Comments by "Manfred " (@manfredmann2766) on "World According To Briggs"
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Banning, Cathedral City, Blythe, Mojave, Beaumont, Redding, Bakersfield, Ridgecrest, Indio, Arvin, and Los Centros. Hope to get one.
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Guessing: Sucky local job pay, winters, Expensive housing (Big Sky, Bozeman, etc.), not a liberal friendly state, not diverse, nightlife would not appeal to the cosmopolitan citifolks, dangerous roads, Ted Turner, Jane Fonda, Bill Gates, and the like own most of the open land, dangerous drivers taking advantage of unlimited speed limit, isolated, no infrastructure (very car dependent, even within the larger towns, and the ever present wind.
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They have to be in NYC, Chicago, New Orleans, Newark, NJ, Detroit, LA, Flint, Las Vegas, Baltimore, and St Louis.
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Holo Holopainen Worked mostly odd jobs for a period of 2 years. Switched off between the tent and the car. Hiked for miles in Rockies, The Northwestern USA, and the desert southwest. Worked a slew of temp jobs to garner cash for provisions. Usually if I slept in my car it would be at a hospital, casino, or BLM land. On several occasions, I would leave the car for weeks at a time while I trekked in remote areas on foot with my tent and gear.
It was a bad time economically in the USA during the early 90s and I lost a job and felt like depressed because of it. Could not afford the NYC area and turmoil I was going through at the time.
I was cautious not to sleep in unsafe urban areas out west, but preferred remote rural areas or smaller towns.
My theory was that if I was going to die, it would be in the wilds. Ran out of cash 6 months into this experience, so I was always doing temp work out of necessity.
Ate some vegetation like roots and placed pine needles in my unpurified water at times to get vitamin C. Gorp came in handy and was a staple. I was not too knowledgeable about edible plants at the time, so I avoided those risks.
No cellphones in those days and the internet on a desktop was a seminal thing. Went to tons of libraries to read, shave, and bathe. Also was no stranger to a YMCA or two for cleaning up.
For 4 months I stayed in some mountainous area in the Rockies between Nederland and Boulder CO and worked if I ran out of money or was close. Did not carry a side piece and I had no encounters, but I was not worried at the time.
Being frustrated with the east coast life and feeling like I failed, prompted me to disappear.
By 1995 eventually everything fell into place, but that 09 recession was no walk in the park. At the ripe old age of 44 in 2011, I had to work 1000 miles away from immediate family for 2. 5 years. However, I lived with a continuous roof over my head, unlike having to rough it like I did 20 years earlier, but it was no walk in the park either.
Unlike the protagonist, I decided against eating a poisonous shoot (I think that is what it was). I was pretty bummed out during the 90 s journey, but not as severe as McCanless. I ditched my car for weeks at a time, but I went back to it and I also did not burn any cash I took with me or made along the way.
The temp jobs I did were mostly factory work, multiple call centers, construction, dishwashing, bar tending, farming, and inventory.
Anyhow, that is the old story in a nutshell. Stayed mostly in Oregon, Nevada, eastern California, Arizona, and Colorado.
Yes, I was American then, and still am. When I retire I have mulled over moving to southern Italy, which is where my family is from.
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