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I adapted to mosquitoes on Kauai pretty quick. Still got bit... constantly... but they quit leaving welts. I haven't experienced that anyplace else I've lived though. Don't think I'd want to count on it!
People live in rural Maine, Minnesota, lots of mosquitoes there but many seem to not be bothered by bites. Some say there is no real outdoors without mosquitoes... Nice not to have them though. But waterless places aren't a solution for me. The worst case of being eaten alive happened to me in arid Arizona, no see ums came from a farm pond
 
I had my spot in the grass to sit by the river near my camp, was afraid to leave it for a short time even, saw some fishermen making a beeline for it, they hauled off quick once they saw me rushing back to claim the spot, some crazy circu
It's public property that you don't own or control. You're only free if you're debt free and own property. We can see only 1 house from our house or yard & none from the cabin on the back of the farm or the rest of the farm.
 
there were some state land sales in remote plbut few have developed them, as its rather expensive flying, river boat,snow machining in and out and getting materials and supplies flown, river transported or snow machined in, and few people truly realize what remote living is until they step into it.

I'm from the cold North and there is always love hate relationship with the North (lower 48 are the South).
In Alaska people sometimes built from materials available on site and lived the old way, so not that much heavy hauling was needed. But yes hauling 100 miles by the river, it can be dangerous. Some wanted that danger precisely
 
It's public property that you don't own or control. You're only free if you're debt free and own property. We can see only 1 house from our house or yard & none from the cabin on the back of the farm or the rest of the farm.
Well private property by the river is hella expensive these days. Not like in Alaska during homesteading days, also they just built cabins on public land in Alaska right by the river and lived there full time even just 40 years ago. Now land by the river is very pricey
 
And pricey land has pricey land taxes. I've seen some parcels by rivers including with homes, now its like winning a lottery to buy a moderately priced one. Even in 2023, I know that any land with even the tiniest creek or pond that wasnt a pure slope of a mountain and had no big problems like pipeline through was pounced on with multiple offers over asking in many the Eastern states including WV within 2 hours of being listed. Worst time to buy land in history!
 
Land has almost always been a good investment especially farm & tree farm land at least for us. As they say "They're not making anymore"🤩🥳
 
Land moves in cycles, there had been farmland busts in the past, there will be another one probably (real estate is said to have 18 year cycles that correllate with drought cycles) but there will not be old days of cheap or free abundant good land, not until major socioeconomic events of the war or collapse type.
 
I know that any land with even the tiniest creek or pond that wasnt a pure slope of a mountain and had no big problems like pipeline through was pounced on with multiple offers over asking in many the Eastern states including WV within 2 hours of being listed. Worst time to buy land in history!
The best way I've found is find what you want and find the owner &see if they want to sell. I wanted a runway lot in Gaylord near the bridge &picked the one I liked, tracked the owner down & bought it right. The owner inherited it & didn't even fly. Win-Win for us both. You have to do lots of homework sometimes.
 
The best way I've found is find what you want and find the owner &see if they want to sell. I wanted a runway lot in Gaylord near the bridge &picked the one I liked, tracked the owner down & bought it right. The owner inherited it & didn't even fly. Win-Win for us both. You have to do lots of homework sometimes.
That works well when someone has a homebase so they are not pressed for time in their search. Good to buy some homebase and then use that for more extensive search, may be I will use that tactics once I relocate overseas.
 
The worst case of being eaten alive happened to me in arid Arizona, no see ums came from a farm pond
IME that is very seasonal... like a couple weeks in the spring at mid elevations in AZ. But they bite the crap out of me also. I don't think I've experienced then at lower or higher elevations.

Where I live now there are no mosquitoes ever, and it's a high mountain pine forest in S NM with plenty of summer rain. No biting bugs of any kind. No cockroaches or rattlesnakes either.

When I was camping full time in the west I didn't have trouble finding mosquito free areas, or nearly free of them.
 
After living years in Arkansas, visiting Michigan during black fly season and being caught by a swarm of sand fleas on an island off the coast of Georgia the south west is wonderful even though every drop of rain has a bug in it, it doesn’t rain very often!
 
But waterless places aren't a solution for me.
Drill a well, catch water off the roof, have water hauled or haul it yourself.

Well water is pretty awful (hard, sulfurous) and deep to access many places, but not all. States (NM and AZ at least) keep an online data base of wells so you can check the depth and flowrates of the ones that have been drilled.
 
The technology was in place 30 years ago
Ya, they still gotta look through at least 120 miles of atmosphere, which greatly reduces their ability to see fine details, even with super expensive hi-res cameras.

If they don't have anything better to do than spy on me... then I hope they are amused.
 

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