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Most Overlooked Way To Make Money Living Off The Grid
Thursday, August 1, 2013 1:06
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Many preppers have a dream of moving to a rural retreat such as a 50-acre lot in the woods or a small farm. That’s actually fairly easy to achieve because of the vast amount of rural land in the US and Canada, much of it for sale cheap.
The problem is that when many of these people arrive at their bucolic Shangri-La, they quickly discover there’s no way for an average person to make a living there. Like long-time rural residents, such as me, they discover that the majority of job prospects in such regions fall into three equally unappealing categories.
These categories consist of:
- Going to work in a local retail store for minimum wage or a restaurant for tips. The gas you’ll burn driving to the job will probably exceed the salary you get from it. You might make out better at the restaurant, but except for out-of-town visitors, you won’t see any decent tips.
- Working for the local government for slightly more than minimum wage. This might offer some benefits, but in most rural areas you’ll need a brother-in-law on whatever board runs the local government to get such a job. If you don’t have a relative working there, forget even applying to most local governments for work even if you’re qualified.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/08/01/most-overlooked-way-to-make-money-living-off-the-grid/
