I’m a Gen Zer — I love living in a remote cabin without heat or running water
She could bear-ly contain her excitement.
A Gen Zer moved back into her childhood cabin in Homer, Alaska, last year — even though it has no running water or heat — and temperatures have reached 24 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
Karma Wilcox, 19, was born in California and raised in the breathtaking two-story cabin by her dad until age 8. She resumed living there in March 2023, as she was craving a sense of “freedom.”
“The insulation is not the best, the logs are cut down and layered around the cabin with moss, with sticks nailed in between to keep some warmth in,” Wilcox told SWNS. “My main source of heating is firewood, which is on 24/7, and I go through about a box of logs a day.”
Wilcox’s dad, Luna, 43, is the creator of the Altruist Relief Kitchen, which works with people in war-torn areas.
“The cabin looked very different when I lived there before,” Wilcox noted. “My dad has fitted a new roof.”
When she turned 8, Wilcox moved back to San Francisco to live with her mom, Misty, 38, a life coach. She also lived in central Hollywood.
Wilcox said her dad convinced her to move back into the century-old cabin when she was an adult.
“The cabin is such a good place to grow up as a child because you have no worries,” Wilcox recalled. “We used to play in the garden and go on really long hikes, and ever since coming back, it’s been nice to relive the memories.”
Wilcox says she goes snowboarding nearly every day, and she continues to enjoy the garden.
She rents the cabin for $275 a month from Luna’s godfather, Tom.
“The downstairs is the living room, so it has the kitchen and the lounge area and the upstairs has two bedrooms,” Wilcox shared.
She uses 5G to connect with others and doesn’t need to pay for WiFi as she surprisingly gets a good signal.
“People think Alaska is really off grid but it’s actually not — my 5G works just fine,” Wilcox said.
Homer, in south-central Alaska, has an estimated population of around 5,900 residents.
Although the cabin is a “lovely place,” Wilcox doesn’t think she’ll live there forever.
“I can’t live with no running water for my whole life, but I’ll probably stay in here for another year before I go to med school,” she explained. “I don’t want to stay in Homer, but I would like to go back there in the future.”
Wilcox is not the only content creator revealing what life is like in the 49th state. A TikToker from Port Alsworth, southwest of Anchorage, has gone viral sharing how she flies to the grocery store.
