Hi from Alberta The bonus to being in a colder area is that most people move to warmer areas. ;)

Love your channel! I'm a homeschooled student starting my own homestead in Virginia. Our state has been in the news a lot...but for now homeschooling and homesteading are good here.

I'm still not sure if I want to homestead or not, but this definitely had a lot of great tips on how to organize your thoughts, prioritize, and mentioned some good things to consider to find a place to live, which I'm trying to figure out.

I feel what you're saying about the tax burden. I live in California, it's excruciating.

For me it’s AR. Mild climate, Winter but not super harsh winter, can get hot in the summer. School choice for homeschoolers or picking your ideal District. Plenty of game and fish. Cheap land.

I have been doing an informal version of that process adapted to our needs. One factor that we included along with the political climate was availability of churches that fit our profile. I am thinking that an extended "vacation" stay in prospective areas might be a good move too.

LOVE the points on homeschool and guns. I live in AZ and homeschool my kids, very fortunate we have constitutional carry and very low regulation homeschool laws. All of the other points were great as well. I'm in a suburb of Phoenix but hoping to move to rural eastern az in a few years. Not to homestead though but to get away from city life and experience the seasons and small town life. God bless you and your family. Love your videos❤

Thank you this is so helpful! We have been considering homesteading in California, but have some reservations (taxes, gun laws, exc..) this really gives us a guild on how to decide ❤️

I like the change of seasons. We're from Idaho

Genius Love it. We are looking at moving out of state. Thank YOU!!!! i am a numbers person and my husband is 120% numbers Thank you

I love seeing your videos because I currently live in Lancaster, PA born and raised here and it has gotten extremely expensive to buy land and we considered moving to VA or biting the bullet and buy land here in PA for future considerations to stay with family etc. it’s just good to know that your family has experienced this as well and I love Pennsylvania so this makes our decision a little easier but it’s good to know we weren’t the only ones who considered this. Thank you !

Great job on a great video.

I'm in VA and I love it. There are hills for aqueducts and beauty. I love the Harrisonburg area. I am hoping to farm there at some point!

Well Aust, this is a great topic. We just made our move from Michigan down to Kentucky. We spent years on vacationing in many states. We did the same thing you guys did we set a 8 hour drive time from parents and grandchildren. Then I sent out resume to places and did my job interviews all in fours days. Melissa would just would get a transfer to a major city. Which was way easier to transfer. So let our jobs help us to land our area. Then we decided to rent then figure out land issues.

I love that Homesteady jacket/hoodie!

Great video recently subscribed! Could you discuss the process in which you determined what county you wanted to live in and make the decision based on economy and schooling for that particular area

Maine all the way! It does have it's issues...but just remember the summer black flies keep the tourist numbers down and the brisk winter does the same 😁

Awesome! Super informative.

This video is right on time for our family. We're in Asheville, NC and land here is really expensive. We're ready to move where land is cheap and home school laws are good.

This is exactly the video I was looking for

Lived in Kentucky my whole life from far west to Bourbon country and have so many friends from the Appalachian areas. I will say we have a good mix of benefits with a definite identity and culture. Out East does have some social plagues but the Applachian spirit, self-sufficiency, and wisdom that still exists there is amazing. I'm from far out west with big lakes and flatter land making farming easier and the social plagues, though present, are significantly less. The self-sufficiency culture has been diluted some but is usually only a generation removed.

Excellent information.

Thank you!!

We are moving to TN in a couple years

The best place in near extended family!

That's crazy that some states criminalize selling whole milk while turning a blind eye to or practically promoting harmful drugs.

We are leaving NY the end of the school year! Moving to NC for the longer growing season and less Taxes!!

Great information! What resources did you use to find out about rules and regulations? Currently reside in central GA, and was looking for land to start our homestead, but have come to find that not only is land expensive, but different counties have different regulations. Ex: My current county requires that you cannot have any livestock, even birds like chicken or quail, unless you own at least 5 acres of land.

thanks!

