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Where can you live off-grid?
Every US county, scored on the eight rules that decide off-grid life. Pick a rule to color the map, hover a county for its full card, click to open the page. Research, not legal advice: confirm locally before you buy or build.
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Counties without their own page show their state's framework (marked on the card). Verdicts are research summaries with sources on each page, checked by readers where a "Verified by a local" stamp appears; they are not legal advice. Browse by state instead.