feint of heart. A lot of listings are from people who purchased the land in just the past two years as it wasn't as they expected or the land was wrong for what they were wanting. Or worse, people buying up land in acreage and then turning it around for over 500% profit less than a year later, got to love capitalism!
Lol! I'm sure glad you didn't include Alabama. I moved here from the west coast and it's the best! The county I'm in doesn't have building codes... something that makes most of the states you listed cost prohibited for building what's wanted the way you want it. I guess a person truly has to have a homesteading heart to know what to look for... also, politics are key. If you're in a blue state they'll eventually find a way to take what you have from you.
@@amandawilcox9638 sometimes it feels like Oregon doesnt exist east of Bend, as far as "visit oregon"-type videos and articles are concerned. Which is great. 0 crowds out here
If you want to build a confetti conventional home these places are fine. But some of the ones you mentioned are not too friendly toward alternative building. And getting through the hermit crab is a nightmare. I left one of these states because they were not solar friendly, alternative building friendly, Etc.
@@kaylahall1219 left Indiana went to Kentucky. Well neither or doing much to help alternative-energy, Kentucky lets you have a small array without a permit in electrician if you are off grid
virginia doesnt get hurricanes the way it's implied here. maybe flooding as some areas are filled with hills but maryland and virginia mostly get heavy rain and never full blown hurricane winds when they pass through
Since a couple of eastern states are included in this video, the use of homestead in its title may be misleading. I wonder where land may still be homesteaded under the federal Homestead Act of 1862.
As a native to Indiana I am happy it finally made a list as well! Looking to homestead here if possible. Just land prices are going up due go people flocking here because of low cost of living and city feel with a country feel in the same 30-50 mile radius.
@@4evDreamer we live east central near the Ohio line on 7 acres. Along the lines of homesteading but still a ways off. A lot of Amish moved into our area and have made it a better place to live.
I love Arkansas! You left out Texas! We also have an unlimited homestead exemption. There are a lot of homesteads, we do not have a state income tax, homeschooling laws are also pretty good (our public schools suck anyway). So I am very surprised it did not make the list. I live here, many of my relatives have homesteads. This is the only reason I know and I am surprised!
Okay, I agree that Idaho is an awesome place. I have lived here a very very very long time raised my kids here, however there are too many people coming in and we don’t want any more. Especially from California. ;-)
Stop acting all nice and accepting while telling people to stay out. They are welcome to move anywhere. I agree they shouldn't vote in local or state for at least 5 years.
@@lastsecondhero87 The point is, California is a state with a lot of people who can easily move into a single state, and turn it into something the locals don't want. The Californians could easily move into areas where people already agree with them, instead of forcing their ideas on all of the areas left where people can live differently.
Lots of homesteading here in Hawaii, though the state does not want people to know. No, not on Oahu, Maui or Kawai, but Hawaii Island has a lot of it because it is considered the poor part of the state.
Im almost positive the reason most folks are moving toward homesteading homesteading has less to do with their carbon footprint as much as it has to do with less government and corporation dependency. The more we can sustain ourselves, the less large businesses and government can control us.
Yeah I’ve never even heard the carbon footprint reason before. Only heard this one
FACTS
It’s so true. We’ve taken basic knowledge on how to live and threw it away but the need to sustain and survive will always being back old knowledge and true gold that can be shared.
Agreed 💯 %
What’s a carbon footprint? I know what a corrupt government looks like.
1:17 #10 Michigan
2:25 #9 Wyoming
3:25 #8 Arkansas
4:25 #7 Iowa
5:18 #6 Oregon
6:12 #5 Indiana
6:57 #4 Missouri
7:49 #3 North Carolina
8:33 #2 Virginia
9:46 #1 Idaho
I'm surprized there aren't more south eastern states listed.
Stop promoting moving to Arkansas please thanks.
Thank you this was very helpful, hope all is well. God bless you!
Thank you
@@earth_heart_aether why would anyone move to the poorest state
My Uncle lives off the grid here in Wyoming. The Vietnam War played it's toll on him, this was the only place he felt he could survive. Now he's got some really good stories including riding his horse from back east till he settled here.🖒
Thank him for his serve please
He rode his horse from back East to Wyoming?? Wow! That alone is amazing. Please thank him for his service from a Marine widow whose husband served in Vietnam.
I know so many who need to live in solitude and off the land. They have been so traumatized by the Vietnam war. It's tragic.
Social structure and cost of living are becoming unbearable for most young people or even artists or just simple, veterans. The rude, every fast paced jobs, they low paying careers, the debt. That's not life. If it worked then we would be a good society.
@@Lainer1 I'm from Oregon, it's the same there. I pumped propane as a teenager at a gas station and talked to a lot of homesteaders and many were Vietnam vets. Many nice, many quiet. Always nice to talk to them, and they got me interested in also fleeing this increasingly complex clown world. I'm 21, and already feel so done with it all.
As a native Missourian and someone who loves Arkansas, I'm very happy my states made it on this list.
I’m a Floridian
The Show Me state!
@Kelli Yep.
Yep, I lived in Springfield - Nice City. Camping at Lake of The Ozarks was AWESOME!
@@sevenwonders1717 I always thought Springfield was a shithole.
I was kind of surprised that Tennessee didn't make your list ... no state income tax, 7+ month growing season, very relaxed homeschooling laws, and very low natural disaster risk... among many other things.
