Well, if all your possessions are in an RV, moving your family to the midwest costs gas - that's pretty much it.

Several hundred in gas, I'm guessing, and that may not be such an insignificant amount if you're that much on the margin.

Remember: you almost definitely aren't paying for it on credit in this scenario.

Why not stop participating altogether? It's not hard to leave this system of slavery[1]: it just requires sacrifice.

You don't need to live on the major coasts or in a major city. You can live off the land in the woods, hunting and growing your own clean food, drinking clean water, etc.

[1] https://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/libertarians/issues/n...

I can't imagine someone who has no experience in surviving out in the woods is going to last long.

I wonder when the last time wah that a similar argument was made in the US congress.

Which is very much not cheap. Not to mention, while you're driving from point A to point B, you're not bringing in income. So where are you gonna get the money for gas and food?

It doesn't take months to travel 300 miles by car. Bringing in income during the long trip is not a realistic issue.

It's going to take at least a week, and a lot of gas. We're talking about people who already aren't bringing in much, and so likely don't have anything saved up.

Have you never loaded everything you own in a car and moved before? It does not take a week. And driving 300 miles takes 6 hours in an RV, not 7 days. Within a 300 mile radius of SV is everything from LA to Reno to Eureka.

What world do you live in? 300 miles is like a 4 hour drive on the interstate.

Getting to somewhere in the Midwest from SV is far from 300 miles.

That’s assuming this RV is in sound condition for the trek. That’s quite the assumption given the context but, sure, maybe.

This is true, but it is also not not the point I am addressing.