Ashley
Old timers here have a saying. The view is fantastic but it makes damn thin soup. I hear the lakes country of Ontario is beautiful but maybe a bit crowded and expensive.
One side of this valley has power and paved roads, the other side doesn't but it has a better view. Colder too though.
Mountains can do that. Even with the road and power there are still places like mine that are pretty isolated. It will be 27 today but not muggy like Ontario. But then I don't have a lake to go jump in. Just ponds with pond life. (yuk) The ducks and geese can have them. Anyone contemplating living in a cabin should make sure they have power and good water. Doing without power is tough. I've done it. Cutting wood for heat and hauling water takes the fun out of living the quiet life.
A lot of people would love to just chuck it all and go live in a cabin. Why not? Cell phones and computers make it much more possible. The local coroner runs a farm with poor access and no power yet. Cell phone for business and a tractor to keep the road open in winter. As far as I know she is happy. But she is unique and likes the life. TV is not part of her life.
Her closest neighbour (they don't have power either) is a half mile away. Everyone else is farther, like me, I have one neighbour a quarter mile away on the same road then nothing for miles. Yet I have power and I am on a paved road.
Paradise or what. But it has a cost. Everything does of course but for me the silence and the peace is worth it.
We have a good hospital with access to a better one by ambulance or medibus. There is no shortage of activities if a person needs them and yes we do have TV.
So if a person is going to do this make sure they and their partner know what they are getting into. It can cure or it can kill. As a cure for stress it can do wonders. Your own good clean food and room to roam. Probably hard to imagine for someone living in the concrete jungle.
Davit.