What would you do if you had $25,000 and nothing else?

If it's just you, no spouse/family, in good physical health, then I'd do it. I'd sell it all and travel. Maybe like Matt did:
[link to www.wimp.com]

Single, no kids, never married... in my mid-twenties... very healthy, perfect weight to height ratio, perfect blood, pressure, etc. I do want to leave the US. Thanks for the link.

5-10 acres high land with quartzite composition, more than a gas tankful away from a major city.

Hand-pump well and a buried airstream with large trees felled over, then a dirt cover over the tree canape.

Good luck!

It's not easy finding desirable land in that price range that would meet my needs.

Depends on where your at, and exactly how far of the grid you want to go.

If you simply want a life of leisure out of the way of the maddening rush, perhaps consider a isolated lake lot, they are usually cheap. I would specifically look for property that offers a power supply such as a live stream or creek where one could install generators to accommodate electricity.

With electricity you could power things like free to air satellite, relieving yourself of another bill and taxes, plus benefit from the ability to get coverage from around the world and not be limited to time warner's view of life.

If you still wished to partake in society, and perhaps even profit, I would study the amish methods, perhaps there's something in their way you too could build without pollution that could enrich your and another life's. (I personally have a affordable building plan)

Just remember to be "off the grid" requires land. You then have the ability to grow food stocks, generate energy, and to build your dreams. 25K is not a lot, however if you go inland, you would be amazed at what you can purchase for 10K or less as the rest of the nation suffers at 150K to 250K. You will be further amazed at the lower cost of food.

To be truly free and no longer a slave, you must remain debt free. If not you will always have to get on that 9 to 5. The right property will provide all your needs and leave you with excess food, energy, and $$.

Good luck.

Thanks for the detailed replies. I like these ideas, but I'm not ready to settle down yet, nor do I want to be isolated. I was thinking more of moving to an island, like some tourist destination, and being a bar tender maybe. Or, I could cross the Atlantic and travel Europe, Asia, the mid East, and/or Africa. Maybe I could find a small society of people who live a happy simple life, life where money and possessions mean little to nothing. I need to be around people, at least for now until I find a life-long partner. If I can find this soul mate, I might consider settling down in the woods or mountains or somewhere else away from the rest of the world. Right now I just want to wake up from the American Dream. It's an illusion. I want something real. I want to be free.

If I wasnt working and had all that free time to "have fun". 25K would last me about 3 months.

Do you seriously think 25K is enough to retire on and live?

Hah,... many, many years ago when I was in my mid twenties I sold everything I had and got a one way ticket to India to live in an ashram. Lived there for many years. Best thing I ever did!

[link to www.ic.org]

This really appeals to me. Thanks for sharing.

I would get a small bike about 350cc and road trip and see what you can find stay away from the interstates and see the world at ground level. Camp and just be.

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Thanks, I'll check it out.

I'm in the same boat, I do not see myself in the United States 20 years from now.

I think it would be Awesome to leave and start a new life in a new land.

I like this idea also.

join the Marines

Been There, Done That.... I relocated to a small town and live cheap

Methinks that I would do this
[link to cheaprvliving.com]

Move to Switzerland and find a job

[link to www.about.ch]

DON'T pay off any debt, just sell everything and get off THE GRID.

The Swiss can't keep their own employed.

I'd buy at least one more months' membership to GLP.

Let's see, what else.......

Spend every cent trying to explain the Catholic/Masonic/New World Order to everyone!

No-one can ever un-learn what they have been taught.

You left out The Jews.

Depending on your weight I would go with something like a 650 though... gas wouldn't be bad and it would carry you around a little bit better...

BTW the bike idea is what I would do... something about a open road and a bike...

Eat Rayman noodles the rest of my life.

Here is a link you may find helpful:

[link to www.wwoof.org]

You can travel around the world staying on organic farm co-ops, in exchange for a few hours work. Just think of the network of friends you could develop!

Ha!
was goin to suggest that.
cheap and cheerful.

BTW, look into Panama as a place of refuge. It has a lot going for it. [link to www.businesspanama.com]
[link to internationalliving.com]

DO IT!

You will feel soooo much better.

I remember the day I quit the job/matrix and it was the best day of my life.

And I didn't have near 25,000.

Get out of debt, sale what you don't need, get a cheap apartment, wait for TSTHTF...

That's my advice...then again I'm considered crazy by most.

well there's three wooded acres out here in the country.
going for $12,500. No neighbors, decent plot.

couple grand to get a well dug.

some sort of structure (those storage container houses are intriguing).