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He owns his own business and is doing this by choice. They don't go into numbers, but the fact that the article is titled "The Affluent Homeless" makes me think he's not struggling. The guy is atypical, but the people saying he's a socialist or he's being crushed by capitalism are reading their own politics into this.
My guess is that he's doing an extreme version of Lean FIRE. I know a few folks doing less extreme versions. They own little, don't go out much, and save every dime to retire as early as possible.
At least one person I know who did it retired in his mid 30s, then came out of retirement when his investments crashed at the beginning of the 2020 lockdowns. His skills were out of date so he started making way less than he was making when he retired.
That's fucking depressing. Though the question I have is - from the looks of it, he works remotely, so why even bother living in such a high cost area? I'm pretty sure this kind of money can rent a much nicer place, possibly even in the same state.
WTF, I pay about that much per month for a whole-ass house and utilities?
Lives in Hollywood
Well there's your problem
This is more austere than when I lived in college dorms. 2 sets of clothes? That means this dude is washing them daily. It's also a lie unless he's working out in his street clothes. It also means 100% remote work, which is nice. But not having a nice shirt/dress means interviewing might be a problem.
Not even the most ideal state of communism advocated for shit like this. You still had personal possessions.
I don't have the heart to tell my wife that I'm clocked out from life and waiting for it to end eagerly, because after multiple quiet attempts, I'm too cowardly to do it for fear of survival with disability.
I use the prospect of a fatal heart attack as my primary gym motivation. It works.
I hope you get the help and support you need, stranger.
Meaningful help is a luxury most Americans cannot afford. Most "help" available to peasants is just enough to get you off the ledge and back into your very real problems.
I was a practicing psychologist for 10 years, this fact is why I stopped. Get paid garbage to help a poor person with clinical depression approved for all of 3 sessions to get them PRODUCTIVE again making money for someone else, or get paid well to help the people propagating everyone else's misery as they literally complain about not having good enough fiscal years despite having too much. I'm in IT now.
I appreciate your words. You're a good person. Good luck to you.