For the record

[TrainChaser]

FS: "...I'm concerned that Bob's pied piper approach will eventually lead someone astray and into unsuspecting danger."

As Cammalu said, we all have to be responsible for ourselves, BUT when someone (usually with something to gain) convinces other people that living in a van is simple, easy and without negative issues, the reality can topple some people into dispair. Bob does this, and I would bet the Moneyless Manifesto does, also.

There are lots of people living on the edge -- they are able to continue as they are, where they are. But if someone sells them the line that they could 'improve' their situation by living in a van and have some money left over at the end of the month, the truth could lead to disaster. When they discover it was pie-in-the-sky, what do they do when they can't go back to what they were doing before? Their cheap, tiny apartment has been rented out. Winter is coming and they are in the northern latitudes. The old van broke down and they can't afford to get it repaired. What do they do?

The suicide rate among the homeless is very high.