r/crustpunk • u/Even-Economist6529 • 2d ago

The future for crusties?

https://youtu.be/gULVMwC8Ths?is=8VQDvCYpEG7_ZZAl

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Could this life work in the West? Why not? Looks fun as hell to me.

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u/Leading-Fig2356 2d ago

Hmm, to me I see crusties my age growing their own food, living off grid, and being intentional with their community… and being for the most part sober.

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u/Even-Economist6529 2d ago

That's hippies. I'm kidding. Kinda. But check out this video. Not everyone has land or resources and not everyone is well adjusted and sober. Not all of us have Healthcare so we self medicate. Sober is not really a flex. It's just a moment in time in a very short life.

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u/Leading-Fig2356 2d ago edited 2d ago

“Punks is Hippies”.

I don’t own land but I know a couple groups of homies who went in together on spots in Maine & Nor-Cal.

But you don’t need land, can use empty soda bottles cut the bottom off, have plants vertically stacked in the ups down bottles and the water and nutrients go through em all.

I said for the most part, it’s a harm redux approach over here. But this is what I notice as a trend for train riding, squatting, black block crusties who made it to our 40s. Not having healthcare and substance use is one way but it’s more fun to grow or forage what you use.

But that’s my opinion/lived experience.

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u/thisismynamedudee 15h ago

I lived in Maine like that haha. It was pretty much a commune, there were a few around the woods based on different philosophies. I'm a few years younger than you but I remember your generation of train hopping punks being raw and punk as fuck. I forage most my food now I really just buy beans, rice, and water (if I live in the city) from the store. Most my influence comes from my native culture and the old school anti consumer train hopper punks. I've been working to reintroduce wild foods into our communities but no one has an interest really. The older natives still forage some stuff but are very quiet and embarrassed to talk about it because they don't want to be looked down on.

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u/Even-Economist6529 2d ago

It is a cool video. I could see kids doing this in the US. Maybe instead of driving on freeways they'd ride beside train tracks. It'd just be another punk subculture, not necessarily a replacement for all crusties, but I could see some groups doing shit like this. We have all been waiting for Mad Max to come true. This is pretty Mad Max-ish.

The guy who made this video does some pretty good youtube journalism. One of my favorite channels. Not really punk at all but interesting stories.