Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is a health condition wherein radio frequencies, cellular signals and electronic emissions can cause dizziness, headaches, irregular heartbeat, chest pains, skin rash and nausea. It is unrecognized by the medical community as a disease and therefore no treatment has been created for it. It is for this reason that some people move to places where there’s no internet or even radio station. But not all who escape the wired world suffer from EHS. Some people simply want to get away from the hullabaloos of the city life. Being unreachable and isolated is now considered a gift in the age of information technology. Here are some anti-tech places around the world.
- Arkaba Station, Australia is a 60,000 acre land primarily used for grazing sheep. It is home to an old homestead established in 1851, offering accommodation to people who need a break from the pandemonium of the modern world. The beautiful scenery brimming with extraordinary birds and wildlife will make anyone forget about their gadgets and cellphones. Guests will relish the peaceful quintessential outback homestead where even TV is not provided.
- Pinamasingan Island is a tiny piece of land just off the tip of a larger island called Burias in Masbate, Philippines. It is home to 40,000 Filipinos who take advantage of the abundant island life. Due to its location and lack of initiative from the local government, the island has basically remained untouched by modern technology. Locals travel by walking or riding a horse and follow trodden paths instead of paved roads. The whole of Pinamasingan can be explored in less than half a day and trekkers can be refreshed by freshly picked coconut juice. Mobile phone signal is difficult to come by and there’s definitely no internet since there is not a single computer on the island.
- Green Bank, West Virginia is found within the National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) which is home to the world’s largest steerable radio telescope. The remote county on a mountainous side of West Virginia was specially designated to have no Wi-Fi networks, radio and TV stations and cell signals. This is so that the National Radio Astronomy’s large radio telescope will not be interrupted. People who move to Green Bank claim to have EHS. They said that they don’t experience the symptoms where there are no signals of whatever kind floating in air to make them sick.
