Transcending Location
Living Free, Anywhere
The concept of fixed residency often ties individuals to coercive systems, yet true freedom transcends geographical boundaries. "Transcending Location" explores the practicalities and philosophies of habitation within the Network, guiding you through diverse living arrangements—from nomadic lifestyles to establishing resilient stationary homesteads—all designed to maximize your autonomy.
There has to be a reason behind what you do. The location you choose should be the best to serve that reason. This page helps you think strategically about where and how you live, ensuring your housing supports your freedom rather than constraining it.
Locational Philosophy
The question is not whether to be stationary or nomadic, but to have a holistic plan for whatever option you choose at any point in time. And a holistic understanding of the pros and cons of each and how to transfer between them.
A location is only as safe as the contingency plan and its feasibility. Any one location is vulnerable. Having a backup is a step up. Having a huge network of people is closer to the objective by far. Every member of the network has some way to contribute to the Security Mesh.
Core Principles of Location Strategy:
- Purpose drives location: Your living situation should serve your goals, not constrain them
- Redundancy equals resilience: Multiple options protect you from single-point failures
- Mobility is power: The ability to relocate quickly is a strategic advantage
- Network over geography: Connections matter more than specific places
- Flexibility beats permanence: Life changes; your housing should adapt
If people in your area desire to stay in a situation where a huge amount of their paycheck is going towards taxes and towards people who are also funding the state, it's probably a better idea to find different people or an area with people who are more willing to take seriously the task at hand. It is a lot bigger than just buying more agorist food. It is making sure that the work you are doing is also leading towards a more free future.
Healthy Habitation
Nomadic or Stationary: Where We Fit with You
A person needs a period to look at their life and figure what they would like to contribute. If you don't know yet, there are safe locations you can go to be free of the restrictions of debt and rent that keep you chained.
There is no need to commit to one type of living when life is long and opportunities could take you anywhere. You can never know when your paradigm will shift or your plan A will become unavailable—that is why having redundancies and resilient networks is vital to our freedom.
The Value of Both Approaches:
Each stage of regenerative land use and development is important and none can be left out. There are boons to both stationary and mobile locations when it comes to homes, projects and businesses alike. And there are cells that intersect these spaces in different ways and many do not depend on one length of stay in any location.
Become a Nomadic or Stationary Bountier
You can choose to create an anonymous profile on the website. When you join, it will ask you to start a bounty, to get you connected to the network immediately wherever you are in your journey.
Bounty Examples:
- What do you want to buy or sell? Post your offerings or needs
- What do you want to create? Share projects seeking collaborators
- What service are you offering? Make your skills available to the network
What's actionable in your life right now? What would bring you into the next phase of your life? The Bounty Board connects you to opportunities whether you're mobile or rooted.
How to Become Nomadic
Not a nomad but want to be? If you have a vehicle but not one you can sleep in, we have several mobile spaces available to live and work for yourself (preferably within the network), paying minimal rent and your own gas while following our caravan. Or you can trade your car into the network for barter.
Spotlight: The Van Life Decision
What options did she have? And I mean, taking account of moral options? Not just by scraping by, working for evil corporations. Working on a farm isn't an easy option, but nothing is easy. But she didn't have time for herself. So she follows her own dreams now.
Living a life unplugged from any forms of propaganda telling her what to do. Having to co-create a lie along with other prison mates no more. She chose mobility over comfort, and gained freedom in return.
The transition to nomadic living isn't instantaneous, but the Network provides pathways: join a caravan, convert a vehicle, start with extended travel periods, or connect with mobile members who can mentor you through the transition.
Agora Locations
The Network operates through various types of locations, each serving different functions in the parallel economy. Understanding these location types helps you navigate the Network and find the resources you need.
Voluntary Welcome Hub
A location with a Voluntary Welcome Desk—your first point of contact with the Network in any area. These hubs provide information, connections, and orientation for new members or visitors.
Freedom/Free Market Hubs
Safe locations for voluntaryists. Places where people can live and work with no limitations or live and not work at all. A place to detox from society and figure out what you would be doing if you weren't trapped in the system's rat race.
For those who don't see the value at this time in their life being a nomad, there are 0% impact properties where your presence can pay your rent at a location where you will be able to think, express yourself and hone in on whatever you really value and desire—be it monetary, community, or personal. Humans deserve the space to grieve. They deserve enough space to take care of themselves.
Public Agoras / Places of Exchange
A safe location that welcomes all Voluntaryist interactions. These are the marketplaces where counter-economic exchange happens openly—farmer's markets, swap meets, or dedicated trading spaces that operate outside state regulation.
