Are there any MTB communities, where people simply make the money they need to live and then spend the rest of their time enjoying life, surely somewhere someone has rebelled and escaped the ratrace?
I have a cousin-in-law who met his wife while backpacking around India. After a few years together there they then spent six years together backpacking in South America. They and a small like-minded group of fellow travelers then returned to the US with a plan – they worked all out for a year and a bit, whatever jobs they get while continuing to live in a frugal backpacking way. They then pooled all the cash they had and bought a chunk of land in Alaska and an electricity generating windmill. That was seven years ago.
They built earth houses on the land – houses which are still serving most of them fine – but when my CiL’s wife got pregnant (five years ago now) they decided they needed something more permanent (for want of a better word). They got an old school bus towed onto the homestead, half buried it for insulation purposes and now call it home!
They get seasonal odd jobs working for highway maintenance crews and the like to bring in cash, but they are largely self-sufficient. They’re certainly not part of the rat-race, but their life is not one I could live full-time. Nice to visit though!
So yes, definitely possible (except that it’s not a mtb community, of course…).
Posted 13 years ago
