Building the Townsends Homestead: Three Years in the Making 

People are tougher than they think. We've gotten soft as a society, because life is too easy now. When life gets too easy, people start caring about things that don't matter at all when you're wondering where you're going to sleep or what you're going to eat. This is why we have Vegans, and Karens, and PETA, and the rest. When you are starving, you actually care more about your livestock than PETA does, and a vegan would just die, because calories matter when you are starving. And karens (chads as well), well, they would be shoved out to die in the cold. And well played to anybody who did the pushing.

@@jeromethiel4323 Perfectly stated!! I wouldn't have lived long back then just because I had 2 life saving surgeries earlier in life, but I'm 40 now and feel lucky to have been raised out hunting, fishing, farming and building things.

@@jeromethiel4323 lmao

@@jeromethiel4323 Life is too easy?! Dude, get real.

@@Elsa_fr You probably have a roof over your head, clean running water, and clothes on your back. Plus, food is easily available, and plentiful. How is your life hard?!? Wah, i don't have enough money to buy the i-phone 35. Wah, i don't have enough money to buy a super car. Wah, i don't have enough money to buy gold teeth. Are you in imminent danger of dying? If the answer is no, your life is easy.

... and to those who served them.

Don't worry when we get nuked back to the stone age we can do this all over again

@@davidvaughn7752 Are you referring to slavery?

@@sued_ Yes.

@@davidvaughn7752 d

I can imagine a decade from now with hard work they will build not merely a homestead but one of the finest farms that is directly reminiscent of life in the 1700s

Yeah, ironically in the past they used to be very lucky to be able to just pick a spot and build a cabin in it, now everything costs too much money

Wouldn’t it be nice to live your life and not have to worry about paying taxes to a tyrannical government who will evict or cage you for not paying extortion fee’s

@@americopedroni6837 Gov: "You want to live in our system, then you have to pay the fees." Us: "But I don't want to live in your system, I'll go out in the woods on my land and live how my ancestors did." Gov: "You must pay to live on that land, otherwise it's illegal and we'll jail you." Us: "But I own it and I wouldn't be participating in your system. Therefore, I shouldn't pay, right?" Gov: "You must pay us continually for that land, otherwise you'll be arrested and thrown in prison for tax evasion." Us: "Even though I wouldn't be involved in any of your systems at all and be completely self-reliant?" Gov: "Yes. That's tax evasion if you're alive and not paying us for what you own, punishable by arrest and imprisonment and fines." Sad how it's come to this.

@@joshuavidrine889 Sure is bad. I’m done with all of it

@@americopedroni6837 hate to tell you this but they had government then too. and before that, tribal government or feudalism, which had it's own dues to pay.

I found The Woodwright's Shop on DVD! I didn't buy them all but I have a good bunch...did you know that Mr. Underhill HAS a woodwright's school!? ...it looks like it'd be wonderful!!!!!!

That opening did that for me too

Thank you for this knowledge that I didn't know I needed until now.

I wasn't expecting to here about Aberystwyth on here, beautiful town and Ceredigion has a beautiful coastline beaches and fishing villages like New Quay and Aberaeron.

@@RustyShackleford_ haha that's alright

@@wellwell7950 it truly is went to Uni in Aberystwyth such a beautiful location and so many pubs as well

#WalesRepresent. That's actually a super cool idea; imagine a traditional celtic/early-modern-welsh homestead ! As someone from that area, much appreciated !

Yeah! That would be super awesome. Like a summer camp for adults, to spend a week up there, sign up for some classes they would be interested and just learn to live like they did then. I would love that!

Think of the videos we could have with all the background people (I feel like we would be NPCs). 😁

@@HLBear In this instance the NPC life sounds pretty cool!

I cant really stand to watch it. Just isnt quite authentic. I look forward till they make a printing press and can mail out their accomplishments via letter and ink.

Seeing this and imagining if the people of that generation see how a lot of people in our current generation don’t want to work.. I think they would be incredibly shocked. Everything you did then gave you a workout!

Agreed about the drama. Sadly I'm sure it actually requires effort on their part to maintain a drama free service. To that they have my sincere appreciation.

>always staying out of drama ORANGE FOOL

You'd not be alone out there in the wilds, that's a death sentence. One sprained ankle, one bad infection, a slip or a fall, an encounter with the wildlife. There is so many ways to have a premature greetings with the grim reaper, so when they could they'd travel in groups or like here when setting up a homestead be an entire family with just about everybody pitching in, except maybe smallest.

@@LazyLifeIFreak I don’t know how true it is but I have heard of traveling cabin builders and also when several families travel to the same general area they probably helped each other build

Here's the thing though (and this is a thing that was brought up in a video on this channel), we have this modern idea that basically never existed to a large degree in history, of the "self-sufficient" "rugged individual" who is able to carve out a place for themselves by the sweat of their brow and with no help. That is bullshit. To be able to survive for most of human history, humans NEED each other. It is only really today that we lie to ourselves with our fictions of individualism that we can be a world unto ourselves. Certainly were you or I to be born back then, we would probably know how to do dozens of little things that we don't know today (I have never done stitching, sewing, weaving, carving, carpentry, etc.), so that part of it is true. But you would have certain individuals who were artisans in certain fields, like a blacksmith, a leatherworker, a horner, a brewer, etc. and by living in close proximity to many other people it would mean that you have access to that pool of expertise. And y'know what, when you need to throw together a quick log cabin with an elm bark roof before winter comes in, you get your neighbors to help. They help you because they know that when the time comes around that they need help they will have people to ask it of. It's about living in a real community.

The fantasy of doing it all alone would be impossible for most people. Early settlers usually had friends, family, churches, etc. and had to be well prepared.

You'd do more, because you'd have to. Necessity is where skills and invention come from.

I agree. This is great. Cheers, Rose!