Looking for Property or a Home to Go Offgrid in Northern California (Brownsville, Challenge, Alta?)

Pax good thinking but our son won't move there. We checked out the border towns in Oregon. I didn't care for any of them, most had very few people and jobs. Except the one right over the border was a wee bit better. That was when we thought our son would consider moving with us. My favorite town was Gold Beach.

Olddude Silver Springs is too far from my job in Grass Valley.

The most important is Clean Air so a colder climate is better for that usually

Rocky Road Lerp, you hit the nail on the head. One of the towns in the heading is ALTA which is off I-80 and the only half way reasonable land, if you'd call it reasonable.

The Sierra Nevada's have EXCELLENT AIR the further you get up but there is also the skiing which makes properties very expensive but we are still very focused on that area bigtime. There is little within our price range though. We've checked out a few cheaper parcels of land to build illegally but none have fit the bill as of yet. To go even a little higher would require more money but Emigrant Gap we are also considering. LOTS of snow though.

Emigrant Gap & Alta- More expensive high in the sierras- 30-45 minute commute to work. Clean Air #1 priority
Brownsville & Challenge, less expensive, not as good of air and 1.5 hr commute to work. Clean Air #1 priority

The distilled water falls off the shelves here in our town because so many people are on CPAP/BPAP breathing assistant machines during their sleep. IF anyone pops in with experience living in the towns listed above, that would be great