22-year-old Nils Christian Gjefsjø has recently taken over his father's farm, Gjevsjøen, on the Swedish border in Nord-Trøndelag. He lives there with his parents. If he is going to Snåsa, the nearest village, he must walk three miles over the mountain. Or he can travel by boat and car through Sweden, a detour of 25 miles.

Three years ago, the 55-year-old family man Oddbjørn Selnes returned to his childhood home on Flatøy in Troms, an island with no route connections of any kind. There he lives as a fish farmer. The only person living there when he arrived was an elderly woman in need of care. His family did not join, but they respect him for what he did.