I’m also surprised Nebraska didn’t make the list. It may not have a lot of cool places to see but it’s known as the farming state
High sales tax, and that fire a few years ago
I know the winters get rough but maine is also a good option. If you get up north the land is exceptionally cheap and taxes are as well. I got 5 acres in northern maine for 7800.00. And my taxes are 67.00 a year. If you are savvy with Alaskan slab foundations you can avoid property tax by paying for a technical shed value. Also some small areas are literally one guy in office so very lenient zoning.
I'm from Maine so I agree. Just wish it was warmer here.
THANKS BUT NO THANKS
Wow. That's incredible
From Maine and I can agree. But because of the cold, moved to Tennessee.
Thank you! I had been researching around and Maine caught my eye. I like the colder regions, and from what I’ve read, it seems like a beautiful state. Definitely would like to vacation to check it out and study some more.
North Carolina actually has very laid back homeschooling laws. Basically you have to keep a file that has your child's standardized tests and immunization records. You don't have to show them to anyone, you just have to keep them on record in a file. That's it! Also, homeschooling HUGELY popular here so there are TONS of classes designed for homeschoolers. All the universities offer homeschool classes, our museums offer them...it's just accepted as a normal way to educate your kids.
Homesteading and homeschooling..2 different things
This lady knows NC. I am subscribed to her channel. If/when we move it will be from Indiana to NC and to the southwest part of the state I think. Better winter and summer about like here.
@@mellovesyah168 he mentioned homeschooling in the video IIRC. That is what I was responding to.
@ellen Pitts I see you're a realtor! Help me find my homestead in nc!
@@08sejo here is a link to a list on my website of homes with land for sale. My contact information is there as well. Feel free to reach out!
We’ve been homesteading in New Hampshire for several years now and started recording our journey for our UA-cam channel a little over a year ago. Yes, it has shorter grow seasons, but plenty of other resources are available to us. Doesn’t hurt that the taxes are fairly low (in our county) compared to surrounding states. 👍
Your videos say Idaho 🤷🏻♀️
Where in NH? I am also homesteading in Nh
Which county are you in?
NH cheap? The property taxes are outrageous. You should look at some actually cheap states LUL.
NH cheap property taxes?? We looked at going there years ago. We gathered that NH is pretty libertarian and thar was a reason they fought hard against sales taxes. They have no sales taxes, but compensate with the property taxes. If you think they have cheap property taxes.. I just wonder where you've lived in the past to feel like it's so low. Beautiful place though.
If you see unusually cheap farmland along the Columbia River (border between Oregon and Washington) check to make sure it's not radioactive. There was a toxic waste disaster and some of that land is not really fit for anything if you don't fancy a skyrocketing risk of cancer in you or your livestock. Most of the land in Oregon is safe, however.
Also check projected lava and lahar flows from volcanoes in Oregon and Washington. Just because the region doesn't suffer the usual dangers doesn't mean it doesn't have a few unusual ones. It's rare, but the surviving former residents of Mt. St. Helens will confirm that it can happen. Fortunately, most land is not in the way of a possible eruption. Just check and enjoy the peace of mind that a volcano will not be your problem.
Also check fault lines connected to Cascadia ... that’s supposed to be the next big earthquake problem.
Most of Oregon is in severe drought so if you buy property make sure the well doesn't run dry or you'll be trucking in water for daily life.
The rest of Oregon is loaded with meth and fentanyl
@@houseplantnerd2872 lmfao, you're an idiot!
Its June, and it's still fucking raining in Oregon
I grew up on a homestead. My mother made our clothes it was a wonderful life as a kid.
Homesteader from northern middle TN. I’m a bit surprised that it isn’t on the list. TN doesn’t have any laws against collecting and using rainwater which is a huge bonus as TN get PLENTY of rain!!!! TN also has a large amount of unincorporated communities where there are no govt officials or code enforcement. You can build as you see fit. Now land prices have gone up but only since Covid pushed the prices sky high. But there are no state income taxes and rural land taxes are incredibly cheap.
I agree. It's mom's home state. However, it is the worst for nuclear power plants.
You’re right, wife and I are looking at TN, runner up is Arkansas for us.
@@LM-kt2er Missouri has the absolutely best homestead laws, and much safer than Tn and Ar. You can build and live in a treehouse if you wanted. But at any rate- get somewhere soon! Congratulations!
TN definitely is popular these days for homesteads.
@@grumpygrannysgoatsngardens3185 that's true but by the same token Missouri has got a bad meth problem in several counties, along with some of the rivers that are known to have problems with bad bacteria.... yet for some reason families continue to swim in them. I used to own two different five acre tracks in different counties until I sold them about 5 years ago. As far as the meth problems..... I've never been to a state that has so many meth clinics. I'm not trying to bad mouth Missouri, I liked living in Missouri. I just got tired of being around meth heads. They steal from you and expect you to not get upset about it. They have no boundaries whatsoever!
The homesteading community is strong in Wisconsin. Beautiful land, rich in resources, and many people don't know this but WI has the second highest number of organic farms in the nation behind CA. Land prices are very high though, in most areas.
I liked it when Alaska allowed homesteading. You got 40 acres free if you improved it and lived on it.
Thundering idiot; Third copy-and-paste on this vid- I've seen so far. No info. No reason. No example. You a hater? Failed homesteader? Got a jones about Briggs?🤥
Thunderbunny: Nope. My colloquialisms are fine & don't need a copy-&-paste troll's approval. You blame Briggs for viewer's mistaken assumptions. I blame you for sloppy watching & listening. And the toplofty attitude with no apparent basis.
