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gGriffeth 
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Posted on: Oct. 09 2012, 7:00 pm |
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Hey I'm George, 20 years old from NY. My short term goal is to travel around a region of the country living out of a backpack, sustaining myself as I go. The way I look at it, all you need to be wealthy is to make more then you consume. I recently got back from a little experiment in south Florida, I stayed down there for a month and a half knowing no one when I arrived, with $60 in my pocket. I made it last as long as I could then found some work. I was able to sustain myself, and that was under what was in my opinion the worst conditions possible: humid florida summer, no natural habitats, tons of homeless people, much harder to find somewhere to sleep. Plus they're not use to backpackers, so if you're living out of a backpack they don't assume you have a home life and you're just taking a trip. To most people down there you're just another homeless person. In my hometown people are definitely more respected as hikers, but not down there.
What I'm looking for is what you guys consider the best city for a backpacker to dwell and check out for an extended period of time. I'm looking for a more forested area then south florida, but I'm really open to anywhere. It would be around January so somewhere with nice weather in the winter. Love looking around the forums and looking forward to your guys opinions!
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Woodswoman
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Posted on: Oct. 09 2012, 9:10 pm |
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(gGriffeth @ Oct. 09 2012, 5:00 pm)
QUOTE It would be around January so somewhere with nice weather in the winter.
Gosh, January?? Sorry, but Florida is your best bet, or maybe southern California 
Otherwise, Damascus, Virginia, is a trail-friendly town, at least during the spring, summer, and fall. They probably don't see many backpackers in the winter months. Damascus is known as the ""Trail Town" and hosts Trail Days every May. Google it for more info.
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red dog
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Posted on: Oct. 09 2012, 9:25 pm |
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Hey, come to Tucson
There is a camp of homeless people in the Santa Cruz River bottom just north of the el Camino del Cerro.
I see the smoke from their fires from work.
Every once and a while, somebody plinks a javelina and they roast peccary.
Weather here that time of year is the best.
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WalksWithBlackflies
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Posted on: Oct. 09 2012, 10:35 pm |
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"Slab City", California...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City
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Del Gue
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Posted on: Oct. 09 2012, 11:19 pm |
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There's some awesome opportunities in Lost Wages, NV.
Great viaduct campsites (though you'll have to share), plus the opportunity to win millions of $$$$.
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Deborah
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Posted on: Oct. 10 2012, 8:21 am |
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Trollin' much?
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John
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Posted on: Oct. 10 2012, 9:23 am |
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Backpacking in the city? Why that's an oxymoron.
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Lamebeaver
trail? I don't need no stinkin trail!
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Posted on: Oct. 10 2012, 10:00 am |
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Denver is the place you want to be. Lots of backpackers living on Colfax down by the Platte River. Plus, some great opportunities to score some hookers and blow.
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scroat
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Posted on: Oct. 10 2012, 11:26 am |
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Get a job
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Tigger
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Posted on: Oct. 10 2012, 11:34 am |
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So...If you choose not to have a home and live out of a backpack and just work when you have to...you're not homeless?
Do you maintain health and life insurance or am I paying for you when you get suddenly sick and can't afford to take care of it? What responsibility do you maintain in regards to the community you're "living" in? Where do you "live" that you are being responsible for the land you are staying on. Who's property is it and who pays for it?
You can call yourself a backpacker but the reality is, you're just a bum.
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scroat
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Posted on: Oct. 10 2012, 11:36 am |
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Yep
Like I said, get a job
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Marmotstew
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Posted on: Oct. 10 2012, 11:57 am |
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I'd say El Paso. You could quickly get work as a drug mule. And they don't have a problem that your are basically a dirty bum. You could also eat cheaply by gathering road kill and dumpster food.
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Posted on: Oct. 10 2012, 7:07 pm |
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WOW! Guess y'all scared this guy off the board...
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gGriffeth
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Posted on: Oct. 10 2012, 11:08 pm |
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lol guess it would take more to scare someone off an internet site. some people gave really cool suggestions, i forgot about slab city. and lol i have a job, im not a bum, im a 20 year old kid, dont be so quick to hate. just looking for a cool expirience.
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cgaphiker
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Posted on: Oct. 10 2012, 11:58 pm |
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I'd stay away from the big cities. There's plenty of work down South. I'm sure someone willing to work could find some temp assignments.
Have fun! Be careful!
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Tigger
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Posted on: Oct. 11 2012, 10:27 am |
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(gGriffeth @ Oct. 10 2012, 8:10 pm)
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(Tigger @ Oct. 10 2012, 11:34 am)
QUOTE You can call yourself a backpacker but the reality is, you're just a bum. lol pretty strong words for just reading a paragraph I wrote, but alright.
Yep. Strong words...Based upon the description of what you're doing, they fit. I don't like it when people choose to ignore their social responsibility.
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RebeccaD
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Posted on: Oct. 11 2012, 10:34 am |
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Cut him some slack, Tigger. He's twenty. Many of us were less than responsible at 20. Some of us may even wish we'd been more adventurous and less responsible.
I'm not sure what he's doing is any more irresponsible than me taking a year after college to travel Europe, largely living out of a backpack and occasionally supplementing my fund with a little busking.
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ol-zeke
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Care to admit here what busking means? Or just what it was you performed? 
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Posted on: Oct. 11 2012, 11:14 am |
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Hey, when I was twenty I was slumming around Europe-or at least northern France-as well, though not living out of a backpack. I was wearing a suit, and knocking on doors in the rain. Great times, though.
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Lamebeaver
trail? I don't need no stinkin trail!
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Could you play "Sad Lisa" for me? I'll give you .50
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