Live among the camping lifestyle?

I hate the fact of having to live in a modern society. With walmart and all these companies wanting your money I feel used. I love to camp and if i could I would camp my whole life. Im thinking of going to college and is almost done with highschool. This is my last year but I dont want to have to go back to school and continue college and find a carrer. I rather live a life that god gave to me and have what I need to live and not what I want. It would make me feel so much better and life would be better this way. But my family is counting on me to continue college and expect me to become a dentist or pediatrician since I like children. But I dont want to work inside, but have been told that these careers are easy and you have weekends off and get good money to support your family. But I'd rather live a life without much technology. But would be hard to raise my family. What should I do.

Live among the camping lifestyle?

If you have a family of your own, you have a life with them and need to include them in your decision. If it's your mom and dad and siblings, you aren't tied down with them.

I think I agree with you, I'd rather live on the land instead of in a suburban neighborhood, but I can't. I have no land to live off of. A part of living on earth is following the guidelines set by civilization, so you'd have to live on your own land, and to get land, you'd need to buy it and pay taxes on it forever. If you can figure out a way to be gainfully employed and live simply, go for it, then tell me how you did it.

Live among the camping lifestyle?

There are four main differences between a camp and a house.

1. A camp shelter is inferior to a house in thermal insulation and moisture control.

2. A camp shelter is more mobile than a house.

3. A camp shelter is usually more isolated than a house.

4. The county will charge you tax on a house, which you'll have to pay or their armed thugs will seize it and drive you away; they won't bother to tax your tent (probably).

You can still buy a house in the hilly eastern part of West Virginia, or the hilly western part of Virginia, along with two acres of land, for about $40,000. The house will probably be a 625 square foot one-floor, one-bathroom frame house, or a 720 square foot A-frame with one bathroom and a spare bedroom upstairs. But that's way better than a camp tent or hammock.

The tax on a small property in West Virginia is about $150 each year. You pay it by taking a pocket full of cash to the sheriff's office at the courthouse and forking over as much of that cash as they claim you "owe" because you "own" a house in "their" jurisdiction.

You can pretend that your house is a very elite base camp, from which you make your daily excursions. But if you're in the area I mentioned, watch out for BEARS!