As I age, I don't like being without hot showers. I'm working on alternatives.
I understand that I'll need to make do with a lot less, but I know something about solar and wind power, and I scrounge materials and fabricate systems fairly well when it's necessary.
I can't think of a good reason that I have to live like a 3rd worlder, unless they dump me in a desert with zero tools and no metal to scrounge.
As long as I don't have to go head-to-head with code enforcement busy bodies, all will be well.
And back to the OP I would not like to be living in a hut with no power in the winter and have my back go out. There's a reason a number of seniors moved to warmer climates (and still do).
Chi, you're getting married and moving to FL . . . (congrats, again).