How does one get more info on getting those 40 acres?
@@hollywoodrdscholar That program was phased out several decades ago. 1970's I believe.
@@hollywoodrdscholar Homesteading land giveaways used to be a program in most states created after the Civil War. Every state either ran out of land or had it declared federal land. My ancestors Homesteaded land in the late 1800's early 1900's and some of the land is still in the family. It is weird thinking that all Homesteaded land was either taken through war, undivided legally nomadic lands, or wild territory. It's hard to tell what is and is not definitively previously owned by a native tribe going back that far unless you use American Indian Law treatises which are sometimes dodgy and oral history from American Indians was often forcefully lost with Indian Bording Schools. Also American Indian Tribes were Seperate Nations with Disputed claims to similar areas and often pushed other native groups around on the Great Plains since the fall of the relatively large civilized pre-Columbian tribes of the Great plains. The Pre-Columbian Tribes had large burial mounds, cities in the tens of thousands, and were believed to have collapsed due to desiese. My Ansestors came after most of the Indian wars, which they did not take part in, and basically settled in abandoned Prarie where they had to build a house, live one year, and plant some trees to own the land legally. The whole thing historically makes you feel weird when you look back far enough and try to not put religious significance in land, which changes how other people and I often feel about land rights.
Moving to Indiana in 2 weeks and I cant wait. Beautiful towns and wonderful people. And I will finally have 4 seasons!! I have lived in a state with no seasons for most of my life, I cant wait to experience winter again!!
Wow Briggs you are doing good we all hope. It's like you ask,and you shall receive. Thank you for all of your suggestions and everyone you have helped.
Thanks, I've been waiting a long time for this one! LOTS of states are great for growing, but finding GOOD affordable land and low taxes as well is not so easy anymore.
Wait for the market to go back to normal
@@noahhowellstone1264 A good suggestion, but I'm not sure "normal" is coming back soon. There are so many haters and self-righteous jerks any more. Good luck, and take care!
Dear Mr. Brigs,
when I watch your videos - I always have a pleasant smile on my face.
You are such a warm and nice person.
God bless America!
Greetings from Ukraine
Thank you so much.
The video that landed in my timeline it’s like a whisper from the heavens thank you for this
Damn! I just answered a poll yesterday about which videos I like and then BAM... Next day a homesteading video. Thanks World according to Briggs.
I’m in Florida ! Homesteading going great we can grow things almost year around !
Surprised it wasn't on the list. Lots of water. Central Gulf area is not that prone to hurricanes, either.. lots of rain, though.
I watch two my favorite UA-camrs who raise animal there and it awesome might move there if enough money to buy the 2,000 acres
What area do you recommend ? I have 8 acres in TN and it’s awesome but I’m looking into other possibilities
@@vce.john1734 what name of the channel of your favorite UA-camrs please?
@@first100k3 it channel Roman at wood he mostly vlogs but he have a mini farm at same time he inspired me a lot
Thanks for showing Pilot Mountain. I knew then NC would be on the list. I didn't expect it to be that high, but GOOD. Ya'll are welcome here and if we can do anything to make your move easier just let us know. 💛🌼💛
thanks, i bet no one in CA or CO has every said that! I just bought land near Boone and plan to start building in May, where are you? thx steve
Bet you won't say that to someone moving there from California, or even NY..
NC is full. Go away
@@ajfletcher8350 Exactly lol. With everyone flocking to Western NC, home prices and property taxes are through the roof. Don't even get me started on places like Charlotte and Raleigh.
I need to find some decent land
I knew Wyoming would be on this list! I love that state!
Lol
eeewww
As a native Idahoan I am glad my state made the list. But I would like to point out that Idaho actually has very low taxes. In every category. However there are many specific towns and counties that can have high taxes. More specifically areas that are highly populated with retirees and summer homes. Areas such as Island Park, Red Fish, Sandpoint etc...
Yes, McCall.
No water rights worst state
Hot springs ♨️
careful you'll summon more Californians
If I ever move out of Missouri it would be to live in Idaho.
Hey Briggs,
I dig all the drone footage..
It helps me view the horizon in all the states you profile.
It's seems very consistent everywhere. LEVEL. Yep the horizon is always LEVEL.
JUST LIKE WATER.
Always level.
Spinning away
Have a good day
Do I detect a flat earther? ;)
Also, I feel like West Virginia would be a better homestead state than Virginia.
Depends on what you're looking for. West Virginia is a lot cheaper, but Virginia has better soil and while similar I would argue Virginia has a better climate than West Virginia.
Most of West Virginia land has timber and mineral rights assigned to a third party. The land is beautiful, but the landowners don't have control of their property.
Isn't West Virginia offering transplants $20k if they move in and stay for at least 3 years? Clever play. Looking to scalp residents from broken blue states.
Too many Demonrats running much of VA for me ...
@@BorninVirginia similar soils in many areas. I'm trained as a soil scientist. Retired USDA. Lived in Shenandoah Valley in Virginia 6 years. West Virginia much nicer overall and less people and traffic. Virginia very polluted also.
"Indiana has a high sales tax"? It's 7% - totally average compared to the rest of the country. Indiana has a lower state sales tax than 59.6% of states. Many states allow local governments to charge a local sales tax in addition to the statewide sales tax, so the actual sales tax rate may vary by locality within each state.
