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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please try to live off your quarter acre land by cutting off all public utilities , raising  chickens and planting vegetables so that you will eventually die due to lack of food this competing darwin's cycle of natural selection.[/quote]

So I guess the Amish have it all wrong then, huh?  They sure are dying off at a rapid rate![/quote]

The Amish don't live in the city.

What the hell do you know about the Amish, anyway?[/quote]

I know that they don't use electricity or cars like you and I, and that they survive off locally grown fruits and veggies and their own livestock just fine.  And oops...forgive me that this site says "urban."  Half these people involved in this convo live in the suburbs which also don't allow backyard livestock.  My point: people CAN survive anywhere even if they can't watch Real Housewives or get on the internet...especially if they know HOW.[/quote]

The Amish also rely on a close-knit community versus someone choosing to live as a hermit or in isolation.

BTW, the Amish may not use electricity, but they do use kerosene and make telephone calls as long as the line is owned by the English. I think some may even use cellular since it's not actually wired into the outside world.

I actually know Amish people. Do you?[/quote]

I too know that, and that they can drive IN cars but not actually DRIVE them.  And they don't wear color clothing, but some less-strict Amish churches/associations/communities do.  And Mennonites can wear color and are much more lenient in terms of modern ways of living.   I even heard some have fridges because they are powered by solar energy.  SCORE for the Amish!  They get it.  And am I quote, friends with an Amish family, no.  Have I met Amish before and conversed?  Yes.  So congrats, you know more Amish people than I do.

But, I'm not here to argue about who knows the most Amish, and the technicalities of their lives.  This is getting off topic.  My point is basically, there is a community of people living in our world today, without the conveniences of modern technology, and they aren't dead.  They are alive and living and also own their own chickens.
  
1- people CAN live off the grid and not die
2- Amish was used as an example because they are the best example of those in USA living off the grid who won't be classified as 'poor' 
3- many people on this thread, i am willing to bet, live in the COUNTY and therefore are not urban but suburban therefore do not live in the city hence my example of the Amish in the first place.

Sorry I even said Amish.  Shit.

And (this made me laugh out loud) just because someone wants chickens and is even willing to live off the grid doesn't mean they are hermits!  Try not to judge others so much.[/quote]

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