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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5720780" data-attributes="member: 24302">You have no clue.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been following living in vehicles for years on the internet.&nbsp; People with limited income who don&#039;t want to be a burden on their families or don&#039;t want roommates to get by on rent and utilities choose to live in vans, cars, pickups with camper shells, RV&#039;s.&nbsp; They choose to sleep in Wal-Mart parking lots and go to Planet Fitness for showers.&nbsp; Quite a few are camping on BLM land for free.&nbsp; Large groups on Facebook discuss best ways to make it work.&nbsp; And most of them are happy with the lifestyle.&nbsp; Not talking about drug addicts sleeping in tents on sidewalks.&nbsp; I just bought an older pickup with an 8&#039; bed.&nbsp; Plan to put a topper on it and camp fulltime in New Mexico.&nbsp; My choices are to do that, stay with family, or go overseas.&nbsp; And I&#039;m very happy with the camping choice and have no desire to be a burden to my family.&nbsp; And if I choose to go overseas I&#039;ll be camping fulltime in Argentina.&nbsp; Can get by on $400 USD a month there just fine.&nbsp; When I get too old for that will get a nice apartment in a nice small city there and maybe spend $1200 a month total.&nbsp; You seem to think everyone must have a nice home and vehicle and other stuff to be happy.&nbsp; And if you don&#039;t have all that stuff you&#039;re unhappy.&nbsp; You don&#039;t know the satisfaction of being a minimalist having the freedom to not pursue material goods.&nbsp; To not have the latest and greatest.&nbsp; My only exception is if I&#039;m living with my wife and she wants a certain amount of comfort.&nbsp; I can provide that to her overseas but am not going back to work to provide her stuff because her desire for more never ends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5720780, member: 24302"] You have no clue. I've been following living in vehicles for years on the internet. People with limited income who don't want to be a burden on their families or don't want roommates to get by on rent and utilities choose to live in vans, cars, pickups with camper shells, RV's. They choose to sleep in Wal-Mart parking lots and go to Planet Fitness for showers. Quite a few are camping on BLM land for free. Large groups on Facebook discuss best ways to make it work. And most of them are happy with the lifestyle. Not talking about drug addicts sleeping in tents on sidewalks. I just bought an older pickup with an 8' bed. Plan to put a topper on it and camp fulltime in New Mexico. My choices are to do that, stay with family, or go overseas. And I'm very happy with the camping choice and have no desire to be a burden to my family. And if I choose to go overseas I'll be camping fulltime in Argentina. Can get by on $400 USD a month there just fine. When I get too old for that will get a nice apartment in a nice small city there and maybe spend $1200 a month total. You seem to think everyone must have a nice home and vehicle and other stuff to be happy. And if you don't have all that stuff you're unhappy. You don't know the satisfaction of being a minimalist having the freedom to not pursue material goods. To not have the latest and greatest. My only exception is if I'm living with my wife and she wants a certain amount of comfort. I can provide that to her overseas but am not going back to work to provide her stuff because her desire for more never ends. [/QUOTE]

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