That's how it is here in arkansas. We pay 10% or more depending on what town you're in, what you're buying, etc. It varies up to somewhere around 15%. It's fantastic 🙄
Here in Oregon the sales tax is ZERO and we like it that way lol
Oh and we don’t pump our own gas either and our gas prices are lower than the states around us where you pump it yourself.
@@prepperjonpnw6482 but you’re governor is a control freak bent on ruining Oregon. Raised there glad I’m gone!
@@sugilstrap7781 She's gone next year. If the previous governor's girlfriend hadn't had delusions of grandeur, Brown would never been governor. 'Bye now.
@@prepperjonpnw6482 no offense, but speak for yourself. I'd rather live in a state with no income tax. Tax me on what services and goods I consume, not on what I work hard to earn. That way you don't incentivise excessive consumption. Want to tax luxury goods more and essential goods less to help support people working their way out of low income brackets? That's how you do it.
Oh, and it's actually fair.
Very good. I am surprised though that west Virginia and Kentucky weren't on the list. Do some more homesteading videos please.
Very curious why KY is not on the list, it’s been #1 place I’ve been looking to homestead.
Thank you for creating this video. We will surely share this with our customers. This would be helpful for our customers who would want to start homesteading.
I was really surprised not to see Florida/southern Georgia. I know weather can be a concern but the long summers means a long growing season and the amount of tropicals available is fabulous! The winters are mild enough to have a decent crop, not to mention being able to forage your own sea salt! Would be interested to hear some negatives other people can think of!
Hurricanes and Tornadoes. I live in NW Georgia going on 25 years, I garden year round and I do love that! In the south you will spend a lot of time building good soil, battling armies of garden insects that you might have never seen before. Its beautiful here for sure, that said, ,9 tornadoes later I've had enough.
Florida👌👍
Born and raised in florida been all over the place in this state and have never seen any good soils its pure fking sand sure you can do raised beds but there is nothing like having wonderful topsoil everwhere on your property. Even if you do raised beds or sheet mulching its a pain in the arse with tons of overhead cost and btw we have termite and nematodes that fk everything up. SO NO florida is not good for farming reguardless of what you read. the ony good farming is animals or produce for those like big ag using chemicals
I have a small farm in south AL, and I was surprised that GA, AL, and MS...and parts of FL didn’t make the list.
Florida soil is poor for many crops.
▶️ I don’t even know what homesteading is. So I’ll just hit the LIKE button, followed by the PLAY button. 👍🏾
@Thundering Applause Since you know it all, maybe you should explain it to the rest of us.
@@Murph_. its living off the land with no support o
From civilization. Such as electricity, water foods and clothing. Just depending on how bad you hate civilization is how far in homestead you go. Im fully off the grid. Solar power with a back up turbine connected to 2 bicycles to produce power. 2 wells, a creek, 15acres of woodland and my own farm animals i butcher and eat. Just droughts and rains are the major concerns. Your life basically depends on your ability to adapt to mother nature if the weather doesnt permit a peaceful time.
@Thundering Applause Yet you are following this channel and writing the same lame comment multiple times on random people's responses. Pretty lame. I guess doing this satisfies your low self-esteem.
@Thundering Applause Copy and paste comments are tacky.
@Thundering Applause Busted again! Not one hobby farm-type comment and Briggs did decent basic research. Again: Watch vid 1st. Comment 2nd. 😡🤢
Michigan here 👋
I admire the homesteading folks like Shawn James, but I tend to like my chandeliers, hot showers and indoor toi-toi.
😀
I am not sure how much of Shawn James is real. I know he works hard to but I think he realized there is good money in this living off the land nonsense.
you can still have that whole homesteading🤷🏼♀️
I lived in Indianapolis and I’m always confused when people say not to go there. I loved it. Now, I live else where and I miss it. The monon trail there was incredible.
I would go with Oregon. The weather is very variable depending on what part of the state you live in. So you don’t necessarily have to live in the part that has tons of rain. And the coast is beyond beautiful 😍
Moved from Wyoming to homestead in Arkansas. You got it right, stay on your farm and do your own thing, and life is gravy. Great list
Michigan, the Great Lake State is my home. It does have a shorter growing season (Last frost is May 15) Grass skirt and burlap bra "crack" is a really a$$inine statement. Northern MI and the UP are best for hometseading> lots of snow. We also have bear, moose and predatory wild cats.
Thanks!
Thank you
We just left Oregon for the SouthEast and we were living in Central Oregon. I love the nature/outdoors of Oregon and will Always miss that but, the People...........
I did a project in Central Oregon for a while. God, it’s beautiful, and you can’t beat seeing bald eagles flying about. One hell of a lot of gnats ... one time, driving to the site I drove through a *huge* cloud of them and it sounded like rain on the windshield. The folks I worked with were quite nice but the frequent sight of confederate flags was unnerving for me personally, though.
I hear you Scott, my wife, teen daughter and I are moving to Arkansas from the Northern Oregon coast in Clatsop County. I've lived in Oregon all my life, but now this woke, racist, discriminatory governor Brown is ruining our home state! Then they legalized hard drugs, close down 3 jails, and let homeless population explode and it's turned to hell!
@@Jeremy-uz2cn Seattle too. I am sorry to hear this about Oregon.
Are the people really that much worse than anywhere else? Lived here for my whole life, I think it depends on what company we keep, what city we live in, etc.
