Comments on: I live in my car

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:19:06 +0000

It might make sense to have a house if you can buy it with cash if your in a city with low property tax bills. If you sign up for a mortgage, your paying more than double the price of the house to make the owners of the bank more wealthy. If you dont want to be a slave working to give more than half your hard earned money to the bank and gov, then learn to live in a van until you have enough cash to buy a small house. That is, if you ever do decide you want to live in a house. I only sleep at my apartment and already sold my home. My next step is van dwelling and travel.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:16:40 +0000

By: Qris

Qris — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:08:13 +0000

“Lifestyle” – what do you mean “lifestyle.” You’re a friggin bum. Where do you use the washroom? Damn fool brushing his teeth in a public bathroom.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:20 +0000

i live in a car; 10 months now. It wasn’t by choice, and I HATED it at first…but now I can’t even imagine living in a house. I spent the entire summer driving up and down Highway 1 in california; as I type I am in Las Vegas…and in a few hours I will either head to Phoenix or Los Angeles. The key to living this lifestyle is to stay moving (for me anyway). I have found places that you can park for months, and no one cares/notices, but alot of places you can only park for a night before someone tells you to leave. As long as you have proper registration, insurance, and a valid license, AND you are not parking in places that specifically prohibit car parking.

By: Adrew

Adrew — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:15:03 +0000

What an inspiring way of looking at things. I had no idea that others had chosen this way. I thought of it as a last resort type of thing. I am however moved to this option even though I am not forced to. I have a good job and also operate a successful mobile business that intalls security retail systems all over hells half acre. This work is primarily performed at night so I am forced to drive to and from my day job in the city, then to other sires in the city then back to the suburbs. Then I literally knap at home and repeat. Doing my dailyt part to ruin the environment not to mention fatten the landlords pocket. Like the author I only sleep at home, so why pay the rent for 4 hours a day and less? Thanks for opening my eyes to a whole new way of thinking. Great stuff

Andrew

By: Ghost Dancer

Ghost Dancer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:57:04 +0000

A few years ago, I started a yahoo group about this kind of freedom. Now I see you’ve adapted well to the positive influence of it. The group is over 5000 members. Who knew that many folks would like this type of lifestyle.
Always good to find friends who chose this life.

By: bron

bron — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:16:27 +0000

You’re very good for this low-impact lifestyle. It’s inspiring and will help someone make the transition to that kind of life when they have to due to the bad economy. It is patriotic for you to have a car that goes 40 mpg on the highway or 34 mpg in the city. I don’t know why you feel you have to defend yourself for having a car with good gas mileage. If other so-called ‘patriots’ had always demanded high-mileage cars instead of gas guzzlers, we might be in better shape today.

By: Frugal For Life » Blog Archive » Posts of Interest this Week

Frugal For Life » Blog Archive » Posts of Interest this Week — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:21:35 +0000

[...] ** I live in My Car – “When you tend not to care what people think of you, but you dress well and stay clean, nobody will ever look at you and assume anything negative about your lifestyle, because they simply won’t know, nor would they understood even if they did know.” [...]

By: jessimonster

jessimonster — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:09:27 +0000

Interesting. While not practical for me now, since I had a baby a few months ago, it certainly would have been a good idea for when I was younger. I once had a dream of travelling the Pan American Highway, this would have been a great way to do it. Maybe when I retire and all my kids are off to college.

By: jetsetjason

jetsetjason — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:20:36 +0000

he should buy an rv