brush and topography adequate to conceal anything you may leave on the Get land with trees, surface from habitations, roads and the air. (Some counties are reportedly aerial mapping for tax assessment purposes.) of someone or otherwise) who has few dealings in the servile society Purchase in name (“real” to minimize chances that the land will be confiscated as a result of lawsuit, unpaid income taxes, etc. The is preferably a woman not subject to conscription, not expected to be “owner” – employed. First check out the purchase procedure. Is I.D. required to purchase? To sell? Must purchaser appear anywhere in person? nor as home on license or other use land as a mailing address, Don’t “legal address” driver’s I.D. have a mailbox there. have a telephone there. Maintain these addresses Don’t Don’t elsewhere. Caution everyone who uses land never to mention it as address. Bludg agencies each more and more. Get on file with one and others will come asking why other’s records you doing this and that. are/aren’t or improvements. Limit surface structures to vans make permanent, visible installations Don’t and trailers. Do not connect to commercial electricity or other utilities. If questioned as to land use, land is unoccupied, unimproved for occasional recreational use only. Hide vehicles as well as possible, also move occasionally. to minimize to town weekly or less often, Minimize use of access roads attention. “Commute” preferably on the weekends when there is maximum and during darkness when “foreign” traffic vehicles are not easily identified. to discourage extra bushes as necessary to Get land with heavy brush interlopers. “Build” encourage any hikers to go around rather than through your important places. Artificial barriers – more elaborate than a chain across the driveway are seldom worthwhile. A high electrified – fence may keep out an occasional hunter but will arouse curiosity as to what is going on. A warning system will be of value if people live there often. I have not discussed aspects of land purchase, because I know them “conventional” don’t and because they will vary from place to place. (from VONU LIFE #1, May 1971)
Get land with trees, brush and topography adequate to conceal anything you may leave on the surface from habitations, roads and the air. (Some counties are reportedly aerial mapping for tax assessment purposes.) Purchase in name of someone (“real” or otherwise) who has few dealings in the servile society to minimize chances that the land will be confiscated as a result of lawsuit, unpaid income taxes, etc. The “owner” is preferably a woman – not subject to conscription, not expected to be employed. First check out the purchase procedure. Is I.D. required to purchase? To sell? Must purchaser appear anywhere in person? Don’t use land as a mailing address, nor as “legal home address” on driver’s license or other I.D. Don’t have a mailbox there. Don’t have a telephone there. Maintain these addresses elsewhere. Caution everyone who uses land never to mention it as address. Bludg agencies each other’s records more and more. Get on file with one and others will come asking why you are/aren’t doing this and that. Don’t make permanent, visible installations or improvements. Limit surface structures to vans and trailers. Do not connect to commercial electricity or other utilities. If questioned as to land use, land is unoccupied, unimproved for occasional recreational use only. Hide vehicles as well as possible, also move occasionally. Minimize use of access roads to minimize attention. “Commute” to town weekly or less often, preferably on the weekends when there is maximum “foreign” traffic and during darkness when vehicles are not easily identified. Get land with heavy brush to discourage interlopers. “Build” extra bushes as necessary to encourage any hikers to go around rather than through your important places. Artificial barriers – more elaborate than a chain across the driveway – are seldom worthwhile. A high electrified fence may keep out an occasional hunter but will arouse curiosity as to what is going on. A warning system will be of value if people live there often. I have not discussed “conventional” aspects of land purchase, because I don’t know them and because they will vary from place to place. (from VONU LIFE #1, May 1971)