So I live in the coastal North Carolina area. Specifically around the Wilmington area. I would love to hear your opinion how to homestead in areas with hot humid summers , and what kind of livestock does best . From what I can tell for example: sheep would be terrible due to the climate not being dry enough due to them being susceptible to disease . How do you deal with insects destroying your crops which I have found when trying my garden.

I moved from Connecticut to Massachusetts. I found inexpensive land in the Hilltown area of western Massachusetts in 1997 or 98. The western side is so much better than the central and eastern part of that state - people are independent-minded and I had a lot of friends already living along the Connecticut River valley, especially up north. I recently retired, and moved to a home I built here in MA. I got a great deal back then on a geographically-perfect place to live the homesteading life No children, and actually taxes are better here (not by a lot) than CT, but the cost of living is definitely better here, especially in this region of the state. (Cheaper gas, vet bills, car bills...) Ideally, I'd consider VT or VA or NC or perhaps Maine - but not until now did I know enough folk in VT to make that plunge. My brother's family is moving to Florida - between the price of land for farming, and a full seven months of heat and humidity, I said NO. My parents are deceased so their location is not a concern. Having a farm business here is possible. I understand more paperwork in VT, so this is better here. I can sell my eggs just by hanging out the figurative shingle. Moving was a bit hard but not so bad. I drove everything up to my MA home myself - well, I couldn't do it all at once as the house was being built, and sorting before I left was good. A lot of stuff came up in multiple trips in my car (4 hours round trip), some before I retired. I rented a Budget van for one go, and two separate U-Haul trucks for the last. Staying and farming at my old home was not an option. No space, and although I'd be allowed chickens there, this would have meant I'd have no other land use space left. Besides, roosters were not permitted. I'm loving every moment of my homestead life here, and am going to be expanding what I do here. Yes, when I get sheep and goats, I will need to get a gun, but it is indeed possible in this state. (If for nothing else, if an animal is severely injured from a predator or some other misfortune, one needs to be able to dispatch quickly and efficiently) Right now it is just chickens, with quail in my future this year. Oh. I'm going to maple syrup this lot very soon!

where is the spread sheet used to narrow States? Love this post

Ive got friends in all 50 states and for property taxes, income taxs retirement benefits I would say are the best in the western states. You have chances to get bigger plots of land and less building codes compared to the east and western cost. Most of the western states are more conservative which means they more or less stay out of your business. The biggest problem is making sure when you buy is make sure you have water rights.

I've lived in PA all my life. Homeschooling here is very restrictive. If you're used to no laws or some, you will not like homeschooling in PA. It's not impossible but the redundant paperwork is ridiculous especially if you have more than one child. Evaluations, portfolios , testing in grades 3,5 and 8. I would say it's okay for homesteading, BUT property taxes are getting high, gas is getting expensive, we have the highest tax in the nation on gas. Land is just getting expensive here. You can buy raw milk in PA. You can't sell eggs (though you can get away with it by saying to the person you'll accept payment for feed, but you can't sell them at a farmer's market. ) The permits to do it is outrageously expensive that no homestead could afford to sell eggs at a farmer's market. In all it's really beginning to be more like the New England states. We do have decent gun laws here as many do hunt but we have forces that want to ban guns so... Also if you're looking to live in a conservative state , though there are many here in PA, it's just not enough to keep it a conservative state. I'm sure I'm missing some other stuff, but if you want to know , PA's climate is cold. We maybe have 3-4 months out of the year where it's warm enough to garden. The rest of the time it's winter. So if lack of sun gets you depressed. Don't move here. We have about 8=9 months of winter. We do have a little bit of spring in between and that's March - May. Winters can be brutally cold especially if you live near Lake Erie. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask in a reply. Work opportunities_ not the place to come to, unless you live around the Harrisburg/Philly area. Everything else is becoming destitute. It's not called the Rust Belt for no reason. These are the things I can think of off the top of my head. As for me, I dream of the day I can move south somewhere.

