I live in Cornelian Bay, on the island of Tasmania, which teeters at the edge of the world. I moved here from the Australian mainland 2 years ago - not so much aiming at self-sufficiency but at some kind of sustainability and living a little closer to the environment. I also wanted water and cooler temperatures.
So I bought a house right in the heart of surburbia.
(I don't drive, I had little choice.) It does, however, have half an acre of land attached, and I do have a good vegie garden growing, a herb garden in pots (shortly to go out into its own bed), a berry patch on the edge of a woodland that I planted, fruit trees on order, four huge compost bays which I have already filled and emptied twice over, and a massive old walnut tree that produces huge crops every year. 
The house is an old Victorian, which lends itself to traditional food storage (it still has its servants hallway, and kitchen, and scullery, and old pantry, and even the old servants bells sitting high in the servants' hallway) and even still has its old garden and potting sheds.
I lucked out. Of course the house is also falling down, but we can't have everything, can we? I'm a sort of retired person, used to teach medieval history at uni (loved teaching and researching the medieval agricultural methods, the seasonal cycles of the year etc), and just love living a little more in tune with the land and the seasons.
I am so looking forward to meeting everyone!
), but now I'm glad I ended up in Scotland instead!