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I was quite serious in the last thread when I said that fibre internet
would be advantageous in a location choice. Igatpuri (the location of
the U Ba Khin Vipassana Village) does have fibre internet, which is
pretty hopeful considering it's over 100km from Bombay.

Igatpuri:



The other location currently under consideration are the Kalvarayan
Forests outside of Salem:

Kalvarayan Hill Forests:



The entire time we've been up here in the north, I've been pondering
what location, in which state, would make a good base for establishing
a Hacker Village up here... so far, I still have no idea.

Thoughts?

-steven

Hi,

Just read your email on Home Base.

You kind of captured all my thoughts in the email. I am sure this is not a coincidence.

I have been homeless for 9 years. And I had a small recording studio which is dismantled and kept half in my place, half at one of my friends.

I have been thinking of frugal living as Bengaluru is a bit pricey and I have been doing paid gigs just to sustain myself.

I have been fantasizing about a small home with a lawn in a village but with good internet.

Some concerns:

* Which place in India?

* Affording the land/building an house

In India, there are only 5 states that allow you to buy land without a farmer's certificate - Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Tamil Nadu.

With the farmer's certificate, you can buy land in other states except some of the hilly states where most of the land is protected or allocated as tribal land like Himachal or North Eastern States or currently Ladakh.

With a farmer's certificate - outskirts of cities in Maharashtra and Karnataka seem to be the sanest options considering weather, access to a nearby city and standard of living.

Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have the highest standard of living - law and order, access to healthcare if that is in consideration.

There is a process to get a farmer's certificate but legally it takes a long time. It is a bureaucratic process.

On Fri 22 May, 2020, 3:52 PM Steven Deobald, <steven@...> wrote:

I was quite serious in the last thread when I said that fibre internet
would be advantageous in a location choice. Igatpuri (the location of
the U Ba Khin Vipassana Village) does have fibre internet, which is
pretty hopeful considering it's over 100km from Bombay.

Igatpuri:



The other location currently under consideration are the Kalvarayan
Forests outside of Salem:

Kalvarayan Hill Forests:



The entire time we've been up here in the north, I've been pondering
what location, in which state, would make a good base for establishing
a Hacker Village up here... so far, I still have no idea.

Thoughts?

-steven

Does anyone have any feelings about Igatpuri, one way or another?

• Fiber internet
• Relatively green
• 60 lakh / 1 acre
• Wonder: Dhamma Giri, if you're into that sort of thing

Those prices are for "Developed" (ugh) residential property prices -- I'm sure we can find cheaper for straight-up land. That might put the fiber internet into question, though. I know of a few people who do software dev type jobs from U Ba Khin Village.

-s-

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 4:05 PM Santu Mahapatra <santumahapatra@...> wrote:

Hi,

Just read your email on Home Base.

You kind of captured all my thoughts in the email. I am sure this is not a coincidence.

I have been homeless for 9 years. And I had a small recording studio which is dismantled and kept half in my place, half at one of my friends.

I have been thinking of frugal living as Bengaluru is a bit pricey and I have been doing paid gigs just to sustain myself.

I have been fantasizing about a small home with a lawn in a village but with good internet.

Some concerns:

* Which place in India?

* Affording the land/building an house

In India, there are only 5 states that allow you to buy land without a farmer's certificate - Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Tamil Nadu.

With the farmer's certificate, you can buy land in other states except some of the hilly states where most of the land is protected or allocated as tribal land like Himachal or North Eastern States or currently Ladakh.

With a farmer's certificate - outskirts of cities in Maharashtra and Karnataka seem to be the sanest options considering weather, access to a nearby city and standard of living.

Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have the highest standard of living - law and order, access to healthcare if that is in consideration.

There is a process to get a farmer's certificate but legally it takes a long time. It is a bureaucratic process.

On Fri 22 May, 2020, 3:52 PM Steven Deobald, <steven@...> wrote:

I was quite serious in the last thread when I said that fibre internet
would be advantageous in a location choice. Igatpuri (the location of
the U Ba Khin Vipassana Village) does have fibre internet, which is
pretty hopeful considering it's over 100km from Bombay.

Igatpuri:



The other location currently under consideration are the Kalvarayan
Forests outside of Salem:

Kalvarayan Hill Forests:



The entire time we've been up here in the north, I've been pondering
what location, in which state, would make a good base for establishing
a Hacker Village up here... so far, I still have no idea.

Thoughts?

-steven