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  1. J

    How do u live on $700/month, truly?

    There are some surveys that want way too much info. I skip those.
  2. J

    How do u live on $700/month, truly?

    Just throwing this out there if indeed you can survive on a very low income but even a bit more would help. It's not going to make a life changing difference but a few bucks made where you would be otherwise simply killing time isn't a bad thing, https://surveys.gobranded.com/members I've...
  3. J

    I bought an SUV now what?

    Don't overthink it. You are young........anything you don't like you can change. Just go.
  4. J

    Social security

    Just to note, I do not know your specifics but at times a perfectly fine reply will get deleted because it is quoting one that was not. No way to not delete both.
  5. J

    The discrimination of the van Life community in America

    And that is why I have made my last trip into Canada. Not worth the hassle of getting back in.
  6. J

    They want to monitor us inside our vehicles by 2026

    Never rely on YouTube for your news.
  7. J

    Van Life Farm Overlooking the River in Nashville

    I'll show up sooner or later.
  8. J

    Parking in a "commercial" vehicle or RV

    All kinds of places you can park for free or inexpensively. https://freecampsites.net/
  9. J

    God Help Me!!!

    Living in a van is not easy. It's why I do not do it full time (and understand I am lucky to have the option). The one thing that helps me when things aren't great it telling myself it will soon be 6 months from today and what I thought was bad really isn't in hindsight.
  10. J

    Car Market is INSANE Now!

    To be fair and honest it's only a part time home.
  11. J

    Car Market is INSANE Now!

    Example. I have a 2015 Chevy City Express. I bought it 4 years ago for $10,900. A lady pulled out in front of me and did $9700 damage. I figured there was no way the insurance company would repair it. That was until I started looking and it's hard to find that same van today for less than...
  12. J

    This throws a bad light on RVs. News from Seattle

    There are many people posting here about "camping" on the streets. I would assume many are because they can't afford anything else. It rolls downhill I suppose. Everyone has to have someone to look down on I guess.
  13. J

    I wonder if there's some way to fill this need

    This could be a service that even people who have people might employ. I can see a son or daughter using this service for a parent so they don't have to miss work.
  14. J

    Shingles

    I had it a few years ago. Yours looks like a really bad case. It can be really bad. Mine was across my chest and all and all I was pretty lucky as it wasn't so bad. Felt like when you pull something in your back when I breathed but was tolerable.
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