I do this to myself. This much I know. I think I may have reached my limit with HGTV. Maybe.
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I was watching their latest version of House Hunters. It’s call House Hunters: Off the Grid. The show follows people who want to live in odd places. Maybe not odd but definitely off the beaten path. The episode I watched featured a guy who was moving from Australia to Norway to be with a woman he’d met there on vacation. Apparently, their connection was so good that he was convinced he needed to move to a place with a summer high of 42 degrees. Brrr…
As the episode went on, they talked about all the “highlights” of Norway. The city they were looking at had twenty-four hours of day light at the time. Yes, 24 HOURS of daylight! My kids think it’s a party now when I put them in the bed and it’s still light out at 7:30, they would be off the wall in Norway. Black out shades would have to cover the house. Anywho, back to the show.
One of the houses the man looked at had an outhouse as the only restroom in the house. With temperatures hitting -30 degrees at times, who is trying to use an outhouse? Not I! In another home they looked at, a chair in the house had been mangled. The reason is, a polar bear had broken into the home and basically attacked the chair. Polar bears BREAKING IN to a house! No ma’am!
Speaking of polar bears, the man was told that he would have to carry a flare gun at all times to protect himself from the polar bears. He was told that if the flare gun didn’t scare the bear away that he had to use a gun to protect himself. So this man needs to walk around the arctic carrying two guns to protect himself from POLAR BEARS! Again, no ma’am! Why is this appealing again?!? What did that woman do to him? How did she convince this man to leave Australia to come to Norway! ?
As the Realtor was showing him around he said (way too casually), “You’re not allowed to die here. There is no hospital.” DOUBLE YOU TEE EFF! Even if I could take the polar bears and the extreme cold, this warning would be enough for me to roll out.
Have you seen this show? Would you be willing to live this far off the grid?
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I LOVE House Hunters but haven’t heard of this extreme version (we just watch old episodes via Roku). Perhaps the guy just needed a bit of adventure, but yeah, that’s pretty crazy! When my husband (then BF) was working in Finland and I went up to visit I couldn’t get over how dark it was. SUPER depressing and the people looked it too. I just couldn’t deal with darkness like that. Oh and polar bears?! Definitely a deal breaker.
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Wait, it’s 2014 and you are telling me that outhouses still exist? That is beyond outrageous!
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I’ve never seen this show but it sounds like something I would typically watch! I love the out of the norm. I am not sure why someone would want to live “off the grid” but I suppose it could have some benefits!
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I love shows like this and I should look it up.. Right now the fam and I are into an alaskan travel show where people are looking to buy a house in Alaska but have so much $ to spend…. Alaska is an entire diff world! It amazes me…
i like that show. I especially like people’s unrealistic expectations for small budgets
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I haven’t watched house hunters in a while, but it sounds like I’m missing out on some gems!
Outhouses and polar bears? There’s just no way!
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It sounds like living in Kodiak, from the bear protection to the alternate 24 hours of day and night. My brother lived there for a number of years working for the coast guard and protecting the country. Many people will do a lot for love or love of country!
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Haven’t seen it myself, but living off the grid would be fine for me, as long as it wasn’t in a dangerous area. Polar bears? No thanks.
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I don’t watch House Hunters International (so boring) I do watch House Hunters which I like. You couldn’t pay me enough to move there. Dude must be out of his mind in love with this chick! Ha
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No! You lost me at polar bears. They are one of the deadliest animals on earth! They just want to eat. And food is scarce. And they attack. Ack!
And the outhouse! And endless darkness or sunlight. NO!
He must really love that woman..
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I never watched the show before but I do know where I’m NOT going to be moving to. LOL!
I love House Hunters, but the episodes that show normal neighborhoods. You know, neighborhoods like in Austin, or Charleston, Kansas City, L.A. No way would I want to tackle co-habitating with bears of any kind. Are they nuts?
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No no no! I need to live within 20 minutes of a Target! To each his or her own, right?
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I LOVE house hunters! In fact I was just watching it! I’ll have to look this one up!
