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American Nomads

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Bamul, Mar 15, 2016.

  1. Bamul

    Bamul S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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    Just finished watching a pretty cool British documentary, during which a former English nomad travels with various types of American nomads - from rich pensioners to hobos. Nuclear, I think especially you might enjoy this. ;)

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    #1 Bamul, Mar 15, 2016
  2. NuclearWastE3

    NuclearWastE3 The Toxic Avenger
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    Nooooo wayyyy! This is awesome. I watched the first half hour of the documentary and I'm looking forward to finish viewing the rest of it in the following days. I've been to Tuscon Arizona (where the British guy seems to been picking up all the travelers) but I never saw that many of them when I was there. I guess it's because I never "hunted" for them like this guy did :p. As you probably already know, I've always wanted to go hop on a train and travel for a week or two as a hobo (haha). A good friend of mine and I use to talk about doing it, but, in the end, I don't think he was up to it as much as I was; so we never got around to actually doing it. Dude, thanks for sharing this. :D

    Also, the town I live in was mentioned when the British guy dropped off the old hobo (about 8-minutes into the video). El Paso Texas, in case you're wondering ;)
     
    #2 NuclearWastE3, Mar 15, 2016
  3. Bamul

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    I'm glad you find it interesting. :D I think that, despite how hard some of us try to repress it, that desire to just drop everything but our most prized and needed possessions to start travelling and never stop is something deeply ingrained in all of us - like the need to be creative (even if we don't have the means or knowledge to actually do it) - as part of our human nature. And that would make sense, seeing as how a hunter-gatherer lifestyle is the way our species has functioned for the vast majority of its existence.

    I'd say if you still want to try living as a hobo for some time, especially if you have friends you can rely on who are also up for it, then go ahead - as long as you're really careful and acquaint yourself well with how life on the road works. :)

    Nice, I recalled that you lived in an area with a similar landscape, so I was wondering if any of those towns where familiar to you.
     
    #3 Bamul, Mar 16, 2016
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