I agree with the points brought up by aphyer and sunwillrise on working hours, and would like to offer additional thoughts. A friend of mine, when he got his first job, saved until he could last a week on his savings, then a month, and so on. This gave him a buffer he could use to tell a horrible boss to shove it.

These days, phone apps like Stockpile allow one to invest as little as $5 per fractional share of NVDA, AMZN, GOOG, and AAPL, with the help of services like Motley Fool for 25¢/day.

Just as people vote with their feet to get into the U.S., I’m wondering if some of the people living in campers may be voting with their feet within the U.S., preferring that lifestyle to that of working with horrible bosses in order to join the crowds at Disneyland. Thinking of the 2024 essay  by johnswentworth on Orienting Toward Wizard Power, a frugal lifestyle may be their wizard power, and Stockpile may be their way to modest wealth.