I’m presently designing chips for Samsung in San Diego and living in my newer model 37 foot 5th wheel in a campground ... and loving it. I am 100 feet from the ocean and a beach. I have cable and internet and all other utilities paid for in the rent. The rent is one third of what the apartments are going for around here. My neighbors are pretty much the same type of older people who work various professions ... like teaching, medical, engineering etc. The life style is not for just anyone and requires a bit of getting used to ... but I’ve been doing it since October and am enjoying it. Two things that I don’t like ... first I’m living in Kalifornistan and I have run into some really STUPID liberals here. Second, I had to leave all (wink) of my fire arms in Arizona with Ms Clamper.
There is something to be said about earning a six figure salary and paying a 3 figure rent utilities included. My contract job is for a year. I figure to sock enough away to have enough to retire (again) this time gracefully. No investments ... I’d lost my investments, money, house, and job due to the 2008 crash. My college education didn’t help while I was training my H1B replacementS.