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I'm trying to decide the best state to live in for the next 40 years. My wife and I want a small homestead in order to be more self-reliant if need be. The one caveat is that we have to live near a population base of around 100,000 people for employment, but we will also be bringing in six figures of income.
My biggest concerns are long-term safety / low crime, ability to grow food and raise some animals, access to water, etc. Since we will have to live within 30-35 minutes of a population base, I do understand that some concessions will have to be made.
Also, I'd really appreciate your input because I don't want to be working on the homestead non-stop. Ideally, I'd like to be working on it no more than 10-20 hours per week (and I'd ideally like it to produce 50% of our food: raising chickens for eggs and slaughter, a few goats and sheep, and a year-round greenhouse for fruits and vegetables for two people). Please let me know if this low time-commitment is totally unrealistic.
I was hoping to get some ideas from people on here to give me some direction to look in. We will be making the move and setting up shop -- somewhere -- in three years.
My biggest concerns are long-term safety / low crime, ability to grow food and raise some animals, access to water, etc. Since we will have to live within 30-35 minutes of a population base, I do understand that some concessions will have to be made.
Also, I'd really appreciate your input because I don't want to be working on the homestead non-stop. Ideally, I'd like to be working on it no more than 10-20 hours per week (and I'd ideally like it to produce 50% of our food: raising chickens for eggs and slaughter, a few goats and sheep, and a year-round greenhouse for fruits and vegetables for two people). Please let me know if this low time-commitment is totally unrealistic.
I was hoping to get some ideas from people on here to give me some direction to look in. We will be making the move and setting up shop -- somewhere -- in three years.
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