Sure, Portland has issues. But there are millions of other acres much more suitable, and the best water, fertile land, etc. Great for homesteading (I am in Washington though, I plan to stay up here)
Southern Oregon is conservative.
We actually homeschool in NC. The laws aren’t bad compared to many other states. I suppose it depends on where you are from, but it’s certainly easier than in some of the NE states.
NY homeschooler here.
My wife says VA. Has tougher homeschool laws than NY. I heard NC homeschool rules were tricky as well.
She won’t let us move to Va, but said she could make NC work.
@@secretjourney4815 In 3 years of homeschooling in NC, the only things I've ever had to do were register my school with the state (easy and free) and provide each of my kids with a standardized test of my choosing once a year (except last year due to COVID). The results of the tests are for me only.
I was also confused on NC getting a bad rap for homeschooling-name your school and test annually, with multiple test options available.
You should do a couple videos on the best and worst places in the US to homeschool. I live in Wyoming and all you have to do is send a letter to the school district saying you're homeschooling your kids. Plus, because we pay taxes, you can homeschool and can still send your kids to the school to participate in sports, music classes, extra curriculars, and some free classes at the community colleges.
An important criteria that is skipped is number of farmers markets. It helps if locals will buy local.
Yes!!!
I've done a lot of research and I'm shocked Tennessee isn't high on the list!
If I was going to Homestead, Tennessee would be high on my list, as
the weather seems good. Some of the other places are too cold, and
I live in Canada, so I know all about cold. Vermont, Minnesota, and
North Dakota, would all be bitterly cold in winter, but you can survive
if your creative, smart and strong.
There's a lot of crime in Tennessee, much of it related to drugs. If you can find a place away from any sizeable population center, and that doesn't have a serious drug problem, TN is a great state.
Your videos are some of the best on here I've ever watched THANKS
At this point in my life, I would really like to live off-the-grid. Things are getting really crazy out there. *BAD.*
@@ES-mc3cc Paranoid
Me too, good luck living the dream!
Most of the people want it but few work on it. Why all of us work together and do it?
@@first100k3 we should, what state?
@@christinajacobs9747 Atlanta George and you?
I found it interesting when you said Michigan's homeschooling laws were "weird". It's literally one of the freest and easiest states to homeschool in the country.
My reaction as well, homeschooling my Kindergartener right now and there's essentially no regulation on it.
Same. All it took for me to homeschool in MI was to write an email to my kid's principal and inform them he was being withdrawn. That was it.
@@ThesmartestTem it is good but we all need to keep an eye on new state regulations in the future, especially in these times. Gov Whitmer has gone off her rocker.
I was homeschooled in michigan until high school and I think I got a great education but really it felt like we just did whatever the hell
@@mcz_13 honestly, as long as you have fairly intelligent, or intuitive parents or mentors, with no religious or political bias, at this point, it would be significantly better to homeschool than to do it public, what with all the corporate and political indoctrination going on everywhere, along with the long time problems weve had with standardized testing, lack of REAL education, and this bogus mindset that kids need not learn useful or practical skills, only how to take a test and prepare to sell their lives to the university of their choosing. Everything just... well... sucks right now
As a native Iowan, you pretty much get floods in the same places so it's not usually a surprise. Tornadoes do happen but it's not usually a big deal.
At 73 I am not interested in homesteading, when I was 25 I thought about it, and had little information about it unlike today,
Gotta somewhat disagree. I'm 86 and would give my eye teeth if I could be out somewhere (like West Virginia) right this moment. I'm planning a trip up to WV (from FL) next month to look around. Screw this place. Too many OLD, sick people here.
@@j.r.alexander9266 - I like your spirited reply J.R. - sounds like you have
a lot of life left in you. Very good to see. There are too many old sick
people, because they sit around and do nothing all day, and go downhill.
@@j.r.alexander9266 how’d the trip go?
@@j.r.alexander9266 my grandparents built a summer home (no experience) just the desire at 70. They stated what killed their peers wasn't their bodies, it was their attitude and thinking they were OLD. They both lived until their late 90's and refused to get sick, had their own full set of teeth, and believed if you didn't walk at least 5 miles daily, you were slitting your own throat, and didn't believe in seeing a Dr unless you needed a bone set.
North Carolina is a great place for potters and ceramicists. Look for those particular counties in the western part of the state-there have been potters working in the areas since the 1700's.
Thanks for this one, Briggs. I voted for this one the other day. 👍🇺🇸
My heart got happy when you said the people of Indiana were good, then you ended it with calling out my city ): you're not wrong though lolol
(Native Oregonian) Oregon is (mainly) 2 states. Completely different including the people who chose to live there. Both are beautiful in completely different ways. Willamette Valley: RAIN, Grey days, Lush, Green, Lots of people, Urban, Sm. Farms, Ocean-Lakes-Rivers-Waterfalls-Steams $$$$
Eastern Oregon: Desert, Dry, Blue Skys, Rural, Ranches, Hunting, Few people, $$
Something to watch for when homesteading, a few states require you to be connected to the grid. No joke, Colorado comes to mind first, there are others.
How, and in what way?
@@JosephRussellStapleton In Colorado's case, they passed a law requiring all dwellings to be connected to the grid. You can go look it up rather than taking my word for it.
@@rayc.1396 Ok. Thank you.
@ray c. Awwww that is such a bummer!!!😔😔😔 I wonder what their reason is.
The video alone was amazing, I watched it twice . The second time I turned off the volume . Nature is grand:), I miss the mountains .
