I’ve never lived like in point #1, can’t live like point #2, and most people can’t.
Somewhere in the middle. Knowing that the mortal coil doesn’t last forever, anyway. The more I can do and have at home, the less the destruction of what we call civilization will effect me, personally, at least for some time.
I also think it’s important to live very far away from urban centers (I’m about 285 miles away from the nearest big city - Portland OR) and in an area that grows food. Rainfall and rivers and such are good. For instance, living in a desert where people would die of heat without electricity, nothing is grown (without electricity), wells are 1000 feet deep, etc.
Yeah, I think you are probably in an excellent area and already well acclimated. I would probably be at home there as well.
Desert or hot climes, for me, suck.
I think remote areas like Shasta and above would suit me just fine and maybe a little bit east or north by east.
I can always use hops for some good. LOL