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Genre: Howto & Style
Date of upload: Apr 7, 2024 ^^
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He said most of his classmates are paying about $1600 to $1800 a month in rent, so that's $19200 to $21600 a year (incuring more debt in student loan's). So, for a $14k investment, he can live all of his student life on less than one year's rent, and recoup some of his money when he's done, by selling the van. It's a perfect solution.
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I studied medicine and wished so many times I had a van like his so that I had saved more money for better things like healthcare in the future. Plus once you start going on hospital duties having this would be such a great help cause you can just go the parking lot and freaking sleep like a baby. You're lucky dude. Bless you.
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My thoughts:
1. This kid is amazing. He can do anything. Heāll be an amazing doctor.
2. The economic pressures of living in these top tier cities is unreal. I have absolutely no judgement of people who live in vans.
3. That to say I love my suburban home outside of Buffalo, NY. It is so nice and very afrordable. š
4. When you park your van in a fancy neighborhood you get the wonderful benefits of the neighborhood without the expense and taxes. That is brilliant.
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This is the third college student living by choice in a van. I so admire each one of them. I'd love to see a university take the risk and make the commitment to providing student van livers with a safe place to live with water and trash facilities available - perhaps sewer disposable or porta potties. This would be just one way to alleviate student debt.
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Iāll admit Iām emotional when watching this. What has our world come to that people need to live in a van and that society then normalises it. What a fine young man that takes a hold of his life and thinks outside the box and then executes his plan in spite of the stress of potential ridicule. He will go far
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@ethanliebross
1 month ago
Thank you all for watching, and thank you to Kirsten for her beautiful storytelling. It is a privilege and honor to share my story with you all. Your kind words mean the world to me. I want to be clear that living in a van by choice is much different than living on the streets because of life circumstances that forced the decision. For me, this was a choice. While yes, part of this had to do with wanting to save money, there is more to the story. I am doing this because I enjoy the simple life. I enjoy challenging myself to find water, to find a place to shower, to cook with few ingredients, etc. Itās a really beautiful practice to go fetch your own water or bike around to find a shower; it makes you deeply appreciate the little things most of us take for granted. Sadly the world of medicine has become a world of money and greed, driven by profit rather than compassion. And Iāve come to the realization that if I really want to practice medicine selflessly and if I really want to make a difference, I need to create a life for myself that doesnāt require a lot of money or things. I have dreams of becoming a really, really amazing physician, someone who listens, understands, and really cares, and this act of living in a van, I believe, is helping me grow into that very person I so deeply aspire to become.
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