Cleveland? Dayton? Cincinnati?
i was being sarcastic. dude said living in ohio is a lot different than living in a city as if we all live on farms
u remind me of aa good friend of mines i grew up with. besides the car in which he got as a passdown from highschool and still looks runs great ( he hardly drives unless its a must) he is the same way...worked a job from jr high till like end of college. never has ever had a bank account. He bought a house outright cash, well parents did and he repaid the,..crazy story i went to see him a little after college and dude had like a lil over qtr million bucks saved in a lockbox in a safe hidden in his parents basement.
You would think he hardly would get girls but he actually does, although for obvious reasons cant get a long term g/f, cause most of the time they like oh you dont have a nwer car, dont have a bank account, no cell phone etc... dont wear the latest and greatest fashion etc... thinking he is a bum etc... But lowkey dude is (havent talked to him in awhile since he got like this new 50k a year job...)probably sitting pretty close to a mill.
I mean dude was the most thrifty cat i ever met. Outside of being a dj (which he spends a good amount of money own, but also makes him a good amount as well) dude has a vcr still...an big screen tv with like the woodgrain on the side... and old phone (iuno if it works but it isnt even a cordless) pretty much anything made after the 90's dude has nothing (with the exception of music making equipment, and a mac again for music)
So i feel op, i remember actually kicking it with a guy like that and he seems very content (still plays his old games lol nintendo 64 ps dreamcast etc...) and while ppl trip on him etc and think like alot of you guys think, he as far as i can see really is good with just the basics in life.
Oddly enough he use to be a nt member but stopped awhile ago after they start making retroes pretty heavy mixed with getting older etc.
sounds like he has the right mindset. i wish i could do without a bank account, im actually trying to get out of chase and join a credit union. cash is going to be worthless soon so im more focused on tangible items, land.
i'm trying to buy a bunch of foreclosure properties in places like detroit, cincinnati, st louis, wheeling, parkersburg, marietta, etc.
the irony of the poor comments and linking me to a wellfare site is that those are the people who drive escalades, have 60" HDTV, 10 credit cards, and an obamaphone. heck i wish i had an EBT card, i'd take that **** to whole paycheck and buy all organic food.
not having a car is probably the hardest thing to do in this country. outside of JYC, san francisco, boston public transit sucks and there is no investment. look how much is spent on roads vs rail. uzbekistan has high speed rail yet the governor of my state sends back $450 million given by the govt to start high speed rail. fortunately i live next to pretty much everything, the only thing i would really want a car for is to go on trips to other cities and to the metroparks/cuyahoga valley national park. i wouldnt mind possibly buying a motor home.
i like nice things and i'm not a hippie but i've learned material things dont make you happy. we are only concerned with throwaway items because of the need for instant gratification.
my ultimate goal is to do what i love in life, have a family, take care of them, and be completely self sufficient with enough space to grow all my own food
that wasnt me that was my brother..
OP was your reason for making this thread to see if others live the same way you do or to just make a statement?
also how has that affected the way women view your lifestyle? no flames, just interested.
honestly i just wish people would stop drinking the kool aid. you got people in here claiming you need credit and that not all debt is bad. its all a big scam
and you already know the answer to the question about women. they wont give you the time of day if you dont have 1 of those things let alone all 4. i should say little girls though cuz there are very few women, even when they are 30s 40s 50s.
Only the cell phone strikes me, ill just say this reason: for keeping in contact with women. The other things you listed I can understand, but you need a credit card to make certain purchases or check into hotel rooms and stuff.
huh? ive stayed in plenty of hotels
