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> If you truly have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and no access to credit you may be able to hitchhike and/or work on boats/yachts to get to any nation in the Americas.

How does this work? Do you just go to the docks and start asking randos if they’re going to X and also looking for labor?

> Also YPG and some Kurdish militias I think still accepts recruits and they don't require anything past your flight which you could buy on credit.

Not sure I’d recommend this in particular unless you’re really truly willing and ready to die. Sure, any military service where your in a combat role is a significant risk increase, but this feels distinct from joining something like the , backed by a secure NATO-aligned government, with new and top of the line equipment. As FFL, I imagine most any combat you see these days is going to be against insurgents that you have the upper hand on. Whereas going to fight with the YPG you may end up vice versa.

FWIW a friend of a friend did this, and indeed was killed rather soon.

>>the_on+(OP)
https://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchhiking_a_boat

I got a 'free' ticket from Seattle to Alaska once by working on a boat :)

>FWIW a friend of a friend did this, and indeed was killed rather soon.

Sorry to hear that. I was in YPG for a few months in 2015. You're right it is dangerous, especially for those who are especially brave or end up in a unit that really embraces 'sehid' (martyr) culture. Rojava also offers some civil volunteer opportunities. Generally if you act like a criminal / psycho / weirdo you get filtered out before you can do much damage. There's no paperwork but I think parts of the middle east operate by the old code of a man being judged by his actions rather than formal paperwork from the state.

I have no personal experience with FFL. I know it's much more selective than YPG. The upside is you get French Citizenship. Therefore there is healthy competition with people from the 3rd world seeking a relatively high wage and EU citizenship.

>>notch6+e
Interesting, I’ve never heard of this. Has it fallen out of style mostly? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hitchhiker in my life, mostly only in old media.

>>the_on+M
Hitching (car) is relatively easy on the west coast and borders on impossible east of the Mississippi. Seattle to Eugene is a pretty easy circuit to hitch.

Seattle->Alaska I got as part of a contract to work on the boat, but it was a flight. The boat was closed circuit route in the sea and a single port (Dutch Harbor).

>>the_on+M
I managed to hitchhike from the bay area to the Canadian border and back to California. I met lots of really cool people. Contrary to popular belief nowadays most people don't want to murder you.

>>throwa+wi1
> Contrary to popular belief nowadays most people don't want to murder you.

Sure, but when I look at things like Nextdoor this is the prevailing attitude regardless of whether it’s true or not.

>>the_on+dm1
Definitely. I do feel like this attitude has contributed to the decline in hitchhiking in recent years. Still there are enough decent people to make it viable. I did end up having to wait a while in some areas to get a ride (pro-tip wear sunscreen). Anecdotally every single person who picked me up smoked weed although in CA/OR/WA that might have just been a coincidence.

>>throwa+0w1
>Anecdotally every single person who picked me up smoked weed

My experience in hitchhiking was the same ha ha, probably half the drivers were smoking while driving.

>>the_on+(OP)
As a bored youth a few times I made a sign and stood by the ship canal in Seattle and arranged to hop on boats and help them through the locks.