Whether you dream about living in the wide open space of the country or getting away from the countryside, you can still be more self-sufficient at home in a busy city. Self-sufficiency is all about developing resourcefulness, saving money, injecting more wisdom in the ways that you live and work. Part of becoming more self-sufficient in the city environment related to working out what you're most dependent on and how to make more use of local community resources and your own skills. At the end of the day, you can still dream of living in the country or running a completely self- sufficient lifestyle, but it's a good start to improve on what you have now.