<story><title>What I learned living in a trailer in the Utah desert for two decades</title><url>https://www.outsideonline.com/2421817/moab-trailer-mark-sundeen-essay</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>afpx</author><text>&amp;quot;Now 26, I moved back to L.A. to publish a magazine and go to grad school and write a book ...&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m embarrassed to be a little jealous. I grew up in a similar place, albeit more like &amp;quot;Trailer park boys&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Gummo&amp;quot; than a romantic western. And, the best outcome one&amp;#x27;d hope for a school&amp;#x27;s valedictorian is to not die of opioids or poor health before they&amp;#x27;re 26.&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I&amp;#x27;d love to read similar types of stories from other countries. For instance, how about a Chinese boy who abandons his studies at Peking University in Beijing to move to Xinjiang and back again. Is there such a thing?</text></comment>
<story><title>What I learned living in a trailer in the Utah desert for two decades</title><url>https://www.outsideonline.com/2421817/moab-trailer-mark-sundeen-essay</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>lioeters</author><text>Thanks for posting this link - I resonated with the writing and his experiences.&lt;p&gt;The story brought back memories of my own wandering days, struggles learning to love, the American land and people I met along the way. There were real feelings and insight in his words, like listening to a weather-worn man telling his life story by a camp fire.&lt;p&gt;Here are some books by Mark Sundeen:&lt;p&gt;- The Unsettlers: In Search of the Good Life in Today&amp;#x27;s America (2017)&lt;p&gt;- The Man Who Quit Money (2012)&lt;p&gt;- North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters (2011)</text></comment>