Where in US?

Really!

How about the guy that bombed an abortion clinic and got lost for years?

Or the guy in Montana that raped a girl and spend over a year just camping out?

Neither of them would have been found if it wasn't that they got tired of running.

It's easy to get lost and not be found.

31 and no strings. I'd say travel the country by thumb or foot. find a spot to work for a few days when you need some cash than back on the road again. Have fun and enjoy it for awhile until the economy returns. By then you just might have found the ideal spot to spend the rest of your life when it's time to settle down.

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Geesh and here I thought this was a nice Christian Board doing Gods work and such.
And not telling somebody to go on the lame, and live illegally and do things that are against the law, and hide out for as long as that person can.
My eyes have now been opened, and finding out how some view such things in the USA.

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I feel this mans pain for job searching and nothing be available as my son who is the same age is in the same boat...not even Mickey D's is hiring !

Edogg49~ i wish you lots of luck...don't know where to tell you to go job hunting...

if you get out this way micky d's is hiring and at 10$/hr with full benefits because they cant find anyone to work so maybe yu just need to get to less populated area where there are more jobs and less people

Ya, know what you do.....You go get a job doing whatever needs done. As suggested Mickey D's, the hardware store, Walmart (always hiring), the car wash, etc etc. One job not paying enough? Get 2. That's what many many people in the USA started out doing, me included. You start from scratch, you start small. Getting on the net and being a smart alec won't put food on the table or a roof over the head. And the chances you have the capabilities of living off the land for any extended amount of time is close to nil. You have a better chance of winning the lottery without buying a ticket.

Good greif the guy asked for information not opinions.
If you can get west ,North Dakota has work in the oil firlds.
Might fing a job at a mine and be able to stay there as you work.
There will also be jobs in the custom harvest companies soon starting in Kansas and working north, these jobs work long hours but often include room and board.
Not sure about any home building at present, although Slak Lake area is fairly productive.
Good Luck

.............My thought would be , find a church that is participating in The Habitat for Humanity program , with ALL your experience you should beable too atleast receive food and shelter for your labor . Once , you become a member of their team , I feel you should beable too find a Paying JOB with NO problem . I'm assuming that you DO want to work at a regular job . This would be my way of getting my(your) life back on track , IF I was walking in your shoes ! , good luck , fordy

I think D.B Cooper is writing a book about this topic---no wait, he had outside support and a lot of it.

I'm not gonna give you any advice that I wouldn't expect myself. Therefore, my idea would be to go to and area that has BLM (bureau of land management) land. There's some places in Wyoming, Colorado, and Arizona that is un-inhabited for miles and miles. I'd think if you truly want to live off the land you could go undectected for a long period of time. There should be plenty of streams to fish and wildlife to hunt. Nobody said you had to go do it illegally either. If you purchase a hunting/fishing license in the state where you reside and abide by bag limits you ought to be alright.

I know a fellow that's retired military and spent the first ten years of his retirement living in an RV on BLM land. He said you could park it in one place for 29 days but it had to be relocated on the 30th day. He said if you were nearing your last day a park ranger would show up out of nowhere and remind you it was time to be moving. He said sometimes out on the rolling plateaus of Arizona him and the rest of his retiree RV party would only move a 1/2 mile and reset camp. It might be an idea.

Lot's of luck to you and God Bless you during these trying times!

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since you have construction experience, you should be able to build your own house, if you can find inexpensive land, and do some scrounging. i think the poster "nevada", who lives in that state, bought an acre of land for $800 just a couple years ago, and built his own house for just a few thousand dollars. i've heard there's also cheap land in arkansas, and in maine.

--sgl

I meant no insult to anyone ,only thought we should try to anwser the quistion asked.

One other thought about the national forest may be to grab a saw and a pickup and cut firewood. You can buy permits to cut for $5/ cord and sell in town for good bucks, hard work but job and a place to be at the same time.

Edogg49, please IM me. I'd like to talk to you
Thank you.
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I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but I know that the power companies down here in the south will sometimes let someone "squat" on their land to keep poachers and four wheelers out. You might be able to strike up a deal with them. Of course, they don't provide you anything so you would have to do all that yourself. Might be worth checking out and I wish I could tell you how to go about it but I don't even know where to start. Good luck and take care.

Edogg - I'm not sure where you're intending to go but I could use some help with my house in Coastal virginia. Built 5 years ago but some quirks never got solved and I would love a teacher. Loads of empty bedrooms available and we have an excellent job market out here too. (I'm on the jointure of two rivers so lovely as well.)

PM me if you're interested.

I'd want references of some sort since you are new to the boards and had a bit of a rough start. I don't hold that against you, but I'd want to be pretty sure about you.

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Edogg,
You sound well suited for "wwoofing". (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) It's a website where farmers post their needs for workers and what they can offer.
Usually, the deal is you get room and board and sometimes payment in exchange for work on some kind of farm.
I'm thinking it would be easiest to squat on someone else's land with both their approval and their thanks. That way, you don't feel like you're on the run or needing to hide.
Our most recent intern here built himself a cabin as his work. He loved it, found a bit more work on the side to save up and wound up going back to school.
From what I understand, the WWOOF website costs about $50 to join for a year, so that kinda sucks, but I also hear its a great resource.
Other things to consider...there is a couch surfing website you can use to find free places to stay while you travel. There is something similar on Craigslist.

From the surface, it sounds like you have a golden opportunity..young, able bodied, no committments. Most or all of those things will not last. Now is the perfect time to go explore your planet. Wherever you want.

For real people in the trades and not the trolls; The ag ecconomy was holding up pretty good. It's starting to look much more shakey now, but machine sheds and grain bins have been selling very well, there might be a few jobs in the midwest grain areas. A lot of sheds are collapsing under the wet snow, be a little bump in business from that in the northern belt.

--->Paul

Actually, I know quite a few people from WV who still own property and they have to constantly return to WV and check on their property because in WV people squat all the time and if done long enough they can then become the owner of that land.So check out the squatters rights for WV.

I hear the oil fields are still hiring for drill crews and fishing boats in Maine are always looking for those brave souls to go out.

Dairy farms around here have to bring in Mexican workers. I believe housing and food are part of the deal. I'm sure a person could gte hooked up with a roof and three squares as well as a paycheck if they were willing to do the work.

Plenty of great fishing too!

NW Vermont.

I was going to let this thread go, but it's really weighs on my mind that anyone would seriously consider homesteading (squatting) illegally on land that is not theirs.

So many people here tell stories of working and scrimping and saving to be able to buy their plot of land to pursue their dream.

There's lots of jobs available as others have posted on this thread. One just has to be willing to do what is necessary rather than do what they want.

Here, if I find someone cutting trees for whatever reason, I politely ask to see their permit. If none is produced, I call the sheriff.

If I see squatters, I do the same.

I believe that if a person says that they are willing to do something illegally, it tells a lot about that person. It usually extends to other things.

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