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[–] yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 144 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Post-industrial Buddhism is what it is. Yeah like it'd be great to do that in a cave or forest or open prairie but who the fuck can afford those things?

Abandoned buildings are free as long as you don't fuck with the native inhabitants' meth.

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 40 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I would just worry of asbestos or heavy metal contamination in the buildings, especially if I'm sleeping on or near the floor

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 3 points 5 hours ago

Are you worried about this sort of thing in general? I would argue that these things are pretty esoteric concerns.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 6 points 8 hours ago

All the good caves are taken.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 14 points 14 hours ago (7 children)

who the fuck can afford those things?

Anybody? Where do you live that hanging out in the forest costs money?

[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Transportation to and from the forest isn't free.

Also some places have laws against camping on public land to discourage homelessness and these would likely fall afoul of those.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I promose you those places also have laws against camping on private property in an abandoned building.

[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, but not as many people go to abandoned buildings so you're less likely to be seen by others and reported.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 minutes ago

I'd be way more concerned about running into someone in a 'bando than out in the woods though.

Hiker in the woods is going to go the other way. A homebum in a bando? Who knows how they'll react.

[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

OP didn't mean the cost of going there, they meant still paying the bills while going to the forest instead of work

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

That's still going to be a problem living in an abandoned building though. That part doesn't change regardless of where their friend goes to meditate (unless that place is work I guess)

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

In the middle of a city, which doesn't have nearby forests.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If we're talking about the US, that's no city I've ever seen except maybe the southwest

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You've never seen an abandoned building in Baltimore, DC Philadelphia, Detroit, or Chicago?

Outside of the tourist zone you can find wastelands of abandoned buildings.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

I'm not doubting there are abandoned buildings in cities. I'm doubting any city within the US with the exception of the southwest is more than a few miles from a forest.

[–] currycourier@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Actually the larger parks near me (the only places that have enough trees to qualify as something close to a forest) do cost money (american city metro area)

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

murrca.

there are no commons.

[–] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.kya.moe 4 points 14 hours ago
[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What forest? Most people live nowhere near a forest

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Most American cities have a forest within a few miles. Our largest city, for example, has 50 acres of forest right in the Bronx.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Most people don't live in America either

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

Most people on 4chan do