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> Yet this gentleman has chosen to live out of a truck... albeit a worse option when he could have purchased an RV instead. This is what stood out to me the mo
by morganvachon 11y ago
> Yet this gentleman has chosen to live out of a truck... albeit a worse option when he could have purchased an RV instead.
This is what stood out to me the most, and made me wonder why someone would do this in such a half-baked way. Granted, he's a young kid just out of college so maybe he wasn't thinking practically, but on the other hand it reeks of extreme hipsterism. "Look at me, I'm living in a box truck! I'm so original and minimalist!" For the $10k he spent on that hot, bare truck he could instead be in a comfortable RV with appliances, a shower, and solar panels for powering his gear, missing practically no luxuries of apartment living.
No, I think the last paragraph of the full article sums it up; he claims he's doing this so he has a good idea of how uncomfortable living conditions can be when he starts his world travel itinerary. He doesn't know the half of it.
- dingaling 11y ago$10k for an RV? Try ten times that for the specification you've suggested.
- morganvachon 11y agoIt doesn't have to be a new one, nor does it have to be a 40 foot luxury model. His truck is nearly 10 years old and he certainly overpaid for it. I've window-shopped for good used RVs and a small model in decent shape can be had for under $10k. Even with improvements like solar panels and new upholstery, he would have come out spending the same amount and been more comfortable for it.