people that know how to do things...hunt...fish...garden....farm....sew...can...make sausage..build...shoot....etc...
sadly, many people are strapped....strapped to bills, strapped to jobs...
Strapped to family. People ask why I still live in South San Francisco when I could live anywhere else (retired, successful, have everything I could want). Family obligations. My wife wants to stay put, she has power of attorney over her elderly mom's affairs and we're busy taking care of her and her assets. Currently remodeling her home, taking her to medical offices, half the week. None of my wife's siblings are up to the task of helping, and don't. Not to mention babysitting grandchildren while our daughters work, and helping other relatives.
I keep telling myself someday, someday, as I get older and older. But family comes first (I recall seeing this in a Jimmy Stewart film, not that I would ever fill his shoes).