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Originally Posted by bgadow
What I've considered: could a person just start out walking, and sustain themselves on what they could find/what oddjobs they could do? Could you pick up enough spare change to buy a bargain in a thrift store, then resell it for a tidy profit? Ideas...
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There's a book somewhere here about a guy doing something similar in the early 80's - going out to "find" America, living off what he traded labor for - he was fine until he got into the Southwest, and the sparseness led him to abandon his attempt. I'm gonna find it and post the title.
Another thought: What if you found (curb crawling, dumpster diving, etc) something, sold it, and worked it up from there? I'll admit a period of my youth was just that - found some 300 dress patterns, sold those, bought a bike, then a lawn mower, and finally a rake, all from dumpster diving proceeds. With the 3 in hand, fall arrived....
I sold the mower to a guy after I started working for my Dad. I made more money in one hour (plus fringe bennies) with Dad than I could have made in a day mowing lawns. I learned a lot more too...
Cheers,