I’m wondering if there is any true benefits to being a nomad anymore. Given the fact that Flock exists and you’re now tracked basically all the time, it’s getting harder and harder. You could use deflock map to navigate around which could work. I would also like to know if this lifestyle is cheaper. I could buy a plot of land to live on in my RV and have a setup, winters might be brutal but I could possibly do it if done right. I make 100k/year right now in NY with no bills, so I’m saving up as much as I can.
No. Just move up north to Canada or get a golden visa on the other side of the Atlantic.
No one was ever doing that to be anonymous.
RVs (and trailer houses like single wides, double wides etc) are incredibly non standard when it comes to construction materials so you can’t just go down to the store when something breaks. Parking for an extended period of time will cause land to move around the wheels (or blocks if you take the more permanent step of blocking it up) so you gotta have the site you intend on using prepped first.
Another reply hit on this, but it’s worth reiterating: you will not be anonymous. Even out in the cut everyone knows everyone and the moment someone’s living in an rv theyll be “known to law enforcement” and eventually some reason will be found to run you through the system or force you to show id.
People live in trailers and rvs because they’re poor or because they can’t afford to build a house on their land or are in the process of building or renovating a house on their land. Often a person who’s so close to the bone that they gotta live in an rv to accomplish that will never actually pull it off.
It’s a really bad idea and unless you understand and accept that you’ll be destroying the quality of your life and your health you shouldn’t do it.
Here’s a better idea:
Recognize that you exist. People interact with you, there are government records of your significant life events. If you have ever voted, your information is out there for anyone with a pac-alike to see.
You’re hopefully getting paid in a way that flows through a financial institution.
That information can’t go away.
Your money is better put towards a house, and there is a first time homebuyer program intended for people like you who would otherwise slouch into the modern hobo life. Do some looking and call them up. Act like a credulous buffoon, everyone loves a clown.
IIRC, there are few places in the US where it’s legal to just plop an RV on an undeveloped lot and live in it all year. I.e. you need a proper well and septic at the least (these are expensive). Many counties also have laws specifically to prevent people from doing this (I.e. only allowing camping on your land 14 days in a 30 day period). Many people break these laws, but they do exist.
It can be cheaper, but only if you give up a lot of conveniences. I.e. you can boondock on BLM if you move every 2 weeks. Would want solar, a large battery bank, and probably a backup generator. Will want to always be conserving power, fuel, and water. If you want to camp with hookups all the time, it would be more expensive than an affordable apartment.
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For anonymity alone, no. You ought to at least aspire to live the nomad lifestyle first and put up with its challenges, then enjoy whatever anonymity comes from it as a bonus.
If you don’t mind apartment living, you could consider the arrangement I had at one point. Private landlord who didn’t run background checks, accepted payment in any reasonable form, many tenants, communal mailbox without apartment numbers or names required. Internet, utilities, etc. all rolled into rent and not individually metered. Might be harder to find but they exist.
Reminds me of Christopher Knight. He straight up lived in the woods. No job nothing for decades. Only got caught because he needed to steal rations from local cabins.
