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Someone who traded Wi-Fi for well water and calls it freedom.
means A person who settles on and cultivates a piece of land, typically to live self-sufficiently off it.
from Rooted in 'homestead,' an old word for a house and its surrounding land — the family seat. It got a legal jolt in the 1800s when the U.S. Homestead Act promised settlers free land if they'd live on it and work it for a set number of years. 'Homesteader' sprang up to name those claim-stakers, and the word kept its pioneer grit even after the land grants ended.
- legal origin
- 1862 Homestead Act gave away 160 free acres
- modern revival
- fueled by Instagram, inflation, and distrust of supermarkets
- hidden cost
- self-sufficiency often costs more than groceries ever did
- core skill
- canning tomatoes while pretending it is relaxing