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I’ve never seen the show but it sounds like one I’d enjoy watching. People are strange in the things they like, but to each his own I guess. lol
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I haven’t seen this show yet. Why couldn’t she move to Australia? Having her adjust to modern day conveniences might have been easier than him getting used to no toilet, polar bears, carrying guns and lack of a hospital.
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Nope! Not me! I would not live somewhere crazy on purpose!
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I’ve seen that show. Those people are so extreme. If there isn’t a Starbucks in the town I live in that would be pretty off the grid for me!
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I want to live off the grid. But, I have to have an indoor bathroom, warm weather, and no polar bears!
I caught this show last week when I was staying in hotels all week (we don’t have cable.) I could not live off the grid! It sounds cool for about a day.
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There is no way you could get me to live in a place that cold!! NO WAY!
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No way! I complain that it takes me 5-10 minutes to get into town. I couldn’t handle that.
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That’s just insanity! I’d have to have a hospital…or at least a competent doctor!
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that’s jut crazy! I guess love conquers all. Why didn’t she move to beautiful Australia
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I haven’t seen this show but I feel like I will like this one 😉
I haven’t seen the off the grid version, but after hearing how much of a hoax the show is and having some shady dealings with their casting agency we tend to stay away these days.
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I’ve never seen the off the grid version (but love the normal version of the show). I could not live off the grid!! I’m not that kind of person.
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Haha – you cracked me up. I haven’t seen this version of House Hunters yet, but I’m with you on the “no ma’am’s”. Definitely not for me!
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I have seen the regular House Hunters. I haven’t seen the Off the Grid one though.
I haven’t seen it but it sounds interesting. To each their own, right?
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I say I’m willing to live off the grid. But the reality is probably not. Outhouses…yuck.
Nope, no sir. Put me right back on the grid, thank you very much.
Whoa that does not sounds like anywhere I would want to live EVER!
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Being off the grid is a heated debate in my area right now. They are some individuals in my town who don’t want to connect to city power or water, and the city is fighting them. It is interesting to hear both sides!
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I have not seen the show. But I admit….I am now a little curious!
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I have not watched this show yet. It sounds like one I would enjoy though.
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I’ve watched House Hunters before and I love the show. I haven’t seen off the grid though – not sure i would want to live ANYPLACE with a high of 42degrees.
Hahhaha OH MY GOSH. I have watched House Hunters for yeeears, both the normal one and international one but I had no idea this one existed. I’m going to search my guide for this and record some. Sounds hilarious!
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Oh my! There is no way I’d want to live in that area, but only because of the cold weather. I couldn’t imagine using an outhouse in freezing temps, OR having a polar bear break into the house!!! What people do for love…
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I love me some HGTV. And I usually love house Hunters. All versions. I saw the commercials for this one and now i’ll have to check it out. But I’m with you, I have no idea why he thinks this is a good idea. I don’t care how good she is: POLAR BEARS?????
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I watched it once. I doubt I would again, though. I’m a Property Brothers junkie right now (I yell at the people on House Hunters too much to enjoy it anymore).
I haven’t heard of that show before, it sounds cool. Also 24 hours of daylight sounds kinda annoying, I like my night time lol.
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I haven’t heard of this House Hunters. However, I really love the International one.
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I saw an episode where they were moving to the other extreme. This place was so hot that they had to live underground in these things called dugouts. Interesting. The man had moved there because it was a mining town and uprooted his wife with two small children from all of her family to be isolated in this place.
I’ll stick to the regular House Hunters, I don’t even like the international one.
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That’s too cold for my blood! I enjoy watching house hunters while we’re on vacation. We don’t have cable at home. 😉
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I would NOT be willing to live that far off the grid. I think that parts of it definitely sound appealing though.
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Haven’t seen it. Sounds down right crazy though.
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I haven’t seen this show at all. But honestly–nope I would not be living there. You had me saying no at the out house. Then you mentioned polar bears–umm nope. I don’t care how good that connection is, can we say Skype people hahaha.
I honestly have never heard of this show. That is crazy. I would’ve been back on a plane to Australia in 5 seconds flat. That is crazy.