Idaho land cost has gotten crazy over the last year.
Beyond crazy.
Lived here 35 years and have never seen inventory so low or prices so high.
It started taking off in 2016. Again. Totally outrageous nowadays.
It's all those "prisoners" leaving "prison" and moving....😁
I tried all of the NW but found nothing i could pay for outright. I found it in Arkansas.
It used to be so cheap. Seems cost of land and living everywhere compared to the salary or hourly wages. Is increasing. Sounds like banks, lobbyists or Real estate is behind this. Make a more poverty so People can't even buy land to escape Captiolist Society
What about homesteading in Tennessee for a couple in their 40’s with no small kids?
Thank you so much for your answer. I realized that “homesteading” probably doesn’t mean what I thought it meant. What I’m dreaming about is to buy a small parcel of land (5 or 6 acres) build an off the grid cabin and live a self sufficient life style. So I would like to know what the rules are on this kind of life style. Property prices, property taxes, what is allowed and what is not. All tips and advices will be welcomed.
Commendable, T.A.! Some solid info, and only one noticeable snark.
@@marileifuckner8304 Check out the "off the grid grandpa" site. He seems to be up to date on where to go or not go.
@@AngelaMarie-777 depends where you’re talking about. But if it’s bad...we have pro-2A laws, so there’s that
We LOVE TN! In the process of building our homestead in Northern middle TN. On the fringe of the Cumberland plateau. Look for unincorporated communities. We chose to buy land on one and it’s absolutely perfect. In TN you can collect rain water, and we get plenty, and use it for your main water source. We do not use public water and are connected to a gray water system and filter our drinking water. TN’s state parks are all free and we have a LOAD of them! A hikers and outdoor lovers dreams. No state income tax and in our area the land taxes are very low.
KC, MO iz my city for over 55 years & I luv it ❤
Interesting. Surprised tennessee wasn't here. As i have read it's one of the best..
I really want to go to Wyoming.
Arkansas is also beautiful!!
Great info, thanks for this video! TN here.
This list surprised me. I was expecting Alaska, Colorado, Vermont, and Washington to be on the list but what do I know
Colorado is shit for homesteading. Lands expensive. Laws are restrictive. People aren’t for it.
Alaska is too harsh for most homesteaders, CO land price is in the stratosphere, Vermont is trash in comparison (mainly due to weather). Was surprised there wasn’t a Washington, though.
Washington's taxes are going crazy high, at least in the Western part of the state.
What about Utah
@@Isheian NO water rights on most parcels of land.
I live in the corn belt between Flint and Detroit. Our growing season is much longer than you stated. I also have a home on the grid in the Upper Peninsula. There's is a lot of sunny days in the UP compared to the Lower Peninsula. The Great Lakes UP there flush out the clouds. Winters in both parts of the state can vary from inches to feet. Depends on if we get a Polar Vortex or not. In the Michigan, if your house is on blocks and under 500 square feet, your property tax drops drastically. Plus, you can build more than one.
Michigander here too, west side between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. I think too many people believe Michigan is still under an ice sheet. Both your area and mine are zone 6A, same as central Missouri and most of Kansas. Throw up an unheated hoop house and there might be three months a year you can't grow vegetables outdoors. Also, Detroit's a baller city. I had a condo downtown for a couple of years recently. Great music scene, great bars, great restaurants, mediocre sports (but Tigers fan for life).
The definition of Homesteading has drastically changed through the years and I believe is being used incorrectly these days as a definition promoted by Lenders and Lawmakers. Actual Homesteading was to be a Settler moving to unowned land and being granted the right to use the land simply by putting it to use Homesteading today is no different than simply buying land and qualifying for available particular exemptions. There is very little land available for "actual" Homesteading outside of Alaska, as nearly every acre of land is either owned by individuals, companies, States, or Federal Government. Homesteading and Off-grid are two competing different things.
I think that all people people can think about is money these days instead of the real meaning, sadly. I agree with you.
Your absolutely right somebody somewhere owns almost everything in us being free isn't really being free anymore
I want a piece of property that allows me to work the land, raise my own food and have independence from the modern lifestyle and urban living. Whatever you call that, that's what I want.
I noticed that too. What people are really doing with the “homesteading” label is hiding the fact they’re survivalists, which has negative connotations to some.
2 different things except for one fact....both are farces. Especially "off-grid". Thats a fake concept in the USA. The closest ur gonna get to being "off-grid" in america is being an illegal alien, and even then, you aint really.
Great video, as always, but this one really sated my appetite on the subject.
Always appreciate your videos.
Love your videos Briggs. My wife and I watch all of them and your other channel also. Couple things; industrial wind and solar are not green. Personal wind and solar are great. Nuclear is our best and safest option for energy currently without polluting the landscape with outdated and inefficient monstrous wind turbines.
Since you mentioned Cali in your Idaho part, you should also mention that in NC it’s better to tell people you just got of prison than telling them you are from New York.
Same thing.
@Connie Shelp Why do Californians moving to other places make the prices go up? Is it because they can afford the few outrageously priced homes so other locals price their homes higher too? I never really understood how it worked
@@Waryfaerie it’s bc most Californian’s who are ultra liberal don’t realize that the policies they voted for caused CA to be unlivable. So they move to a new state, vote for all the crap they wanted to flee from, and created a mini CA in the new state 🙄
I like how you mention the current situation in Portland. I'm over it too. Eventually, the idiots breaking windows and spray painting property that doesn't belong to them will realize that trying to bring down the city you live in doesn't really work for anyone.
