Courage (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] 68 points 7 months ago (20 children)

He's not wrong. It'll be a really shitty journey as it's just voluntary homelessness, but you can choose to live as a hobo if you're brave enough. And if you're brave enough you can cross borders without permission. Not a good idea at all, lots of walking, hunger, sleeping outside, and hiding from authorities, but hey, you can.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Hobo sort of implies a migrant worker. Tramp is someone that travels about, but isn't interested in working. Both used to be associated with freighthopping trains. Do people stowaway on trains anymore?

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    I have to assume some people still hop trains. At the very least some crust punk squatter types probably do

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (5 children)

    There's nowhere to go on a train tho. They're all tanks and shipping containers.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

    I assume train hoppers have tricks to get inside boxcars. Also there are different types of cars besides tank cars and boxcars, like coil cars:

    And open-top hopper cars:

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    That's my point, I never see boxcars anywhere.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    When you say shipping containers, do you mean these guys?

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Hitchhiking and couch surfing is a thing.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I don’t think that is “travel” in the spirit of the discussion.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It's not travel in your (and to be honest, most people in the comments) preferred version. The OP never mentioned luxuries, or even comfort. The point is that if what you really want to travel, you most probably can, independent of your financial situation.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I get it that s/he is technically correct. I think that was pretty clear in my statement.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    My point is: it's not technically correct, it's just plain correct. Plenty of people I know go for cycling tours of Europe, packing food and sleeping in tents. Some do two weeks hiking.

    Travel is not only flying to the other end of the world and eating fancy food cooked for you by hired chefs... you can travel basically free if you adjust your expectations.

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