could I quit my job and start living off the land anywhere could I legally do that if I owed nothing to no one.
2007-03-01 09:35:52 · 20 answers · asked by Tone Teezy 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I think they call that being homeless.
2007-03-01 09:40:34 · answer #1 · answered by uhnuftaliveon 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why you would want to do that is your business i guess, but in Michigan you CAN "live off the land" as long as its state property, but you have to move your "home" something like 23 yard every 30-60 days, if your not caught, and you stay in the same place for 7 years you can be considered a squatter and my be able to obtain rights to that property...
Fred
2007-03-01 10:04:37 · answer #2 · answered by sweetheart1985 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you owned the land and continued to pay the taxes on it - yes. If you mean just disappear into the woods - well, yeah you can probably pull it off, but I don't believe it's legal because it would involve you squatting on someone elses land or extending your stay on public lands - both of which are illegal.
2007-03-01 09:40:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, you couldn't. What would you eat? You would have to get something like fruit and stuff that would be on people's property. You would have to sleep somewhere that would be on someone's property. So you would have to steal and trespass, or if you slept under a bridge that is still illegal. For food you could eat wild berries, but what would you do in the winter? I don't see how it's possible.
2007-03-01 09:40:14 · answer #4 · answered by Rachel C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not unless you can find some untaxable/free land. also consider all of your daily consumable's. you can't make everything you could ever need. you would have to live in a community which barters each others skills. just simpily farming can be a major undertaking without income.
2007-03-01 09:46:39 · answer #5 · answered by Charles - 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you own the land, of course you can.
But, you would have to pay taxes on the land you owned.
I "think" that there are mountains and deserts that you could live on legally, without owning.
2007-03-01 09:41:45 · answer #6 · answered by wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the Puna district on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is warm and their are a lot of poeple doing it. The government don't care
2007-03-02 14:11:48 · answer #7 · answered by mohayrix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The government has you nailed with the property tax. You would still have to have some monetary income to cover that, which of course negates your whole reason for going off-grid to begin with.
2007-03-01 09:49:43 · answer #8 · answered by Zombie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good luck trying to find any "land to live off of". There's a lot of homeless people that do it.
2007-03-01 09:40:16 · answer #9 · answered by Elvis lives! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Research the Philippines. I have found a heavenly spot, and will move there next year. My house costs $12,000, and it will cost me $100 a month. My lifestyle there is much better than here.
Check it out.
2007-03-01 10:13:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you had the money. if you have money, you could almost do anything. you have to work though...or pay someone to work for you to be able to live off the land
2007-03-01 09:40:00 · answer #11 · answered by the common cold 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