That's all that's going on in PDX now, vandals & bored brats, lol! Their timing sucks: Cops are practicing.their "kettling" skills. No good for antifa or proud boy wannabees.
What a shame for some of AMERICA, the land I love.
Great presentation. I live in Idaho, if you like to breathe noxious wildfire smoke every year, this is your place.
Perfect timing!!! Keep these coming!
It didn't make this list, but rural northern Wisconsin is spectacular for homesteading. It's cold, but you can still grow crops. Hunting and fishing is spectacular here. The northern half the state is gun happy, so very pro 2nd amendment. Much of the farm land is reasonably priced. With very little building codes to inhibit your lifestyle choices. The Amish up here aren't intrusive neighbors. A lot of timber, water, hunting, fishing, and reasonable priced land, with very little rules.😁👍
Why didn't Montana make the list? Just curious, as I thought they had cheap taxes and homesteading inncentives.
Gone too Hollywood ...
California invaded. Until VERY recently, Montana was my #1 pick. That has changed rapidly in the past few years.
@@Heather-xm9ul since I’m conservative I was thinking about Montana. Too but not anymore i think it perfect for me as car enthusiast and firework lover
I moved to Idaho over 30 years ago and love it.
We moved here 15 years ago this month and we love it, too!
Doing this as we speak. Here in merced County in California valley. Been living off my land for 3years now. Drought and rain are my main concerns. Have a turbine hooked to 2 bicycles to create power if needed. Preparing for zombies. Hit n miss engines will get you thru almost everything if you can tinker with what you have to make things work.
You sound like a creative man, but how do you ride 2 bikes at one time,
to power 1 generator ?? Do you also have Solar ??
Wow, we live at lake Don Pedro.
California sucks period. Good for nothing
@@grantp4022 oh I should have mentioned I'm not alone. Always ensure buddy system/community living. A few extra hands on the farm go along way. And solar yes but we are upgrading to a bigger watt. And it takes a good 8hrs power the gen if on bicycles. We have 4 now. The California heat has really shown us our weak points in our power supply collection systems. We are figuring a way to build a water mill style power supply system. But streams are low.
@@RVBadlands2015 I was in snelling California a while back looking at property. Great area beautiful with natural beautify plus the wildlife. Don Pedro has turkeys if I'm correct no? I'm in Delhi off the 99 now working on a new acreage to convert off grid. But merced county is a pain.
# 2 Virginia, I have some homestead land for sale in Gloucester county if anyone is interested. 3 parcels totaling 15 acres.
Is the land unrestricted ?
Wyoming isn’t real! Let’s keep it that way;) I absolutely love Wyoming and the lack of human population
Same
Yes, keep Wyoming inbred!
Me too love it but not the winter
its pretty, but i like gardening and its hard to dig through rock, or grow veggies in constant 20 mph winds.
I wish they get 4 million Californians in the next 5 years.
Make Wyoming blue again!
We’re looking to move out of south louisiana after Ida, but I love the living here. Slower pace, conservative and good neighborly ppl. Please help, southern states preferred
Why did you leave FL off the list? We have a bunch of homesteading here, and our growing season is all year round. With the solar minimum, people should be looking to states that are closer to the equator...or get versed on geothermal greenhouses.
See David The Good and Rob Greenfield.
Right! I know a lot of people that have been homeschooling pre-pandemic! The guy didn't do that much research!! Florida is act one of the best!
@@mandykathryn9005 Seriously! Some people are hating on FL because of their loose pandemic laws. Not sure where this guy stands on that, but clearly he has a bias.
@@EarthStudent7 I deal the Pandemic laws. I just keep wearing mask. I'm also in health-care and had covid about 8 months ago..
Glad to see Michigan made the list. In the mid to upper parts of the state homesteading is pretty common. It has been working out for me pretty well so far. I just got my property last year, it is still hooked to the grid, but I have plans to take it fully off grid eventually. I can only go as fast as my wallet can take me. My goal is more "early retirement with low bills" than "I want a fully self sufficent homestead, and I want it now." I have a 5 year expansion plan for a fruit tree orchard, more garden beds both raised and in ground, and chickens. Unfortunately for me, cows are out of the question because of my location and local rules, but luckily goats are a grey area. So I may get a goat or two eventually.
Edit: Something to keep in mind if looking for a state / location for a homestead, look for a local Amish population. Some people find them a bit weird, but they are the kings and queens of homesteading. They offer really solid products at solid prices most of the time. They are usually more than happy to share any knowledge they have with any who ask as well. Let me tell you, a middle aged Amish women has probably forgotten more about Homesteading, animal care, gardening, canning, food processing, grapes, cheese and butter making, (and who knows what else) than I will probably ever learn in my lifetime. They are an amazing source of goods and knowledge. An amish market is pretty much a one stop shop for any begginer homesteader. Depending on the group of amish they usually have builders as well that can build sheds, green houses, coops, pens, replace roofs, ect. for amazing prices. One last tip, BUY AN AMISH QUILT! Those girls know their stuff, and they know how to make a damn good quilt. They usually cost a few hundred dollars, worth every penny. Those quilts will have you wanting to open a window in December.
In Idaho don't say you're from California, say you've just got out of prison. But if you've just got out of a Californian prison forget it!
Californians suck the life of states unless they conservatives.
