After finally surviving Nomadland, lions have concluded the working poor don't have many hobbies.  Lions couldn't stand spending so much time sitting still, talking about nothing, & wandering.  The reviews manely focus on the scenery.

It was based on real events & journalistic work by Jessica Bruder, but not on a true story.  The actors are real working poor who presumably aren't as poor now.  It was shot outside a real amazon fulfillment center.  Like most of the working poor, the promised land for her was Calif*.  It's a strange trend that the poorest flock to Calif* while the richest move out.

The working poor are the upper class of homeless in Calif*.  They live in RV's parked around lake Merced.  Lions always thought they were the smart ones.  They get to keep all their money instead of spending it all on rent.  They don't have to spend all day commuting.  Lions always figured they came from the midwest to make a fortune in the boom times & they would move back to retire after the boom times.

There are no homeless white women as depicted in the movie.  The real Frances McDormand would only have had male friends & married off rather than stay on the road.  Most of the homeless are black & male.  The homeless women are in really bad shape & could never do the jobs shown.

Movies about hard times remind lions just how there's no difference between their own situation & being homeless.  With  fickle jobs & runaway inflation, it takes everything you made in the last 10 years to pay for the next 10 years.  If lions don't constantly get lucky & put out every day, they'll be in an RV & hitting the road, the same as Frances McDormand.


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