How would you like to wake up to the beautiful views of a nearby beach one day and view the sunset of a Golden Gate bridge that night and pay less than a $500/month for those views? Or even better how would you like to have the freedom to live in any city in the US for the fraction of the regular costs and yet have the flexibility and ability to travel wherever you wanted.
Well, let me tell you a short version of the story of how I did it.
It was about 8 months ago that I decided to start my journey to what I now call the art of urban mobile lifestyle (UML), the new more economic, sustainable, and fashionable, mobile way of living in cities.
Ultimately my goal is to combine my UML lifestyle with the lifestyle of what Tim Ferriss calls the lifestyle of the New Rich (NR) on his book The 4-Hour Workweek
But my initial goal was simply to live in different cities and to have the ability to move from one city or location to another whenever I wanted to.
Obviously with the technological advances today it has become possible to do work anywhere you want to, so I thought about many different combinations to achieve my goal.
I compared the different advantages for of buying a SUV and a trailer, a fifth wheeler, a large van, to buying different classes of RV’s. Finally the solution that I came to was to purchase the 2009 Winnebago ERA model.
So far it had turned out to be the perfect solution for my urban mobile lifestyle.
The 2009 ERA model gives a great gas mileage, which is perfect for frequent economic travels (its turbo diesel gives 17 – 22 miles/gallon. It is small enough to be comfortably driven even in a city, yet large enough to have a cozy bed, a kitchen, bathroom, and a nice living area. It is fully self-contained RV with the modern luxuries of refrigerator, microwave, TV, satellite dish, Sirius radio, wireless internet access, computer, yet the van’s streamlined look does not make it stand out like many of the other more conventional looking RV’s, which makes it the perfect van to park in almost anywhere. (And no I am not getting any kick packs from the Winnebago, at least not yet)
With no monthly rents, no utilities, no property taxes or insurance payments, to worry about, and not much cleaning to do, I have so far been very pleased with my experience and the freedom UML gives you.
Obviously, the lifestyle does come with some challenges. Number one, unless you are hooked up to sewer, water, and electricity you have to try to maximize the capacity of your holding tanks by limiting your use of the shower and restroom and preserve your RV battery life by a careful use of electricity. And number two; it is hard for me to have a big salsa dance party in the hallway of my living quarters.
I will be posting more specific posts on my survival stories later.
But having lived the last few months in San Francisco, visited salsa clubs, hanged out in whole foods and coffee shops, and just randomly checking the scenery, I have probably saved thousands of dollars in rent alone. And whenever I get tired of my neighbors or surroundings, well I just start the engine and go.
Thanks again for visiting my site. Take a look around, and come back soon as I plan on soon starting to post stories with videos and photos!
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