Originally Posted by
WestMass
For some reason I thought back to a comment or an alternative 'zine at a punk show where the argument was made that going camping was offensive because it was essentially people who have shelter and live a comfortable life going out into the woods and intentionally "playing poor" or imagining that they lived a life of less privilege as a sort of exciting game to play or "roughing it", and how that might seem to be mockery to a person actually doesn't have shelter or comfort on a regular basis.
I used to bike commute 1.5 hours a day instead of driving .75 hours 4 days a week which meant I saved 3 hours a week, 150 hours a year, and $15,000 - $30,000 worth of time and $2500 in car costs.
It's a lot harder to become wealthy if you turn down free money like that.