Homesteading in Oregon..Here’s a Few Key Spots To Avoid (And Check Out)
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Only wind turbines are up in the gorge area that is it. How big of a nearby town do you want? You can get most things you need in La Grande or Pendleton in the NE, if you are up by Pendleton you can also drive into the Tri Cities Washington easily and they have everything, its over 100k. If you live in Central Oregon Bend is over 100k and has everything. If you live in SE near Ontario and they do not have what you need its a short drive to Boise. The only truly isolated areas are South Central around Lakeview and Burns areas or John Day valley area or Wallowa valley. At one point your pointing towards Ochoco National Forest area talking how isolated it is and “barren”, the farmland and ranchland to the South of that is lovely and well watered with thousands of springs and a easy drive to Bend. As for Willamette Valley a ton of it is very rural farmland and ranch land. You are right about very high prices, tons of Californians have moved and are moving to Oregon causing home prices and rental prices into the obscene area. They settle other than Portland into resort/retirement communities on the North Coast and Bend, for price reason alone I would avoid the North Coast. The SW Oregon area, South of Eugene has been a hot bed for “survivalists” going back to the 1970’s. Eugene is woke because its a college town, Bend is because 80% of its population is newcomers from California or Portland but 15 minutes outside of town is cattle country.
State of Jefferson!
This is 💯 correct I live in Eastern Oregon, and it’s not that hard to find what you need in Baker City or Hermiston, depending on what side of the mountains you live on.
You completely bypassed southern oregon. Medford, Grants Pass (which is a conservative area) has all the shopping you need and a good climate to grow food.
I bypass those meth towns every time I drive through southwest Oregon.
@@geo-metric You are 100% correct about them being meth towns or drug havens more to the point they are drug invested and dangerous locations. Not a good place to move too.
@geo-metric we absolutely have a homeless, fentanyl, and meth problem. We have Mexican, Chinese, and Bulgarian cartels here growing weed. But it’s better than the Willamette Valley.
If you think those litle towns are bad dont go to Portland😂😂😂 Portland wears a cape with a giant S on it for “shithole😂😂😂😂😂
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Water rights laws are very bad in Oregon
Truth! I’m here. It’s all good unless you want to start a business.
Water “rights are bad everywhere or coming to a town near you, have you seen Idaho? It’s literally just the same game/ plan, different time, different names, once you see it, you can’t see it. Just have to be creative and think outside the box. 🤗
Can’t wait to see one of your vids on California
My sis lives in Grants Pass. Ive lived in Gresham. Yeah, east of Mt. Hood is really dry.
I live in Southern Oregon, and love it!! …. Except … lol … it’s TOO dry in Summer, the water rights issues, now they want to shut down small farms, and it’s got a growing homeless problem …
Central OR would be the last place Id homestead off grid. I live in Redmond. If you have water rights, canals can be turned off or restricted on drought years. Wells are drying up. Much of the east side can get freezing temperatures any day of the year. We had a freeze just 2 weeks ago. Plus, it’s highly populated. If I could afford it, I would off grid an old property around Elkton south to wolf creek.
You are awesome for these videos. I have lived in Michigan my whole life and am moving to Nashville for a job. I’m excited for West Virginia and Kentucky.
Waiting for West Virginia and Virginia
live in Portland area. you are spot on with everything.
I’m in an area you suggested. Two neighbors with acreage are trying to sell. No luck in months. Things are good but going into the cities has become depressing.
All this information is amazing. Thank you.
Nice job man. I think you were focusing on the amenities a little much. Anything we can’t get in town we just order online. The only time we go to Portland is for business or maybe the airport. Any small town will have 90% of what you need
I homestead 30 acres outside Klamath falls. I think not mentioning grants pass, Medford and Klamath falls area is a miss. Price are good. Weather is moderate. Politics are good as well
I live in Central Oregon and I can say it’s priced out. My home has more than tripled in price in the last 12 years. Water is a major issue here, even if you have water rights. Oregon is mostly conservative East of the Cascade Mountain Range, but there’s not enough people to offset the big cities, so, it doesn’t mean anything politically. No windmills here, but some solar panel farms, small scale compared to other places. Cost of living here is high, making it difficult for young adults to get started. We homestead on dry land, only because we bought before the boom. Great views, few bugs, and low humidity make it a nice place.
Please do Minnesota
I heard you the first time.
@@offgridcurtisstone haha yay! I appreciate everything you do!
100 miles from Costco in Oregon,with a mediterranean climate Just right.
Life-long Oregonian here. I would also add the importance of looking minutely into the land-use laws of any property under consideration. I hear about things people are able to do in other states that would never be allowed here. The agriculture laws seem to favor the big landowners. Little 20 acre, single family parcels can be hard to come by. And don’t assume you can build a 2nd home for a grown child or elderly parent. Even if you can get a zoning exemption for a hardship issue they can make you render it uninhabitable when the person passes so you can only use it for storage. Not much freedom here.
I might also mention that gardening can be a challenge even in the “wet” part of the state because we, also, can go 2 months without any real precipitation. Most of it comes in the late fall through spring. And all that moisture can make it hard to keep up with dry rot etc. I also remember at least one cool, rainy August where the tomatoes didn’t ripen. Then they baked on the vine in September.
Also, the politics stink because the high population urban areas outweigh the more conservative parts.
Good analysis, Curtis.
Whatabout the radioactivity by the Columbia river in the Walla Walla area?
Do you take nuclear waste storage sites or nuclear reactors into consideration? What about military bases?