[Elecraft] OT: no CC&Rs and no HOA

[Hop - AC8NS]

Wow! My young wife wants us to move to Alaska. Are you "homesteading" on 
that USFS land? How far do you have to drive your sled dogs to get supplies? 
Are there any downsides to living in Alaska? Can I get broadband Internet 
service in the wilderness? Are you snowed in during the winter? Ancient 
minds want to know the downside because I can only afford to move once more 
at my age. My wife has timber harvesting, animal husbandry skills, and we 
both know how to garden.

Oh, do I need an exit visa from the lower forty-eight?

73 de AC8NS
Hop

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward R Cole" <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:01 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] OT: no CC&Rs and no HOA


>I left all that behind in 1979 when I moved north.  Better luck finding 
>such property here in Alaska.
>
> I moved from LA to a town of 75 at the end of a 16-mile dead-end gravel 
> road.
> I harvested 17,000 board feet of FREE timber for my self-built two-story 
> log house (USFS land).
> Firewood was just go get it - no permits!
>
> Where I currently live, about 100 miles west of that little town, there is 
> no city gov't, no building permits, no convenants, no zoning, nada!  I put 
> up my two 50-foot towers and a 16-foot dish, built a 12x40 foot shed, 
> installed a six dog kennel for my sled dogs, and installed a back driveway 
> without intervention by gov't.
>
> Not likely I will ever move back to "America".  Can't afford to.  Got no 
> state income or sales tax.  No property tax for seniors.  And the state 
> gives both of us checks just to live here (Alaska Permanent Fund).
>
> A hot day is 70F!  Never have to water the lawn.
> We paid $170K for our 3-bed, 2-bath 12-year old home on 1-3/4 acres.
>
> shhhhh - I didn't tell you!
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
>
> -------------------
> You got that right!  It's becoming almost impossible to find a new home
> without CC&Rs.
> We're planning a final move in the next few years, possibly to
> KH6-land.  My two challenges to the realtor:  no CC&Rs and no HOA.
>
> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
> http://www.kl7uw.com
> dubususa at gmail.com
> "Kits made by KL7UW"
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