solarpunk memes

It's not, but it's something that should be accounted for when analyzing statistics.

Please no. We can reign this is without violence and especially without violence towards their workers.

This is the wall street investing company, not a restaurant.

sure, nothing is for everyone.

in her specific case, I think the capitalist brainwashing had taken hold pretty strongly.

she literally said " I want to work in an office. I like offices."

as for wanderlust, a lot of these rv people just live in one perfect place the entire time they have the RV.

I understand why from the outside it would seem like stability is "in short supply" in an RV, but in practice, having the financial Independence and ability to move to and live wherever you want as long as you want is the epitome of home-owning stability.

as for space to spread out? with the savings, you can buy an acre a month of your own land and plop your RV on it or build your own cabin if you want to.

living in an RV gives you way more options than traditional rental scenarios.

i cannot recommend it enough. prices are very clearly delineated by suburbia and state, so you can buy a cheap one outside of the city or in an adjoining state for thousands less with lower mileage.

all the YouTube channels have every tip and practical advice you need before starting a journey, and they're fun and educational to watch, you can really get a sense of the lifestyle from a few videos, although everybody kind of does it in their own way.

I looked into it, and even on the East Coast there's tons of camp sites you can just cycle through to stay in one region. Especially if you're trying to keep costs down, you're going to slowly move around, not take huge road trips.

tldr: it's the versatility of RVs that is so beneficial, rather than strictly the immediate financial independence.

The immediate financial Independence is nice, but the good part about RV life is that you can make it into whatever you want.

it is a tiny home you can keep in the same spot for a week or a year. you don't have to leave your family unless you want to.

the nomad style that you're talking about is accomplished right away, of course.

if you want a non-mobile hone, you live in the rv for 6 months to a yeat and you've saved a down payment, rv a year and a half and you have the first several months of mortgage and whatever repairs you're inevitably going to make right after you move in that you didn't notice.

and it's good practice for owning a larger nom-mobile home, cuz you'll get used to fixing things like the plumbing or mechanical or electrical issues, all on a smaller scale than fixing the same issue in a house.

you can find out what you're comfortable with fixing yourself or not all while saving money.

I met a lot of RV families and it seemed a pretty comfortable lifestyle for families as well.

It's like everything about rv life seems impossible or at least a major hurdle until they have the RV, and then 2 weeks into it, everyone's like oh, this is way better than struggling and they can parlay the RV experience into whatever lifestyle they want to.

i know one guy who lives on a houseboat now, one family with a kid who's digging the nomad thing, several who bought houses, a lady that only lives in national parks, several people in the free desert communities that are real communities, there's just so much you can do with it.

dang, I might be talking myself into going back to that haha

I think repairs seem daunting until you actually start making repairs and realize how simple they are.

i had an old winny and the repairs are basically unscrew this piece, screw in new piece.

everyone else with an RV seemed to be able to do the same part swaps just as easy.

If you want someone else to do it, that's fine, but unless you're doing a tire rotation or replacing an engine, common repairs don't present any real hurdle if you have a screwdriver and a wrench.

youtube and forums had step by step instructions for anything I ever had to fix (fridge, 2 fuel pumps, cleaning carb once...that might be it).

under a hundred bucks in repairs over a couple years vs. no rent and saving almost all of whatever income you have adds up to savings pretty quick.

everyone in the RV communities is helpful too and are hapoy to troubleshoot with you and tell you exactly how to do anything with whatever model you have.

or just shoot rhe shit and recommend the next cool spot, haha

thanks, it was a cool time.