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There are many, many baby boomers that have not saved for retirement(and a few who have).
The Hobo life style offers you a way out. You dont have to choose the Hobo life style that I have, in order to be a Hobo for life.
You could buy a good used RV and travel even if you only have SS. You could pack up the truck with a nice "cabin" tent and hit the road, there are many nice state parks. You could become a life long hiker, and hike the many thousands of miles of trails, you could live on the trails for years.
You could stake a mining claim.( Yes they still do that). You could live in a Tee Pee.
In the U.S., an estimated 216 million acres of federal land are open for mining under the Mining Law of 1872, or about one out of every 11 acres of land in the entire U.S. (Haskins 2004, US Census 2000)
You could buy a good used RV and travel...
You could pack up the truck with a nice "cabin" tent and hit the road...
You could become a life long hiker...
you could live on the trails for years...
You could stake a mining claim...
You could live in a Tee Pee....
Most retirees are in their late sixties and would probably find those lifestyles too intense if not physically impossible.
Which is why my wife and I spent a few years living like that while we were still young, before we settled into a routine which would allow us to retire in a manner more suitable for senior citizens.
Now, we live in a house in the forest, by the ocean, that we built in our most favorite place, a spot we found while we were "on the road" years ago.
Most retirees are in their late sixties and would probably find those lifestyles too intense if not physically impossible.
Which is why my wife and I spent a few years living like that while we were still young, before we settled into a routine which would allow us to retire in a manner more suitable for senior citizens.
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Now, we live in a house in the forest, by the ocean, that we built in our most favorite place, a spot we found while we were "on the road" years
"You may be too young to remember how romantic the life of a hobo seemed to people at one time. The idea of being able to travel wherever you wanted, never have to work and simply enjoy life was a dream to many. Hobos often chose their lifestyle, and there was just something attractive about their freedom."
"You may be too young to remember how romantic the life of a hobo seemed to people at one time. The idea of being able to travel wherever you wanted, never have to work and simply enjoy life was a dream to many. Hobos often chose their lifestyle, and there was just something attractive about their freedom."
The more a person is tied down the more attractive such freedom seems. Usually the romance ignores realities like lack of food and shelter, occasional beatings, lack of needed medical care, too much solitude, abuse from people who like to abuse others if they think they can get away with it, lack of baths, etc.
There is a reason why most people want to live with the amenities of civilization despite its cost. Of course this does not describe those who choose to live in RVs and can afford to do so taking advantage of the amenities of civilization while being a nomad. For most of us, the freedom of being a true hobo pales with the first missed meal or cold night.
The more a person is tied down the more attractive such freedom seems. Usually the romance ignores realities like lack of food and shelter, occasional beatings, lack of needed medical care, too much solitude, abuse from people who like to abuse others if they think they can get away with it, lack of baths, etc.
There is a reason why most people want to live with the amenities of civilization despite its cost. Of course this does not describe those who choose to live in RVs and can afford to do so taking advantage of the amenities of civilization while being a nomad. For most of us
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, the freedom of being a true hobo pales with the first missed meal or cold night
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But alas! That is the appeal of the Hobo life!
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