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Priced out of traditional housing, more Americans are living in RVs (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] viewports@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"here he worked as a professional diver doing maintenance at SeaWorld and paying $750 a month in rent. He was hoping to find comparable rent in Chattanooga, where he took a new job doing underwater maintenance for the cooling towers at nuclear power plants."

Everything about RV life aside, that sounds pretty badass, kind of lame that sort of work dosen't pay more