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It is something we want for ourselves too, but just two days ago I talked about this with my little brother. Just like our dad, he is very talented with his hands, building his own house(s), repairing anything etc etc (and never being able to hold down a job, avoiding taxes etc etc), but he too has a very romantic/naive view of being self-sufficient, though he does come from the exact opposite end from the typical "city people who never even raised a tomato plant in their lives move to the countryside and then flee back to the city in a year when they see how hard it is". I told him to be very smart about it, plan everything in advance, find a niche he could make money with, whether raising some exotic animal for its meat, or producing shiitake mushrooms for restaurants.
But maybe I just overthink and -plan everything, and that is why I go nowhere :D