Just saw the movie Nomadland (campgrounds, trucks, Dodge, comfortable)
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I met a few of the latter but they are a definite minority the few I met all had the same story, had a super well paying but super stressful career and got out before they had a heart attack, one guy said he did the math, and figured they had enough saved to live on for a few years with all the expenses that come with a house property taxes, and bills or live like a king for life on just his interest with only having to worry about food, gas and occasional repairs to the RV, but that means that guy must have had in the neighborhood of a million dollars in the bank when he left the rat race. he had a USMC tattoo so he may have also been retired military.
Yup. Money does not guarantee a low-stress life. Of course being broke can be very stressful!
I think it's wonderful that so many of us do have the opportunity to make this choice, and that it is not just a prerogative of the 1%, or even the top 10%.
No way I could listen to her for 14 minutes. I got nauseous after 3 minutes.
Same here. For one thing, I already know there are full time RV'ers who are working out of their giant fifth wheels and Class A motorhomes. However, there is a growing number of people living out of small trailers, vans, cars, who cannot afford anything else. Similar to the fact people live in million dollar homes and down the road there is an old mobile home park.
Also, as an active participant in a van dwellers discussion board, I can tell you that what might be obvious to you is far from obvious to many others.
LoL I think Bob Wells is a good starting point at least.
I agree. However, I don't like the ones that say making a living on the road is easy. Most of the time they are the ones making their living off youtube videos saying do this but not actually doing anything.
I agree. However, I don't like the ones that say making a living on the road is easy. Most of the time they are the ones making their living off youtube videos saying do this but not actually doing anything.
True, but there are some that were living that life before youtube and give what seems like logical advice(I'm not a nomad so I don't know if it all works in practice) with a mix of the beautiful and gritty/gross side of the life, but their channel's don't seem to be as popular and many have not posted new vids in years.
I was lucky that my family helped when I first lost my job and then my house in my late fifties.
I applied for senior housing when I reached ss age and even then had to live frugally. It was either an apartment or travel, not both. It took my having very noisy neighbors for me to decide to at least try the lifestyle.
It's only been a few months and I will be spending part of the summer with family but so far I' m really enjoying this. My car's too small and I'm saving for a larger one but I feel so free. It's the first time I've done some serious traveling and I like it.
I do have a paid off decent car though and family I enjoy seeing, which makes a difference.
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