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If this sort of thing interests you, watch Nomadland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland_(film) It's about p
by jspash 6y ago
If this sort of thing interests you, watch Nomadland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadland_(film)
It's about people in American with similar situations who decide to go off grid. And like the OP are a bit older, not necessarily the hippie type.
The movie is quite stark and realistic. A mix of documentary and drama. And it starts Frances McDormand from Three Billboards, who is excellent in it.
That said, this lifestyle has absolutely no appeal to me. What do you do when you get older? I mean much older? Is a 70 year going to be lugging propane tanks around and doing odd jobs for food? There needs to be some sort of plan, doesn't there?
- wombatmobile 6y ago> Is a 70 year going to be lugging propane tanks around and doing odd jobs for food? Good question. That’s a thing. People have this grey nomad ideal and when they reach that age they sell up everything and buy a big rig, only to find that at age 70, it’s difficult to drive such a thing. Particularly if they’ve never reversed a trailer before. This is why you can buy second hand rigs that are 12 months old that are hardly used, cheap.
- cma 6y agoThere are systems in trucks now that can basically reverse a trailer for you.
- zemvpferreira 6y agoWhile I don't think you're wrong on average about the physical abilities of senior people these days, consider that anyone who is forced to do a reasonable amount of manual labor as they age will age a lot a slower than if they were sedentary. My dad has been 100% sedentary since his 60s. He's now 71 with the mobility of a 90 year old. His father was a military man who kept a strict exercise routine till his 80s. He looked (and performed like) 55 at 75. Designing a lifestyle that forces you to move and lift heavy things is a really good idea.
- Veen 6y agoThere is definitely a benefit to keeping up an exercise regime, but people who work manual labor jobs throughout their career frequently suffer from severe joint pain, back pain, and other other unpleasant consequences as they age. Many of my father's friends were physically destroyed and living with chronic pain by the time they reached their early-50s.
- zemvpferreira 6y agoAbsolutely, hard manual labour 8 hours/day for 40 years will wreck anyone worse than the same time at a desk job. What is needed is a gentler average through our whole life.
- agumonkey 6y agoIt's all about balance, sitting is deadly, overwork in bad conditions is deadly both are good when done properly