I need find a good place nice people in let peace and quiet

Kentucky!

North Alabama

Question, curious about your thoughts about New Hampshire for homesteading. Thanks

As we plan for trying everything we can do to get to our land to where we could build our own HOMESTEAD, We wanted to ask you two "Where do you think is the best place in Pennsylvania to HOMESTEAD?" We currently live in Schuylkill County here within Pennsylvania. We are looking to do everything we could do to GET our family of 13 Homesteading and Building the amazing FUTURE we know we can have as soon as possible. ANY advice you all could give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much...

Bro thanks i need help if you could give me a state that close to ocean and can work too. Love hunting and want to live in a farm

Kentucky or Tennessee hands down

What taxes did you factor into the tax portion of the point system

#askhomesteady Aust, this is bob from heritage craft butchers. Jared is one of my partners. I’ve been holding spots for you for this Saturday’s butchery clinic and I want to confirm if you’ll be there.

Our move to Alaska to homestead is underway!

I know this is an old video, but how are you handling homeschooling with PA? I know it's extremely hard there. We debated on a move there for a job but the homeschool part worried me.

Better title would be: How to Decide Where to Homestead

Texas has no state income tax

Read the "Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness."

you didnt put the link for the radius website!

Good topic. I don't need to worry about family as mine spread out across the country to begin with, but I do need to be concerned about Social Security Disability and Medicare and if the state has programs to help supplement the $144.60 taken out of the tiny checks each month. I can't deal with all the cold and gloom of WA state anymore and when the back $ comes in need a place with some land to homestead some just to make ends meet! I've been leaning towards Missouri or Oklahoma. I was thinking AR, but found the taxes and restrictions too much. What do you think?

I personally would love to start homesteading. I currently live in Indiana.But, I would like to rather be in either Texas or Colorado.But, I don’t know which one is better?

Mississippi trust me, especially in the Delta. Cheap cheap cheap.

If your choice was NC or TN what would you pick and why?

Northern Arizona is a great place to homestead for many reasons 😊

I found this video very interesting. This past summer my family moved from NH to CT. Major reason we chose CT was it was closer to family in NY. We didn't want to live in NY because the taxes were so high. I was suprised to find out the property taxes were cheaper in CT and the public school systems were rated an A in the country according to Niche. The price of food and other consumables are quite expensive in CT. However we are hoping to offset that cost with making our own food as much as possible. We weren't able to get a huge amount of property but are looking into leasing land and using it to pasture some of our animals. I was suprised you gave NH such a low score in hunting. It is a very conservative state when it comes to hunting and gun laws or so I thought. It was cool seeing the reasons why you left CT and comparing them to our reasons for wanting to move there. Thanks for the info.

Love winter, and hunting my kids are adults. I don't have a gun, but I want to own a gun I'm still working as transport officer. And the cost of living is high in fort worth TX.

My family and I are in the researching phase of homesteading… We would prefer a mild climate for a decent growing season, somewhere w minimal natural disasters, good land that’s suited for all our needs (water, not too far from basic needs a country store and a hospital), we want a state that allows for rainwater catchment systems and have a good water source, (like a natural spring).. So far we’ve been looking in the north west part of NC, KY, AR, and TN… do y’all have any suggestions for me, or advice you’d like to share 🥺🥰… I will be grateful for it all!

A lot of people talk about winter and cold but never mention areas of heat and humidity.

My missus and i have 3 states on our mind to start our homestead one day. Wisconsin, north carolina or west virginia.

You forgot WV on your spreadsheet…😢

well, this is for you and everybody that will read this reply Texas or Oklahoma what do you think

Do you have any companies for raw milk in Ohio, thanks?

We don't have an instagranm (sp) account. What are we missing???

Michigan

Which place do you guys think would be nice for a foreigner like myself to move to to the US and homestead?

