askme question about solitary living

November 10, 2008 6:22 AM

Anyone remember an askme question about good places to live as a semi-hermit for a while?

Hi. I remember a question from a while ago, where the poster wanted to know places in the world to live a solitary or semisolitary existence for a while. I can't find it at all. Anyone know the one I mean?

Hope this is an acceptable post on metatalk - I seem to remember they are.

posted by Not Supplied to MetaFilter-Related at 6:22 AM (15 comments total)

I checked the hermit tag and didn't see anything special but I think one of these two posts under the solitude tag (1, 2) may be what you are looking for.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:41 AM on November 10, 2008

Is it this one?
posted by nitsuj at 6:52 AM on November 10, 2008

Hope this is an acceptable post on metatalk - I seem to remember they are.

Also, yep it's totally fine to ask in MeTa about an old AskMe post though Burhanistan is right if we can't find it for you, you're more than welcome to post a new question asking basically the same thing if you're curious.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:59 AM on November 10, 2008

I asked a similar question two years ago.
posted by suedehead at 7:58 AM on November 10, 2008

Hi!
posted by Eideteker at 8:03 AM on November 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

S'up?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:48 AM on November 10, 2008

It's very easy to be a semi-hermit anywhere. Stop going outside. Stop talking to people.
posted by Meatbomb at 8:55 AM on November 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

But that damn mailman keeps knockin'.
posted by roger ackroyd at 9:31 AM on November 10, 2008

I live in a city of 8 million and days go by when I don't talk to or see another soul. I never felt as alone as when I was housesitting in rural Maryland without a car. Hermitage is easy, socialization is hard.
posted by The Whelk at 9:46 AM on November 10, 2008

[NOT SOCIALIST]
posted by cgc373 at 10:00 AM on November 10, 2008

Was this it?
posted by ikkyu2 at 10:17 AM on November 10, 2008

None of the posts seem to ring a bell, but may be useful anyway. Thanks for considering it.

I could've sworn it said something about living as a 'hermit'.

I suppose it could be some sort of mental composite artifact my brain came up with. Maybe I will post it next week.

Cheers!
posted by Not Supplied at 1:37 PM on November 10, 2008

Who'da thunk it would be so hard to find a hermit?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:50 PM on November 10, 2008

This one came up in my browsing this week. No specific mention of hermitage or complete isolation, but thematically it rung a bell.
posted by kyleg at 5:44 AM on November 11, 2008

I asked where to go to be alone for a year.
posted by phrontist at 5:46 PM on November 11, 2008