have you tried being homeless! imagine the money you can save, not paying rent! you can afford to buy a house in ~20000 years (in the irradiated zones)…
It’s not that uncommon. People do that. It’s actually nice to not have “stuff” and reconnect with what it really means to be a self reliant human.
People live in their cars for awhile. Some people even just get a camping net and sleeping bag and do urban camping.
Phone, gym membership to shower, and a job. You get a more exciting life experience.
Some people even prefer it. You don’t have to have the things you’re told you need to be happy. I’ve realized it’s all like shitty drugs anyway. Sober or not so many people are sold escapism like it’s something they are supposed to have. Getting rid of all your stuff can be a blessing, like a detox from all that’s unnecessary. Lifestyles people roped into are marketed to them to make other people rich, not to make your own life better.
People live like that voluntarily? Fucking hell, I hated living like that when I had to. I’ve got two people in a studio right now and it’s better than financial insecurity, but I’m excited to move back to more space.
There’s a romantic beauty in the crust punk life, but I really like living indoors. Like, really like it.
in many parts of the world, it’s a criminal offense not to have a permanent residency with a mailing address registered to you.
vagrancy laws first existed due to health and wealthfare concerns (albeit this was a lie), but reality is these laws remained.
as a result many employers, when they do background checks and discover you don’t have one, have to deny you as your a liability.
if your already employed, if your employer finds out, they can fire you and request compensation, due to violating liability insurance clauses.
the only way to typically do this successfully is to be self employed or to be a day labourer.
this is all before the tax issues that apply…
as some one who spent many months homeless while employed and hiding it from their employer because they didn’t make enough to continue living in a sublease… yeah… most people that prefer that typically are on a ton of copium to avoid society or actively are doing it to skirt legal requirements, to maintain a “lifestyle”…
that said, all the more power to anyone’s personal choices. I personally hate the system that makes the bare minimum include being homeless.
in 2026 this is far more difficult. surveillance tech and AI has turned privacy into a premium feature.
I’ve seen people (nearly) lose their jobs as their employers did silent background checks throughout the year to confirm that they haven’t been convicted of a crime and it come back that Thier registered address didnt belong to them as state police were getting bad information from a databroker. flock was misreading thier plates and thinking they were living 1h away in a parking lot…
point is, when mistakes like that are made, it shows how hard it is to hide when you are doing something.
I’ve seen people (nearly) lose their jobs as their employers did silent background checks throughout the year to confirm that they haven’t been convicted of a crime and it come back that Thier registered address didnt belong to them as state police were getting bad information from a databroker
“Nearly” lost their jobs because if they did the employee can absolutely sue. What that/those companies are doing is remarkably illegal, a massive invasion of privacy, and the person/people doing it is actually criminal.
I’m a local commercial truck driver. I need to have a clean driving record to apply for a job and supply a driving record for the last 3 years. I’ve been at my job for nearly 5 now. My company cannot go behind my back and do a criminal search on me without my consent. I could move out of my house tomorrow to a new address and they don’t need to know where I live until next February when it’s for T4 tax purposes. But as long as there’s an address it doesn’t matter.
I’ve offered my address to friends attempting to move to my province so they can apply for jobs with a ‘local’ address. Any correspondence that comes to me I just send back to my friend across the country.
have you tried being homeless! imagine the money you can save, not paying rent! you can afford to buy a house in ~20000 years (in the irradiated zones)…
It’s not that uncommon. People do that. It’s actually nice to not have “stuff” and reconnect with what it really means to be a self reliant human.
People live in their cars for awhile. Some people even just get a camping net and sleeping bag and do urban camping.
Phone, gym membership to shower, and a job. You get a more exciting life experience.
Some people even prefer it. You don’t have to have the things you’re told you need to be happy. I’ve realized it’s all like shitty drugs anyway. Sober or not so many people are sold escapism like it’s something they are supposed to have. Getting rid of all your stuff can be a blessing, like a detox from all that’s unnecessary. Lifestyles people roped into are marketed to them to make other people rich, not to make your own life better.
People live like that voluntarily? Fucking hell, I hated living like that when I had to. I’ve got two people in a studio right now and it’s better than financial insecurity, but I’m excited to move back to more space.
There’s a romantic beauty in the crust punk life, but I really like living indoors. Like, really like it.
in many parts of the world, it’s a criminal offense not to have a permanent residency with a mailing address registered to you.
vagrancy laws first existed due to health and wealthfare concerns (albeit this was a lie), but reality is these laws remained.
as a result many employers, when they do background checks and discover you don’t have one, have to deny you as your a liability.
if your already employed, if your employer finds out, they can fire you and request compensation, due to violating liability insurance clauses.
the only way to typically do this successfully is to be self employed or to be a day labourer.
this is all before the tax issues that apply…
as some one who spent many months homeless while employed and hiding it from their employer because they didn’t make enough to continue living in a sublease… yeah… most people that prefer that typically are on a ton of copium to avoid society or actively are doing it to skirt legal requirements, to maintain a “lifestyle”…
that said, all the more power to anyone’s personal choices. I personally hate the system that makes the bare minimum include being homeless.
It can be difficult to get a legitimate job without at least a mailing address.
Good point. I was lucky to be able use a past address that still was lived in by family.
in 2026 this is far more difficult. surveillance tech and AI has turned privacy into a premium feature.
I’ve seen people (nearly) lose their jobs as their employers did silent background checks throughout the year to confirm that they haven’t been convicted of a crime and it come back that Thier registered address didnt belong to them as state police were getting bad information from a databroker. flock was misreading thier plates and thinking they were living 1h away in a parking lot…
point is, when mistakes like that are made, it shows how hard it is to hide when you are doing something.
“Nearly” lost their jobs because if they did the employee can absolutely sue. What that/those companies are doing is remarkably illegal, a massive invasion of privacy, and the person/people doing it is actually criminal.
I’m a local commercial truck driver. I need to have a clean driving record to apply for a job and supply a driving record for the last 3 years. I’ve been at my job for nearly 5 now. My company cannot go behind my back and do a criminal search on me without my consent. I could move out of my house tomorrow to a new address and they don’t need to know where I live until next February when it’s for T4 tax purposes. But as long as there’s an address it doesn’t matter.
I’ve offered my address to friends attempting to move to my province so they can apply for jobs with a ‘local’ address. Any correspondence that comes to me I just send back to my friend across the country.