Possum Living: Urban Squatter Living in Underground Home

Saturday, June 9, 2007

Urban Squatter Living in Underground Home

Now this man [Link] is truly 'possum living! It sounds like he has a pretty good setup. They call him "homeless" which is why I figure he's a squatter. I wish I had more info, maybe some photos, but that would infringe on the guy's privacy. I'm just glad that they seem to be leaving him alone.

2 comments:

squire said...: Some would turn up their noses at him, but he is doing what he needs to do to survive. A quality not posessed by many today.; June 10, 2007 at 10:46 AM
Tracy said...: I agree. But that kind of tough-mindedness has always been in short supply, IMHO.; June 10, 2007 at 5:45 PM

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Possum living is all about living on our own terms, slowing down and kicking back and doing what we really want to be doing instead of burning ourselves out in the pursuit of what society tells us we should strive for. It is about finding easier and more interesting ways of providing what we really need, as an alternative to paying the high price in time, money and freedom that society extracts in exchange for servicing these needs; and about finding the strength to say no to those services we don't really need.

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"The possum brain is grittier..."

Andrew Zimmern

Government regulation generates unforeseen problems, which excuses more regulation, which causes still more unforeseen problems.

Ludwig von Mises

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When we ask for freedom, we have already failed. It is only when we declare freedom for ourselves and refuse to accept any less, that we have any possibility of being free.