Americans can no longer afford a summer vacation
Americans can no longer afford a summer vacation
A significant number of Americans won't be taking a summer vacation this year because they cannot afford it, a recent survey for Newsweek found.
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The solution is not to increase your income to compensate for the costs of living, but instead to lower your standards. I go off-trail camping every year and never think about the costs because it's fucking cheap. Getting away from civilization is the vacation. See you around the campfire!
EDIT - Downvoting is easy. Haters gonna hate!
Oh wow, so I need to get a car, camping supplies, and to take time off from work that I don't have.
This doesn't sound cheap, it just sounds like you have the means.
Be as apathetic about the state of the economy as you want. The rest of us will fight for a better life.
Get a tent for free on Buy Nothing, strap it to your bike, take a bus to the nearest trail, ride all day, camp next to a river, go home the next day. Easily doable in a 2 day weekend. I did this exact thing 2 weeks ago and it was a great mental reset.
Sounds like you just want an excuse to be miserable instead of finding ways to be happy.
I find happiness in demanding that I get paid what I am worth, rather than rolling over and trying to make due with less.
I wasn't really speaking honestly when I said that I personally can't afford to go camping, I am just ridiculing your belief that people are just failing to make the most of life, when life fucking sucks hit shit for millions of people right now.
Nobody wants to hear you pretend that economic issues don't matter. If that makes you feel better with your own lot in life, more power to you, but nobody wants to hear your "If I can be happy so can you" condescension from anyone when they're talking about how wages are stagnant and the working class can't afford basic luxuries as a reward for their hard work as previous generations could.
You sound pretty offended. I was merely offering it as an inexpensive option and I stand by my original statement.
Camping is pretty cheap compared to other vacation types, where most would spend hundreds if not thousands staying at a hotel, dropping plenty on food, entertainment, transportation (planes and car rental) and who knows what other expenses.
I don't spend more than $20-30 a night on all expenses. Initial costs might seem daunting to you, but you can get a tent, a sleeping bag, a cooler with food and a lighter for less than $150. If you can't afford that, you need to reprioritize some things in your life.