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Guy Lives in Real-Life Hobbit House, Spends Just $5,000 a Year
Original article on OddityCentral.com – a blog on oddities and wacky news http://www.odditycentral.com/
Meet Dan Price, a real life hobbit who has been living in his underground hole in Oregon for the past twenty years. He manages to survive with only $5,000 a year – $100 of which goes on the rent for the land he resides under – and doesn’t believe in “houses or mortgages.”
Dan used to be an office job type of guy, working as a photojournalist in order to support himself, his wife and their two kids and pay the mortgage on their house. He didn’t really give his life too much thought until he read a book by Harlan Hubbard which described an existence without the everyday commodities of modern life. After reading the book, Dan soon packed his bags and moved to a peaceful meadow where he tried out various housing options- a cabin, a flophouse and a tepee, before settling in the hobbit house he lives in today. The 8-foot hole in the ground barely accommodates Dan, a stove, his books, a CD player and some clothes, but it’s everything he really needs. Price, who wants to live a life without stress says “everything is at arm’s length when you are sitting there. It’s human scale. The idea is that you can see everything, no fumbling for stuff – that creates stress.”
Source: http://www.odditycentral.com/news/guy-lives-in-real-life-hobbit-house-spends-just-5000-a-year.html
When the Insurance cartel comes-a-knocking to extort Obamacare fees to enrich their lord and savior (insurance CEO’s), they will save him a bundle and only charge $6000/year with a $20000 deductible!
Even hobbits win under Obama!