Death of the American Dream - Living in your Car

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/05/19/homeless.mom/index.html

Do you think this can't happen to you.  I remember when this woman or one like her was interviewed on TV and I could hear the desperation in her words.   She cried over the idea that her parents would have cried for her were they still alive.

Here is an article I just came across and it shows why fears about not being able to afford to live on your social security are real.  In light of these outcomes an approach of going with an RV on your own land makes great sense for making sure you end up safe and not in a car.  It seems that it can happen to anyone.  I have watched story after story on this type of thing happening to middle class people that fell on hard times just by bad luck or mistakes that we all can make.

Creeping up on 80 and living in her car
Would you want this for you or one of your parents.  It is a nightmare to which once you are in it the chance of getting out of it is bleak.

This poor woman is almost 80 and is living in a small car with her two dogs.  What a wretched outcome and thank god my mom never faced this.  I am thinking along the same lines of making sure I don't end up on the street some day.  It can happen to anyone.  Meanwhile, if you get here as a refugee or illegal you can get a check, a free home, free food, and free medical.  It is insane.

Refugees are feted with free stuff and a home and they never did a day of work in the USA.  What is wrong with this picture.  Everything.

For Yourself:  Avoiding this means being realistic.  Living in a travel trailer, a mobile home, or even a tiny home/shed/cabin makes for a much more survivable financial picture than the big homes approach many people take.   If you own land in a place where it is okay to park a travel trailer and live in it that is still a lot better than parking your car and sleeping in it for your old age plan.   Find a place with an old trailer on it that might not be livable but has electric, septic, and well connections already in place and you might have a workable low cost plan to survive.