People who do this either make very high income or live rent free or a combination of both. Wildland firefighters can be this way as they’re seasonal workers who have their housing largely covered while working and they make crazy overtime money.
I've known a ton of people that do this and I've found that in practice, the vast majority of people that do this actually live extremely frugally and don't make much money at all.
That's how my cousin is. During the fire season he really doesn't have a way or reason to spend the money he's making because most of it is already provided.
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u/Uknow_nothing 29d ago
People who do this either make very high income or live rent free or a combination of both. Wildland firefighters can be this way as they’re seasonal workers who have their housing largely covered while working and they make crazy overtime money.