@Raman
Preciado Bruh, Stop typing
@@ramanpreciado2241 The worst states are ran by Republicans
@@kaiseramadeus233 You do realize that Idaho is a red state :)
Actually the panhandle of Idaho is fairly liberal and the cost to buy land is still going up.
@@kaiseramadeus233 So you consider moved in and prosperous states like Idaho, Utah, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, and etc. are dump places? I never knew being so great is a dump.
Indiana is where i live if you want to live in a tiny home check out the county before hand cause some will not let you now Monroe co is one of them.
Developers (nationwide) are really driving up the cost of land especially anything over 5 acres. There's HOA's now in the middle of the deserts. Homesteading and off grid living are not for the feint of heart. A lot of listings are from people who purchased the land in just the past two years as it wasn't as they expected or the land was wrong for what they were wanting. Or worse, people buying up land in acreage and then turning it around for over 500% profit less than a year later, got to love capitalism!
In southern Missouri, most places are bought and divided into half acre homesites with tight building restrictions and hoa's.
Lol! I'm sure glad you didn't include Alabama. I moved here from the west coast and it's the best! The county I'm in doesn't have building codes... something that makes most of the states you listed cost prohibited for building what's wanted the way you want it.
I guess a person truly has to have a homesteading heart to know what to look for... also, politics are key. If you're in a blue state they'll eventually find a way to take what you have from you.
Can you do one on states
with Land Patent availability?
Above was Fun !
This channel has some really nice panoramic views of each state. That's the only nice thing I can think of to say. LOL Cheers
I live in Oregon, in the Ochoco mountains. Love it out here.
Love that area; I want to spend more time in Eastern & Central Oregon.
@@amandawilcox9638 its so great out here. I just moved out here last October.
@@amandawilcox9638 sometimes it feels like Oregon doesnt exist east of Bend, as far as "visit oregon"-type videos and articles are concerned. Which is great. 0 crowds out here
@@John_on_the_mountain Welcome, and enjoy!
If you want to build a confetti conventional home these places are fine. But some of the ones you mentioned are not too friendly toward alternative building. And getting through the hermit crab is a nightmare. I left one of these states because they were not solar friendly, alternative building friendly, Etc.
Carol Moore, hermit crab = permit crap? The autocorrect program designer has lots to answer for.
Which one did you leave, and did/ would you choose instead?
@@amandawilcox9638 yes she does she got me again
@@kaylahall1219 left Indiana went to Kentucky. Well neither or doing much to help alternative-energy, Kentucky lets you have a small array without a permit in electrician if you are off grid
Great video, Briggs!
Thank you! We always enjoy your videos!
I just want an acre or two and build a tiny home and a decent out building -- that's it. I like to travel so little maintenance for me.
I think land is cheap around Memphis, it’s hot but decent Airport
@@ES-mc3cc I’ve heard that, any decent areas?
I love that you said Michigan since I grew up just outside of Detroit 🤣
I was looking for a state to retire to.but I all ready live in Idaho. Guess now I need a video on the best place in Idaho to homestead (hint)
virginia doesnt get hurricanes the way it's implied here. maybe flooding as some areas are filled with hills but maryland and virginia mostly get heavy rain and never full blown hurricane winds when they pass through
I am Absolutely Shocked!!! I Really thought Arizona would have Gotten the Farming Glory it Deserved!!! 😃
All year gardens!
I'm happy Tennessee wasn't on your list. I want to keep it for myself!😆
Since a couple of eastern states are included in this video, the use of homestead in its title may be misleading. I wonder where land may still be homesteaded under the federal Homestead Act of 1862.
Maine has plenty of low cost land. The winters are harsh, but no more so than Michigan or Wyoming or Idaho.
Indiana finally made one of your lists! Haha
He has Evansville and Fort wayne on a few lists for positivity
Yeah, i just forget about this state.
@@hermanmelville3368 beats the dumping ground of California
As a native to Indiana I am happy it finally made a list as well! Looking to homestead here if possible. Just land prices are going up due go people flocking here because of low cost of living and city feel with a country feel in the same 30-50 mile radius.
@@4evDreamer we live east central near the Ohio line on 7 acres. Along the lines of homesteading but still a ways off. A lot of Amish moved into our area and have made it a better place to live.
I love Arkansas! You left out Texas! We also have an unlimited homestead exemption. There are a lot of homesteads, we do not have a state income tax, homeschooling laws are also pretty good (our public schools suck anyway). So I am very surprised it did not make the list. I live here, many of my relatives have homesteads. This is the only reason I know and I am surprised!
Okay, I agree that Idaho is an awesome place. I have lived here a very very very long time raised my kids here, however there are too many people coming in and we don’t want any more. Especially from California. ;-)
Stop acting all nice and accepting while telling people to stay out.
They are welcome to move anywhere.
I agree they shouldn't vote in local or state for at least 5 years.
@@lastsecondhero87 The point is, California is a state with a lot of people who can easily move into a single state, and turn it into something the locals don't want. The Californians could easily move into areas where people already agree with them, instead of forcing their ideas on all of the areas left where people can live differently.
Omg the Virginian ex-girlfriends part was hilarious haha. Thanks, awesome video.
Basically every state is ok as long as you're in the right area.
Lots of homesteading here in Hawaii, though the state does not want people to know. No, not on Oahu, Maui or Kawai, but Hawaii Island has a lot of it because it is considered the poor part of the state.
The Big Island , good to learn!