Nah the internet sucks no matter where you live. That cottage with a closed network or something like Secure Scuttlebutt/Manyverse in a little village would be cool though. The town library can have gigabit internet (for downloading media) and a shared local Jellyfin (& calibre, Navidrome, audiobookshelf, etc) server that can be accessed by anyone in town.

Want to play Live Service or online games? To the library. Publish your website or music album or artwork outside of the local loop? To the library. Online classes? To the library.

Yah. But also with heat, running water, AC, a convenience shop nearby and some friends. So basically what I already have minus a job.

We basically have this in Ireland. Only instead of a log cabin its an old cottage in the middle of nowhere.

An old cottage with a gigabit connection.

I would prefer the cul de sac of 8 close friends, but still surronded in nature.

Yeah my Father in Law basically has this… but significantly nicer (4bed, 4bath, full kitchen, running spring water, off-grid solar+batteries), up a mountain, surrounded by pine trees, with StarLink internet.

It’s amazing when we can go visit for a week or 2

Plus a plumbed toilet and air conditioning.

I'm workin' on it!

Not me. The rural part? Yes. But I can smell and feel the wet. In this type of place, you’ll be in a war of attrition against insects of all types. And mold and wood rot. Then there’s the wild animals or scary horror film neighbors.

Wish granted. Enjoy mosquitoes.

I've lived out in the rural before. I'd only do it again if there was a pharmacy that was open more than 9-5 mon-fri within a reasonable driving distance, a grocery store, and at least one good restaurant close by (it's nice to be removed from other but boy does cooking for yourself every meal get old fast).

I'm not sure about the fast internet anymore. The internet is cancer and getting worse.

You want Norway, Sweden and Finland. You can get fast internett pretty much anywhere and a large portion of the countries are just forest. I actually met a guy in Troms who is the only year round resident of an island that has two ferries a week if you book ahead of time and he has fast internett, as well as a lovely vegetable garden and a plentiful supply of fish.

Lived like that for a while (but with a working shower and not-so-fast internet). 10/10 would recommend. Will do again when I'm done with $CURRENT_LIFE_ISSUES.

Definitely not, my dream place to life is microdistrict with everything needed close.

Also without the Necronomicon in the basement, please.

I'd rather have a modern house, some housemates and no internet.

This sound fun for like 3 months. Like I'll get some random medical issue and then have to go to the hospital. Like what if I sprain my ankle, what if the cabin got termite infestation and I need to repair it. At some point I'm gonna need civilization

Me, living in Wyoming with gigabit fibre:

Yes it's a bit of a flex but I sold everything I owned in order to own a humble old house here and I am proud of it. Cow poop walls? No regrets.

I want this, but with an irrationally large Evil Dead esque cellar, for my hobbies.

idk about the internet. kinda makes me sad these days

Internet revolutionaries revealing that "eat the cul de sac" was internalized self-loathing all along.

I find that most people that romanticize this sort of middle of nowhere living tend to only consider it from the point of view of that time period in their lives when they are healthy and able to go years without needing convenient access to medical services.

Sometimes I wish I could understand why people want this. I grew up in the middle of nowhere and it's taught me that some REALLY fucked up things can be visited upon you by the 2 or 3 neighbors you have living 20 miles away and not even guns can save you.

Internet's not the only infrastructure you need.

Internet is useless compared to a proper well. Water - good