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

[Gary Gregory]

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Gary

On 17 July 2013 16:09, Hop - AC8NS <AC8NS at woh.rr.com> wrote:

> 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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