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> people need people While this lifestyle is not for me, i tend to concur on the statement. I personally pick my houses as distant from people as possible. People don’t need people. Sure it gets lonely sometimes but let me ask you if you enjoying the company you have all the time. People don’t need people. It’s rather personality related
I think you meant “I tend to differ”, “concur” means you agree.
I love trains as much as the next nerd but that's a heck of a commitment haha I think if I wanted to do the digital nomad thing I'd have to cheat on the nomad bit a little and have an anchor flat somewhere.. where else would I keep the NAS?! As it stands my lil studio flat is 300/yr cheaper with all bills inc and has a coffee machine built into the (admittedly communal, but massive) kitchen. Plenty of caffeine, plent…
> NAS
I think that is cheating on the nomad thing a lot a bit.
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And no facilities most of us take for granted: a shower when you want; a washing machine; a kitchen with exactly what you want in it; private space; an actual bed....
Yeah, like for 1/5th of the rent price, it would make more sense...
I'd be willing to bet that even a regular home (unit/flat/apartment/small house/whatever) can likely be rented for 1/5th of London rental rates, if you look in the right places: i.e., not in major cities.
Cities are expensive; Being able to work from "anywhere" makes it quite easy to make your money go a lot further, particularly in terms of housing, without resorting to being a glorified homeless drifter.
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No, you really really can't afford a house with 10K euros/year anywhere in europe even eastern europe. I live in EE, rent a 30m^2 studio, costs around 3K a year (just rent + utilities). I live in one of the cheapest countries in EE.
So... you afford a house for 3k/y and say that one cannot afford one for 10k/y? I'm missing something about your point. For 10k/y you can live in most of Europe, of course not the center of Paris or Munich or Amsterdam or whatever but there is a lot of Europe outside the center of large cities.
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He sleeps in public train coaches (sometimes under the seats, if you look at his blog). This means he spends at least 6 hours a day unconscious - and vulnerable - in a public place that anyone can enter. Arguably less safe than sleeping at home behind a locked door.
Very arguably. Presuming the train has cameras, staff and other people on it, it could be argued it's safer than sleeping in a house.
Reminds me of the ads on the city buses in Berlin > 60m^2, keine Küche, kein Bad - Für 60,66 EUR warm im Monat. EN: 60 square meters, no kitchen, no bathroom - for just 60.66 EUR per month, utilities included. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/20182186004296102...
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> he didn't pay for hey, he paid for it! They gave him an unlimited ticket in exchange for euros. You're free to say that the train company shouldn't have created an unlimited ticket but it's unfair to paint a person who uses what he legally bought as a thief.
Read the comment again - he pays for one seat, he sleeps across 3 or 4.
> with the low occupancy of the train, this is not a problem whatsoever
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Read the comment again - he pays for one seat, he sleeps across 3 or 4.
If you're on a flight and there's a free space next to you, would you say you're wrong if you occupy it by stretching your legs?
by that logic, you have until the next stop, and then any claim you have to a seat is forfeit.
Reminds me of the ads on the city buses in Berlin > 60m^2, keine Küche, kein Bad - Für 60,66 EUR warm im Monat. EN: 60 square meters, no kitchen, no bathroom - for just 60.66 EUR per month, utilities included. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/20182186004296102...
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After spending a lot of time in Europe, the grass definitely isn't greener. Trains in France are not vastly cheaper than the UK, but the service pattern is awful outside the very main routes. Often huge gaps in service for parts of the day and non-clockface timetabling. Seems to be very poor utilisation of rolling stock, with a lot of the stations having trains sitting for hours doing nothing (which should really be…
The UK is part of Europe, too.