come to North Dakota
105 in the summer, -30 in the winter, windy year round

my initial post was to merely provide an example as to how a minimalist can live frugally but with more stability as to residential options in a region outside of vegas but with similar gambling options. i dont't really know how or why this has derailed into a national weather conversation but boston's weather pattern is infinitely different than coastal south jersey

this sounds horrible my friend. don't know what would be worse, that heat/cold or having to listen to all those canadian accents. i wish you well with your plans to someday relocate - and hopefully soon

You're choosing excessive heat over the cold. That's fine. Personally I'd take the cold over the Vegas heat 3-4 months a year.

Choosing excessive heat for 3-4 months over excessive cold for 6 months. Just sayin. To each their own. Live a year in Boston, New York, Florida, Vegas. Almost everyone chooses the warmer climate once they have done their time. Snowbirds exist for a reason.

Enough weather talk.

Does Rice know how to deal PLO, Stud, Hi-Low?

Rice can convince himself of anything. According to him the difference in gas would be more than $2500. Not only is that an absurd exaggeration but he's also conveniently forgetting that a lot of the trips he does are specifically to avoid higher room rates. If he had a van to live in then he would probably have to do less than half the amount of driving each year as he would be able to stay in Vegas a higher % of the time.

I love how he said he would prefer to just sleep in a car on expensive weekends. That is what it boils down to. He simply doesn't value having a bed/shower/kitchen enough to justify the cost. Has literally nothing to do with anything else that he rambled on about. He prefers his strategy of doing a bunch of 48 hour homeless "challenges" each year. After all you can't get any cheaper solution than that.

Wait a minute wait a minute, i dont understand. So youre saying that el diesel isnt being completely honest and transparent in the things he says? And he is using reasoning that doesnt really add up or make sense?

This is a new development

PA is the way to go for him, can rent a studio with utilities included in Philly for under $1K

close proximity to both Live and Rivers where low limit games are miles better than AC and Vegas

promo values are insane, he can easily average $10/hr+ there from HH promos alone

will fit right in at Kensington open air drug markets and his youtube clicks would skyrocket as well

Yes, Joisey accents are so much better, if the clanking of the chains doesn't drown them out.

are ppl really arguing its better to live in a van than a hotel room?

I think it could be better for a vagrant.... not a normal person

People would be right to argue that sleeping in a van beats living like a homeless bum for 48hrs every time hotel prices get too high. And sleeping in a van sure beats sleeping in a car, which is exactly what Rice wants to do because it wouldn't cost him any more in gas lol

I could watch Diesel read grocery labels and reconstitute random buffet items in a rice cooker every day. It’s like he was poured into those mesh shorts!

Rice's rationales for not having a Van/RV/Camper gives insight to "on the spectrum" problem solving very similar to the logic used by TBC when faced with a dilemma.

The increased use of gas. The additional cost of a vehicle getting 20mpg versus 30mpg on a 1000 mile journey with gas at $3.50 is about $59. To save this $59, on the spectrum thinkers will sleep in a car on the way and pay hundreds for hotels at the destination.

Then, on the spectrum thinkers will always set up artificial constraints. In Rice's case, he would only use a van on weekends in Vegas. Not when he is on the road, or at other destinations, but only in Vegas. On weekends.

Of course, he wouldn't be able to use his rice cooker. Apparently his rice cooker only works in hotel rooms, no way a camper, RV, or converted van could power a rice cooker in on the spectrum world.

Besides, he much prefers having a kitchen. On the spectrum thinkers will ignore the great kitchen setups converted vans/RV/campers have, and they will forget all the time they spend in hotel rooms that don't have kitchens, anyways they have a rice cooker.

The list of silly excuses continues, and so you find Rice sleeping in a car with smug satisfaction that this is the best way to do things

Nah a van wouldn’t help diesel at all, remember he has all that pocket butter he swiped from the mgm buffet to hold him over. Van life ain’t nearly as good as pocket food life. One day I hope to be less miserable and own that much butter at one time.

Agreed to each their own. People also handle the cold a lot worse as they age. When I'm old I might feel differently especially when slipping on snow/ice can be a real problem.

The Philly area would be great for him. Way better games than AC.

Diesel mouth breathing while bathroom cooking then slurping up grits is peak troll. Truly disgusting.

I don't watch Rice's videos, but I do see the thumbnails.


Please tell that isn't dog s**t on top the grits.

Be like Rice and enjoy the best of both worlds.

Winter in NY and summer in LV.

You get a drink cup to put coffee, etc. in to go with your buffet box, only an idiot would put a drink in the cup, like Diesel says, so he fills it with cheese.

I can't tell you that with a clear conscience...

My estimation of Rice's intelligence & reasoning skills just went down quite a bit after watching his "van life" video.

If he wishes to be frugal and has a VERY LIMITED bankroll & budget, he can easily get a Ford or Dodge RAM work mini-van for WELL under $10K. I'm also not talking about something on it's last legs with 250K miles. With 1 minute of searching, I saw several SCREENS of these work vans in the Detroit area with about 100K miles for WELL under $10K. As sharp & frugal as he is, could he get one for $6K? Maybe? Spend $2k on new tires, new brakes, other repairs & improvements, and the thing would probably be in pretty good mechanical shape & good for another 100K miles.

Rice would then spend another couple few grand outfitting it to allow him to live out of it reasonably comfortably for a few nights at a time. How? The thing is probably stripped out. Put in some plush carpeting & noise deadening, black out the window. Put in a comfortable futon. Upgrade the electrical system & put in a battery. This would allow him to run a SMALL refrigerator, recharge his computer/phone and put in a TV to watch re-runs of his cherished TV shows.

Put in some shelving to store stuff.

Put in a hot plate to cook rice & sausage.

Put in a fan to keep the thing somewhat cool when it gets hot. Have another fan for when he sleeps.

REMEMBER, this is not something to be lived out of for weeks at a time. It is for expensive weekends, traveling, and as a backup.

As for gas mileage, YES, Rice is correct that vans generally don't get as good mileage as cars do. HOWEVER, a small work van can easily get 18 in the city and 28 on the freeway. How much worse than his car is this? A few MPG? So maybe a 10% to 15% hit on the MPG?

As for room rates, RICE can get off strip rooms on expensive weekends for $50/night? Whut whut? Where is he staying? A hostel? I call nonsense on this.

RICE also needs to consider what his time is worth. With a van, he only has to walk out of the casino and into the parking lot. He also saves gas & time by not having to drive anywhere.

Of course, RICE's time might only be $3/hour? We don't know as he won't disclose his results for the past year.

I know Carlos Welch (and he is diesel cheap) lived in his van on weekends and when he wasnt getting comped at the Rio or Laughlin (obviously he can't now cause he is in a relationship) but did he ever document what it entailed ?
pretty sure he had a thread but can't remember if I imagined that (will search now)