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Old 06-17-2014, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by buggyone View Post
The term off-the-grid (OTG) can refer to living in a self-sufficient manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. Off-the-grid homes are autonomous; they do not rely on municipal water supply, sewer, natural gas, electrical power grid, or similar utility services.
There is quite a large community of people like this that live in Pennsylvania. They are called the Amish. Along with the list you mentioned above, they also do not own cars, only relying on horse and buggies.