I have 5 kids and there all home schooled.....yeah we see that

Love all your videos. Im looking to start a homestead that supplies our living. Not to generate income. Somewhere in the blue ridge area. Looking at abandoned farms.

My spreadsheet might end up being boring XD I refuse to leave AK

Where ya at man?

Your name is Aust? O.o

I’ve been thinking about moving to West Virginia. 🤨I’m so sick of Massachusetts. Between the politics, and the taxes, I’d rather live in a cow manure hut in the middle of the woods. 😂

I love your channel. ...but let's be real....most people don't have the option to take over the family farm!

"maybe you don't like guns" *Laughs ** ahahahahaha

Colorado

Hello! I’ve been following your family’s journey for the last couple of years and have gleaned a lot of awesome information from your podcast. I’m currently in the market for my first home (buying on my own!) and have plans to start a little one-woman homestead. I’m reaching out because I’m going to PASA next week and was wondering if you guys will be there. If so, I’d loooove to meet up at some point and pick your brain. I’ll be there Thursday and Friday. Let me know if you’ll be around. And if not, maaaaybe you’d be willing to gimme a little tour of your homestead (I live in Western MD). Obviously, I don’t want to be intrusive, so I completely understand if you need to say no. Hope you’re all doing well and I look forward to hearing from you! #askhomesteady

For worth TX.

If home schooling is so important to you, why did you choose Pennsylvania? You scored it 0 in that category

The one thing i get from this video..... They like Raw milk ....

Glad you didn’t pick Virginia, crazy governor there!!!

As someone from NJ, the second worse state in the country, I advise almost anywhere other than NJ. NJ has way too high taxes for crummy old homes and too many regulations. Raw milk is illegal, but they are trying to legalize marijuana soon. The government is constantly in your business. Gun laws are ridiculous, everything is expensive. It is way overpopulated. I am looking to get out of this state ASAP. But of course NJ has an exit tax. Looking for places in PA, hoping to move when I finish college in the next year or 2.

Obviously you don’t care about mandatory annual vehicle safety inspections, one of the main reasons I want to get the hell out VA.

I want to be confident and say California...and as far as climate goes and resources I am pretty confident...but the politics are horrible...we are hanging on in a few ways by homeschooling and so on.

I know You Guy's work on eating super healthy have you ever had an issue or a thought about all of the people feeding deer non gmo corn and junk and now we're killing them and eating them just a thought

How bad does for a Hispanic people means Mexican to live down there

This guy should run for some kind of office.

overall New England is a pretty shitty place to homestead, sucks for us people who have roots here.

West central GA - 25+ acres with yr round creek & stream, mineral & water rights, build what you want, keep any livestock. I've had horses, Llamas, pigs, goats, all types birds. Mostly wooded, last cut 2010. Low taxes, hospital within 15 minutes but still secluded. 3 bed historical house that needs work but is livable. $329k. Price goes up with improvements.

Theres no way your homesteading in N.J. ITS IMPOSSIBLE...... TAXES N CODES land useage no way

Do not choose Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa. Way too cold winters are awful

Lol@ anyone who thinks theres any free land

I’d really like to find a state I can homestead, have raw milk, smoke marijuana, and own my guns. Is being free so much to ask for? Great info and great video but the fact that this video has to exist is sad.

I don’t get home schooling , I think much better for kids to learn with different types of people

NJ. has no homeschooling laws PA. is one of the worse states for homeschooling...

I don’t want to be fingerprinted to buy murder beans. Huh....really makes you think.

Cute. But this is sooooo Connecticut. I have a friend from there. This is about the least spiritual way to choose your home... a spreadsheet. I hope real homesteaders are listening to the call of God and not just your logical wants... otherwise, not a soul would live in this area. Well, maybe a few, but not a lot.

No red states.

Helpful information for the tax part of the equation: taxfoundation.org/publications/state-local-tax-burden-rankings#results

Great job on a great video.