You can get all that stuff for free in nearby towns and nothing is stopping you from hiking into town once a week for supplies. It’s entirely possible to live for free if you wanted to. I’ve done it before, so I know the score.
I agree with you that living up in the Alaskan wilderness would be a whole different ball game. In most of the continental U.S., though, if you’re close to a national park, it is possible. People do it all the time
Most towns give free food and clothing to the indigent, especially at churches. It’s a true fact. Living in a tent in a woods is essentially doing just that and there are people who live their whole lives off of charity like that. You could, in principle, do it.
That is not scalable. Other people have to put in work to run a charity and community effort like that. If everyone is living off of charities, who is funding them?
You can get all that stuff for free in nearby towns and nothing is stopping you from hiking into town once a week for supplies. It’s entirely possible to live for free if you wanted to. I’ve done it before, so I know the score.
I agree with you that living up in the Alaskan wilderness would be a whole different ball game. In most of the continental U.S., though, if you’re close to a national park, it is possible. People do it all the time
What towns are giving away free supplies?
Most towns give free food and clothing to the indigent, especially at churches. It’s a true fact. Living in a tent in a woods is essentially doing just that and there are people who live their whole lives off of charity like that. You could, in principle, do it.
That is not scalable. Other people have to put in work to run a charity and community effort like that. If everyone is living off of charities, who is funding them?