What is Exurban Living? Here is an interesting site.

Date:   1/6/2006 4:25:09 PM ( 18 y ago)

Interesting site:

http://www.independencejournal.com/

Site Philosophy:  This site is designed to be a free (or low priced) clearing house for people like ourselves who believe in a lower impact lifestyle than the high energy consumption  crazed world represented by television overdosed major cities.  We believe in taking time for one another, time for reading, and time for thoughtfully reflecting on the beauty that nature surrounds us with.


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My partners in this land here in San Diego
ALSO own the most incredible property
in Washington on the Olympic Peninsula
near Port townsend.

IT is called Dragon Belly Farm...

Years ago, I visited there...there were herds of
ducks, and chickens, and a little goat.

There are ponds, and old redwoods and lots
of spaces of gardens.

There are tons of blackberries.

OF course, in Winter, if you had a dome there,
it would be nice to have a good book or two,
and maybe a friend to cuddle up too now and then.

your eg

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from the site:

Welcome to the Independence Journal 

This site is about what we call exurban living.    And just what's that, you might ask?  Exurban living is getting along at the edge of the Western resource-intensive lifestyle, while always realizing that the veneer of civility is only as robust our our nation's supply lines of merchandise and oil, and that at any time, any number of threats could push us who have made plans to survive into a rural lifestyle. 

This site is not about "bugging out" and setting up a cache in the outback of Idaho (although we admit that's not a bad idea).  It's about how anyone, regardless of their living situation, can choose to become more likely to survive than most when whatever comes next shows up in person.  If we had postulated a year ago that 300,000 people would be thrust back into the stone age, as forecast by the web bot project over at http://www.halfpasthuman.com, we would have been labeled nut jobs for sure.  But now that it has actually happened, maybe the preparedness people and back to nature types have something going for them after all, eh?

By the same token, when the recent flooding of new Orleans occurred, the inability of government to take care of everyone became abundantly clear.  Thus, our philosophy of preparedness and lowered consumption. 

Curiously, it's no more expensive to live responsibly than it is to live extravagantly.  yes, it does take time to make your own breads and noodles, to tend your own garden, but that's good "head time" - a chance to honor tradition, savor aromas, and to weave our own textures out of the fibers life puts before us.

Elaine and George come to this project from diverse backgrounds: Elaine from the "wilds" of Arizona and George from the central city in Seattle.  Each has its strong points. 

We hope you enjoy the site - and if you have any questions, by all means send them along to elaine@ure.net
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Site Philosophy:  This site is designed to be a free (or low priced) clearing house for people like ourselves who believe in a lower impact lifestyle than the high energy consumption  crazed world represented by television overdosed major cities.  We believe in taking time for one another, time for reading, and time for thoughtfully reflecting on the beauty that nature surrounds us with.

Over time, we will be adding a small amount of advertising and we're also planning on adding discussion groups so that you can exchange information with others who are interested in what we view as a vital undertaking.

For now, this site is entirely supported by the generous folks who subscribe to our economics site http://www.peoplenomics.com and we hope soon, the radio stations that will carry daily UrbanSurvival Radio reports. 
 

 
   



 

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