I’m undecided on New York 🛖

While you might think I’ve discarded the idea of building my off-grid cabin in New York State that isn’t neccessarily 100% true. But here’s my top concerns with building in New York:

• It’s a densely packed urbanized state, even in Upstate New York with a fair amount of land, you’re going to have neighbors nearby even on acreage unless you are very far away from the city.
• The burn ban and not running afoul of it with all the restrictions, I don’t burn much noxious plastic anymore, but you know the wrong kind of neighbors can cause all kinds of trouble for you.
• Gun laws, particularly when and where you can carry, restrictions on buying semi-automatic firearms including even basic ones like my trust squirrel hunting Remington 537 .22 rifle, lengthy delays buying simple basic ammunition, a regulatory scheme designed to put gun owners behind bars rahter then support them.
• Permitting and design costs and restrictions. While I think the building and sanitatory codes are good thing as they protect water quality, provide fire safety and energy savings, sometimes they make things overly complicated to comply.