Yah. But also with heat, running water, AC, a convenience shop nearby and some friends. So basically what I already have minus a job.

Not me. The rural part? Yes. But I can smell and feel the wet. In this type of place, you’ll be in a war of attrition against insects of all types. And mold and wood rot. Then there’s the wild animals or scary horror film neighbors.

I'm workin' on it!

Plus a plumbed toilet and air conditioning.

I've lived out in the rural before. I'd only do it again if there was a pharmacy that was open more than 9-5 mon-fri within a reasonable driving distance, a grocery store, and at least one good restaurant close by (it's nice to be removed from other but boy does cooking for yourself every meal get old fast).

Wish granted. Enjoy mosquitoes.

Also without the Necronomicon in the basement, please.

I'm not sure about the fast internet anymore. The internet is cancer and getting worse.

We basically have this in Ireland. Only instead of a log cabin its an old cottage in the middle of nowhere.

An old cottage with a gigabit connection.

Me, living in Wyoming with gigabit fibre:

Yes it's a bit of a flex but I sold everything I owned in order to own a humble old house here and I am proud of it. Cow poop walls? No regrets.

I find that most people that romanticize this sort of middle of nowhere living tend to only consider it from the point of view of that time period in their lives when they are healthy and able to go years without needing convenient access to medical services.

Sometimes I wish I could understand why people want this. I grew up in the middle of nowhere and it's taught me that some REALLY fucked up things can be visited upon you by the 2 or 3 neighbors you have living 20 miles away and not even guns can save you.

I want this, but with an irrationally large Evil Dead esque cellar, for my hobbies.

This sound fun for like 3 months. Like I'll get some random medical issue and then have to go to the hospital. Like what if I sprain my ankle, what if the cabin got termite infestation and I need to repair it. At some point I'm gonna need civilization

idk about the internet. kinda makes me sad these days

Internet's not the only infrastructure you need.

Yeah my Father in Law basically has this… but significantly nicer (4bed, 4bath, full kitchen, running spring water, off-grid solar+batteries), up a mountain, surrounded by pine trees, with StarLink internet.

It’s amazing when we can go visit for a week or 2

Genuinely laughed! Thank you (also this is me)!

So a Finnish summer cabin? I mean it is heaven tbf

I would prefer the cul de sac of 8 close friends, but still surronded in nature.

Definitely not, my dream place to life is microdistrict with everything needed close.

Nah the internet sucks no matter where you live. That cottage with a closed network or something like Secure Scuttlebutt/Manyverse in a little village would be cool though. The town library can have gigabit internet (for downloading media) and a shared local Jellyfin (& calibre, Navidrome, audiobookshelf, etc) server that can be accessed by anyone in town.

Want to play Live Service or online games? To the library. Publish your website or music album or artwork outside of the local loop? To the library. Online classes? To the library.

Lived like that for a while (but with a working shower and not-so-fast internet). 10/10 would recommend. Will do again when I'm done with $CURRENT_LIFE_ISSUES.

You want Norway, Sweden and Finland. You can get fast internett pretty much anywhere and a large portion of the countries are just forest. I actually met a guy in Troms who is the only year round resident of an island that has two ferries a week if you book ahead of time and he has fast internett, as well as a lovely vegetable garden and a plentiful supply of fish.

I have zero desire to live like that to be completely honest with you

I’m ok without internet but plumbing would be nice

I prefer houses not made from the same material the heating system uses for fuel.

Everyone that only socializes online and is basically an asocial hermit, sure. Don't be fooled by the echo-chambers we reside in!