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Posted on 11/23/2009 11:55:24 AM PST by JoeProBono
MOAB, Utah, A 48-year-old man who has not used money in nine years and resides in a desert cave in Moab, Utah, said he loves his simple existence.
Daniel Suelo said while he shops for clothes by going through garbage, he is content with living an existence where he does not have to worry about a job, mortgage or other concerns that plague most U.S. residents, The Denver Post reported Sunday.
"The understanding that, really, we all possess nothing is the cornerstone of all spiritual endeavors and religions," Suelo said.
A former Peace Corps volunteer, Suelo said he also will not barter for food or rent because he considers bartering another form of currency.
Suelo began his unique style of living nine years ago despite having a master's degree in accounting and a degree in anthropology.
Despite his meager belongings and lack of a traditional home, Suelo insists he will never embrace a regular lifestyle again.
"I have no idea what the future holds, and I don't worry about it. But the longer I do this, it seems absurd to go back," he told the Post. "It would be like going back to slavery."
Hmm, how is he going to pay that fine?
There once was a young man named Dave ....
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>So how’s this bum different from the ones sleeping under the overpass?
Um...he has walls?
He's much more philosophical about it. And he blogs.
http://sites.google.com/site/livingwithoutmoney/
A bums life...nothing to be proud of.
The guy is 48. I think his school loans would have been paid off long ago. And remember, a “good” school in 1983 would have cost him $6k a year, and thats before any aid.
So, I think the educated parasite argument is probably not applicable.
Weird, anti social dude argument seems pretty valid though.
Dang, I wish I could find boots that last 9 years. (s)
What do you use for power and an ISP?
Maybe coyotes?
Got a nice lantern there. So is he living off of savings???? Nah didn’t think so. He basically steals what he wants from the garbage and lives as a hermit. Please don’t come to town when the winds are blowing my direction
Every man cave needs a few house plants
One can only hope. LOL
“but let him get a can’t-ignore toothache, major medical problem, etc. and see where he runs to.”
He’ll just pull his own teeth, ala Tom Hanks in that movie where he is stranded on an island. Maybe he figures if he has a major medical problem, he’ll just die.
Mixed feelings. You can certainly ‘live off the land’, even in a place like Moab, which is very desolate.
I’d even say that was a better life than most in the cities, where you can practice self-sufficiency. This isn’t it though.
A East Tennesee man lived in a cave for about four decades starting I think in the early 1930’s along the Holston River. He held down gainfull employment and became a well known folk hero of sorts. He did it by choice not in any form of protest it seems but just because it was practical, a simple life, and he liked it.
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