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Good responses, though I did assume there would be lots of members who had a dirtbag phase or period (s).
or maybe people are hesitant! Remember that guy, forgot the name, a few years ago he was doing many Colorado peaks, said he had spent a night on the floor of a trailhead bathroom,
or a coworker of mine said he slept in his Subaru for 3 months in a Planet Fitness parking lot, then shower inside every morning! He was gaining a bit of cash driving Uber or something
I defended my thesis and moved into my car in June 2009, and have been living in a car about half the time ever since. I don't have any grand journeys to show for it, but I have managed to stand on some summits, see a few continents, and make far-flung friends. I suppose I could have done something similar by making and spending more money, but that's not how things happened.
Having kids doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me at this point: they cost too much money and independence, and I don't care if my genes die out. Fortunately other people reproduce, and I can be a positive (or at least strange) influence on their lives.