Would you live in forest?

Every modern man's dream, trohichko! Although I'm not saying that's it's not possible. IT is. But it will take a lot of effort to survive in the wild. I mean there are snakes, and bugs, and no electricity, no water, no convenience store! It's very hard to let go of the conveniences of modern life. I live in a semi-rural place. It is closer to nature but it's not far from civilisation as well so I could say that I still get the best of both worlds. Perhaps you can try subtler approach towards "going back to basics" thing. Find a house and lot that's a few miles drive from the city, close to trees or woods, close to nature. You can choose not to watch TV, or news.

I totally understand how you feel. Mankind is not very kind at all! We are, in general, selfish, greedy, materialistic and careless people. Sometimes I just want to cut myself off from all of it. Living in the forest I admit would be difficult at first but I'm sure I could get used to it. I don't know how long I could last though because I've lived all my life with civilisation. I also think that people like us who actually care about the environment and things that matter are necessary in this world to try and right and the wrongs of others and promote peace and empathy.

That is very interesting. I would like to try it out. But it will be difficult because people are too used to it. I have to admit myself that after a few days of being out of electricity is already a pain to me. We are too dependent on those now.

I love modern society (not all of it, but I love it in general), so no. Civilisation has its problems, but so does living in a forest. At least the poisoned air, water, and food will take years to kill me. That gives me a lot longer to live than a lot of the things in a forest that can kill me. Ant swarms, for example. Or wild animals. Or bats with rabies.

It would not bother me in the least to live in the forest. Communing with nature wouldd be an ideal way to live. Getting away from the hustle and bustle of crowded cities would be a welcome change. Problems of life could drift away in the forest and I would not miss them in the slightest. A little adapting to a new environment would be needed, but it would be a small price to pay for tranquility.

I very much identify with your feelings. I often wish to get away from society and live in the forest. Camping has become what I live for a great deal of the time. However, I do feel a need to participate in society in order to aid in reducing corruption, encouraging transparency, accountability and building a culture of empathy.

I can certainly appreciate where you are coming from and I’ve had those thoughts myself in fact I saw a guy on an Australian current affair show once who decided to do just what you suggest although he still had access to a computer because he started a blog about his life away from civilisation. He lived in a tent with his laptop and guitar, I have no idea where he charged his computer but he did live on canned foods so he didn’t necessarily hunt and fish for his supper. Regardless of how he managed it looked like a very peaceful life. I don’t know if he is still out there because I saw the programme a while ago. Personally I would miss electricity too much and I have an eight year old who would not survive with TV! (LOL) Are you seriously planning to do it? What about MyLot? I hope you won’t disappear!

I really love living in a surroundings where there are plenty of birds chirping, wonderful sounds of nature and refreshing environment. That is my dream place actually, I'm always a fan of nature and would love to live near to it. But I guess I am the only one in our family who love the idea so right now I am stick in the city.

People taking down the forests without replacing them in someway by replanting, is a problem. However, I doubt that I would want to live in the forest for any amount of time. It might be an interesting experiment to try at least once for a few days, but beyond that, you really cannot get me to do that all that much. I guess I am too used to my life as is. In fact, you can play a similar game with animals. Having them live the life like a human would, that would not be something that they would. We are very similar in many ways but we are extremely difficult. Humans have a certain way of life and animals have there's. To alter that would cause unforeseen circumstances. We have evolved to the point that we are, for better or for worse. Humans living in forests would be a bad idea, just like wild animals living the city.

That would be nice but only quite scary. I have seen scary movies involving the forest and I don't think it is indeed a good idea to live in such a deserted place without neighbors and civilization around you. There are several bad elements that victimize people living in such places. You are so vulnerable in a place like that. No, I wouldn't want to live in the forest even if I were given a place like that for me to live in, I'd most likely sell it or give it away.

Hello, Trohichko. Definitely not. The society nowadays is truly full of hypocrisy and human's life is also full of hardships. However, I want to live in a quiet smaller community but not deep into forest. We are too used to this modern society to overcome the primitivity of forest life. The social development (bad or good) is the inevitable trand of history. We cannot avoid the civilization. Happy mylotting!

I have lived in rainforest,Have you ever been in one? the Environment is dark but quite comfortable ,when it does not rain ,and there is all kinds of food around .such as edible plants,insects,mushrooms ,roots,birds, animals etc . The flora absorbs the heat in the day and releases it at night ,so there is an even temperature almost 24 hours around and most being near the Equator have little variation throughout the year ,except for the periods of rainfall. I live in a garden in the humid tropics,when it is cooking hot in the streets,the garden is very comfortable and the nights are never cold. The worst aspect is the midgies ,tiny biting flies ,and mosquito`s ,but we got fish in the ponds to eat their larvae and i use repellent,to be bug free, jungle people also use certain plant sap, for the same reason. In rain forests the lower parts are wet ,swampy (lots of bugs)but there also are higher parts which are comfortable. People have always lived in RAINFORESTS , Today the oldest examples of humanity are still found there. ,because they are the furthest removed from civilization . In Borneo,the Amazon ,the Congo and many other places. All central American Indigenous ancient civilizations ,were in rain forests ,and all had sophisticated agriculture.(all are also associated with gold) So when we can utilize the forces of this intense Environment of water and heat , to our advantage ,with out succumbing to the dangers,rain forests are more than adequate to support Man, The soil is almost always very fragile and poor in these areas ,but it appears that the oldest discovered civilization already had an answer for that. On the Colombian side of the amazon ,they have found signs of an Ancient civilization ,about 150.000 years old. A large part of this rain forest had artificial soil about half a meter deep made from burning plants like charcoal.(this in itself is very sophisticated) And everywhere were artificial mounds with the remains of pottery ,of pots that must have been more than 2 meters in diameter , One pot like this feeds hundreds of people, They discovered hundreds of these mounds ,indicating that maybe over a million people thrived in this part of the rain forests , ,And their method of making their life bearable ,seems to be having these raised areas ,for sleeping and eating ,away from the wet rainforest floor. As to why so many people ,with agriculture would live in the rain forest can be explained ,that this was the site of the legendary El Dorado, What is more difficult to explain is why they would want to mine Gold ,(in the days before Wallmart) and for whom , Who were their bosses , who had these sophisticated agricultural methods using man made carbon as a soil supplement . And why did they need gold.?

Yeah,i agree with you ideal ,because living in the forest ,we can get freash air cleaning water and nice food of nature without any hunman addictives. NOW most place of forest remain in the earth just far away city and crown people , you you can lonely and felling your heart .And actually ,in my country ,the price of the househole is too hot to get just a small nice apartment for myselves ,so forest maybe the last choice for our youngman.

I believe living in forest is very interesting,but not convenient.Maybe you could adapt to live in there while communicate with each other is not easily .I suggest you could work in the city and have a holiday in forest.

Hi, trohichko. I would like to live somewhere quiet but not too deep into the woods. I want to eat fresh foods, that are preserved. I want to still be natural but I would prefer to have foods preserved and cleaned. I don't want to be contaminated from water that has not been purified at all. I want to be safe and free from germs. I do want to be in an area that is calm and free from aggravation. I just don't want to live in an forest. I am not too excited about living in an area that is far away from the city.

What you're describing is too extreme for me. I'd like to simplify, use renewable resources, live off the land and be natural as much as possible - this actually goes hand in hand with my campaign for frugality, but I like some creature comforts as well. I like for things to be neat and tidy.