A scene from Nomadland 2021
Linda May

Before I moved into this squeeze inn, I was out looking for work and putting in applications. 2008, and it was just tough. I got to a really, really low point. And I thought about suicide. And I decided I was gonna go buy a bottle of booze, turn on the propane stove, and I was gonna drink that booze until I'm passed out. And if I woke up, I was gonna light a cigarette and I was gonna blow us all up. And I looked at my two sweet little trusting dogs, my Cocker Spaniel and my little Toy Poodle. And I... I just couldn't do that to them. And I thought, well, I can't do that to me either. So I was getting close to 62 and I went online to look at my social security benefits. It said $550. Fern, I have worked my whole life. I've worked since I was 12 years old. Raised two daughters. I couldn't believe it. So I'm online and I find Bob Wells' cheap RV living. I could live in a RV. Travel. And not have to work for the rest of my life.

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Bob Wells One of the things I love most about this life is that there's no final goodbye. You know, I've met hundreds of people out here and I don't ever say a final goodbye. I always just say, "I'll see you down the road." And I do. And whether it's a month, or a year, or sometimes years, I see them again. Dolly You know, I think that what the nomads are doing is not that different than what the pioneers did. I think Fern's part of an American tradition. Makenzie My mom says that you're homeless, is that true? Fern No, I'm not homeless. I'm just house-less. Not the same thing, right?
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