[kristov]

Brave move, but I wonder how he keeps or makes new friendships and deeper relationships. Maybe this is fine for a while, but people need people (not just text in a chatroom), and I hope he has an exit strategy from this lifestyle, for this reason.

[coldtea]

>Brave move, but I wonder how he keeps or makes new friendships and deeper relationships

Probably as well as the average not-train dwelling person:

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173418268/loneliness-connect...

[oven9342]

He can visit relatives and friends whenever he feels like, no matter how far away they might be.

Breakfast in Berlin, Dinner in München.

His exit strategy is probably the same as mine, his bedroom at mom and pop’s hotel

[kristov]

It's not just about seeing people. It's about having deep connections and shared experiences. Eg: one of his friends has a life crisis and just needs to talk to someone. Are they going to hop on a train and track this guy down, or will they go see one of their other friends? So he will miss out being the person someone turns to, and these are the defining moments for long lasting friendships. Again, probably fine for a while, but if it goes on too long those existing friendships could fade away and he could miss out.

[pjc50]

Travelling is an absolutely excellent way to meet people if you're at all open to it. "Deeper relationships" .. don't always last at that age. Often they get uprooted anyway at the transitions in and out of university. Which is probably the likely exit for this guy.

[corobo]

There's definitely a Fight Club single-serving friend reference to be had here.

Both in terms of cheap throwaway reference and maybe that's actually how he does it?

When I was commuting a lot I'd always see the same faces, eventually got to nattering with some of them. Nothing super deep or anything but that's probably more on my social ability than possibility :)

[jesterson]

> people need people

While this lifestyle is not for me, i tend to concur on the statement. I personally pick my houses as distant from people as possible. People don’t need people. Sure it gets lonely sometimes but let me ask you if you enjoying the company you have all the time.

People don’t need people. It’s rather personality related

[coldtea]

They kind of do according to medical/mental health statistics though, even accounting for the personality type.

[wolverine876]

YMMV, but all humans are social creatures, going back to our primate ancestors. Isolation harms health, mentally, emotionally, and physically; at its extreme, such as solitary confinement, it's considered torture. Note that almost all humans socialize and live among other humans (compared to animals like bears which live alone).

[pimlottc]

I think you meant “I tend to differ”, “concur” means you agree.

[dorkwood]

I'm going to assume when you say "people don't need people" that you're talking about social contact.

My question is: why do you post on HN for others to read? Why not just write your thoughts in a journal and keep it to yourself?

[dukeyukey]

> People don’t need people. It’s rather personality related

You are on a social networking site right now. People always need people, even if they don't think they do.

[troupo]

I wonder more how he keeps his clothes and underwear clean :)

[wongarsu]

Every sizable city has a couple of laundromats with washers and dryers. He probably has a favorite one he just travels to once a week.

In a pinch he could hand-wash them, but I imagine drying might be an issue with that.

[cykros]

Probably the same way most people living in city apartments do it. Laundromats.

[0x000xca0xfe]

He could also rent a couple of stash places with clothes and stuff like a movie undercover agent :)

[Slartie]

Washes them by hand in the wash basins of the DB lounges, to which he gets free access with his ticket.

[JonChesterfield]

Even in Germany, a software dev with a burn rate of 10k a year must be seriously in profit each month. Buy index funds on payday and he has a wide variety of exiting strategies available.

[true_religion]

He is self employed and 17 years old. I don’t think he making quite as much as some might imagine.

[Sebb767]

> Even in Germany, a software dev with a burn rate of 10k a year must be seriously in profit each month.

That comes down to ~840€ per month. Unless you live deep in the countryside, life is not going to be much cheaper as a non-nomad.

[interludead]

There are people who enjoy getting to know a full of new peopel everyday and do not need that kind of connection