Off Grid News Daily™ Issue 1 - Off Grid Living Is Mainstream Now

You know the world has turned upside down when the New York Post is suddenly telling people that “off-grid living” is the hot new real estate fad. That’s rich.

The mainstream finally noticed what millions of us have been screaming for years: the system doesn’t work, the cities are crumbling, and the future belongs to people who can take care of themselves without begging a utility company for permission to flip a light switch.

Let’s get something straight. This isn’t about “quaint homesteading vibes” or buying a weekend cabin so you can brag on Instagram about chopping your own firewood.

Off-grid living is about survival, freedom, and cutting the corporate leash. It’s about building resilience in a world that has made itself deliberately fragile. Supply chains snap.

The power grid fails. Banks collapse. Politicians do what politicians do best: lie, stall, and sell you out.

Meanwhile, the people who had the foresight to get out ahead of it are sitting in the woods with solar, water, food, and shelter while everyone else is staring at empty shelves and dark screens.

Mortgage applications in rural America are skyrocketing. The suits will call that a “trend.” I call it what it is: a mass exodus from the broken machine.

Families are bailing on overpriced, crime-ridden cities, looking for land where they can raise kids, grow food, and not have a SWAT team show up because they collected rainwater without a permit.

Remote work just pulled the trigger—it gave people an excuse to run for the hills.

I’ve been calling this for years. Long before the Post decided to dress it up as a trend, I said remote work plus satellite internet would blow the gates on rural off grid land wide open. Starlink was the match that lit the fuse.

Once people realized they could work from a cabin in the woods as easily as they could from a cubicle, the old real estate game was done.

I warned that land prices would spike, Buy Off Grid Land NOW Before It's Too Late!

I also warned that rural housing would dry up, and that off-grid life would go mainstream the second people figured out the system was rigged against them.

Fifteen years I’ve been writing about this, fifteen years of predicting exactly what’s happening right now.

This isn’t me bragging. It’s proof that the writing was always on the wall.

Anyone paying attention knew the cities couldn’t hold, that people would revolt against paying more and more for less and less.

The “experts” are just now catching up, while those of us who saw it early already built our lifeboats and launched.

But here’s the ugly truth the headlines won’t touch: most people aren’t ready for it. They think they are.

They binge some YouTube, buy a plot of dirt, and suddenly believe they’re Jeremiah Johnson.

Then winter hits.

Or they realize it’s a lot harder to wire up solar panels and grow calories than it looked in the influencer’s video.

A lot of people burn out, go broke, or crawl back to the suburbs.

Why? Because off-grid life isn’t romantic, it’s work. Real work. The kind most people have forgotten how to do.

And yet, people are still doing it. In droves.

Because even hard work in the dirt feels more honest than working 60 hours just to pay rent for a concrete shoebox.

Because struggling through a harsh winter on your own land beats living one paycheck away from eviction under the thumb of landlords, bosses, and bureaucrats.

Because freedom, even uncomfortable freedom, is worth the price.

This isn’t just a “movement” anymore. It’s a main stream inevitability as more people realize the system is unsustainable and it's collapsing in on itself under the weight of all the corruption and greed that's running the economy into the ground.

Land prices in rural counties are shooting through the roof, outpacing cities. Why? Because people know what’s coming. They’re hedging their bets.

They want land, water, and something resembling control over their lives before the system takes the last of it away.

So when the New York Post frames off-grid living like it’s some cute new fad for remote workers, don’t buy the gloss.

The reality is sharper. The mainstream doesn’t get it yet, but they will.

This is the next chapter of American living, written not by developers or politicians, but by families, builders, dreamers, and survivalists.

The cities will keep raising prices, the suburbs will keep bleeding money, and meanwhile, the people who chose independence will be living proof that the future doesn’t belong to those who cling to the old system.

It belongs to those who evolve beyond it.

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Off grid living next new real estate trend as applications for rural mortgages skyrocket
Published August 24 2025
New York Post by Snejana Farberov
Rural mortgage applications have surged since the pandemic, fueled by remote work and satellite internet. Brokers report families and digital nomads seeking land and independence while prices in rural counties climb faster than in cities.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/24/real-estate/off-grid-living-is-becoming-popular-with-applications-for-rural-mortgages-rising/

Josh Duhamel and his family have been living off the grid in the woods of Minnesota in a house he built himself
Published April 2025
People by Angela Andaloro
The actor built his own cabin 15 years ago and now lives there with his wife and child. He describes the off-grid lifestyle as simple, grounding, and a deliberate choice to raise his kids away from constant distractions.
https://people.com/josh-duhamel-and-his-family-have-been-living-off-the-grid-in-the-woods-of-minnesota-11713244

I live off grid in a caravan it might be tiny but it is cheaper than renting and has a double bed a bath and a log burner
Published August 2025
The Sun by Charlotte Everett
Libby from Yorkshire lives in a caravan with her partner and son, growing food and keeping goats. She highlights affordability and freedom compared to traditional housing, sharing her experience of making it work with minimal space.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/36302632/live-off-grid-caravan-tiny-cheaper-renting/

Going off grid becomes increasingly mainstream
Published April 11 2024
ABC News Australia by Emilia Terzon
About 2 percent of Australian homes are now off grid, often due to unreliable electricity. Cheaper solar and battery systems are driving the trend, with experts noting it offers resilience but also demands grit and discipline.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-11/off-grid-living-energy-costs-electricity-reliability-concerns/103679116

Why are people living off grid in Maine It is simple
Published July 16 2025
Boston.com by Ethan Bakuli
In Aroostook County Maine buyers are choosing homes deliberately disconnected from public utilities. Affordable land, reliable internet, and a back-to-basics mindset attract a wide mix of families and individuals to rural off-grid living.
https://www.boston.com/real-estate/real-estate-news/2025/07/16/why-are-people-living-off-grid-in-maine-its-simple/