ebbv is getting a lot of hate but while I don&#x27;t loathe the author they do seem a little out there to me.<p>I&#x27;m a techy guy who lives at the very edge of the grid (we&#x27;re the end of the line for PG&amp;E).  I feel no need to tell all of you about our PVC problems or tree problems or fire problems, etc.  They strike me as someone with an agenda.<p>As an example of stuff I don&#x27;t talk about, we just had a fire up here:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mcvoy.com&#x2F;lm&#x2F;2015-fire&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mcvoy.com&#x2F;lm&#x2F;2015-fire&#x2F;index.html</a><p>2 miles away from my house, kind of scary.  I could have made a blog post about that and gotten a lot of attention (maybe) as a techy guy next to certain death.  Fire is a thing where I live, it&#x27;s a scary thing.<p>Whatever.  I <i>chose</i> to live out here.  If that comes with some problems those are my problems.<p>I kinda agree with ebbv that these people seem like hipsters.  I have much more respect for people who make hard choices that lead to tough lives and they own it.  And show how they got past those problems.