Outer City Tribe Locations
Every city can have a mobile help center that consists of any vehicles that are being used as help vehicles in the vicinity in question. These will be mobile or stationary. Ideally, these welcome centers include the amenities of a 24-hour helpdesk, but it is not required.
If there is not a festival around a certain metroplex, the people in that area can organize one and the caravan will come. Or if there is already an existing festival, a welcome crew can develop to provide year-round marketplace opportunities and agorist support to people in that area.
Location Categories:
- Living/Creating Spaces: Where people build, make, and produce
- Healing/Support Spaces: Focused on recovery, growth, and mutual aid
- Entertainment/Party/Trade Spaces: Social hubs and marketplaces
Inner City Outposts
There is a reason to be in the city. There is culture, and there are tons of lost souls waiting to be found. Here are some things that exist in cities:
- City Escape Routes Network: Planned pathways out if things go wrong
- Welcome Desk Locations: First contact points for city dwellers
- Places to stay while traveling: Temporary housing for nomads passing through
- Item storage/cache/vehicle storage: Secure locations for belongings
Guild Hubs
Guild locations provide specialized spaces for skill development, trade practice, and professional networking outside state-controlled systems.
A Day in the Life at a Guild Hub
People have already built what they need to take care of themselves. Respect for private property is key on all properties and outposts, and people will not be required to share resources. Participation is voluntary; contribution is expected but freely given.
Guild-Specific Locations
These are locations that specific Guilds manage. They are places that might offer housing or training and apprenticeships. Each guild develops its location according to the needs of its members and the nature of its trade.
Multi-Guild Faires
Guilds can put on faires together to support a larger group of people and trade knowledge and ideas between them. These events showcase multiple crafts, facilitate inter-guild collaboration, and create marketplace opportunities.
Free Use Lands
Crowdsourced lands that will be available for people to live in cost-free. No amenities will be initially provided but those who live there will develop it as they see fit.
The land will build itself up with the hands of people who know their labor is going towards something that will support them in the future. This is infrastructure built through voluntary contribution, not state planning.
Nomadic/Temporary Hubs
The Caravan
The caravan itself can be seen as an Agorist hub and vetting location. The caravan enables people to get on their feet but the cost of living is much higher in the caravan than on one of the free lands. A person has to have a trade if they want to make money while on the road.
Caravan Outposts
Anywhere that is homesteaded for a month or more becomes a caravan outpost. These temporary bases serve as market hubs, gathering points, and demonstration sites for voluntary living. When the caravan moves on, local networks often continue the work.
Find Your Farms
One of the most important things is helping people find their farmers. You need to be able to locate local beef and produce when it's not necessarily a resource that is easy to find. We need to keep our farmers protected and make sure that they can produce more.
The Network maintains maps and directories connecting consumers with agorist food producers. This direct connection cuts out middlemen, reduces costs, and ensures farmers get fair compensation while consumers get quality products outside the industrial food system.
Levels of Properties
Network properties operate at different access levels based on trust, contribution, and commitment to voluntary principles.
Free Use Lands
- Unpaid Land: Available to vetted members at no cost
- Long Term Land: For those building permanent homesteads
- Work-trade land: Labor exchange opportunities (also available in Guilds and business properties)
Inner Community Lands
- Income Generating Lands: Properties running businesses or producing goods
- Hidden Lands: Sensitive locations with restricted access for security reasons
Non-Tribe City Outposts
- City Escape Routes Network: Planned exit strategies
- Welcome Desk Locations: Public-facing contact points
- Item storage / horde / cache / vehicle storage: Logistical support infrastructure
Tribe Locations
- Living/Creating Spaces: Production and habitation
- Healing/Support Spaces: Recovery and mutual aid
- Entertainment/Party/Trade Spaces: Social and economic hubs
Guild Locations
- Welcome Centers: Introduction to guild practices
- Training Centers: Skill development and apprenticeships
Mentoring
- On group properties: Collective learning environments
- On individual-owned properties: One-on-one skill transfer
- Long Term Mentorship: Extended apprenticeship relationships
Business
- Anarbnb: Voluntary short-term housing network
- Produce + Livestock Farms: Food production operations
- Life Training: Wilderness skills, accuracy training, tactical education
- Freeze Drying + Bitcoin Mining: Technology-based operations
Your Next Steps
Ready to equip yourself for location-independent living? Check out the Gear Guide for practical equipment recommendations.
Want to connect with people living this way? Visit The Adventurer's Hall to find nomads, hosts, and location-independent members.
Looking for specific locations to visit or live? Browse the Network Maps in The Agora.