REVIEW
“SQUATTER IN LOS ANGELES: Living on the Edge”
A true story of living as a squatter for a year and a half,
by Christopher Nyerges.
According to Dude McLean, author of
"The Songwriters Survival Guide to
Success,”
“Your story is filled with a lot of truth -- some might even
be uncomfortable with it. All that means is you have touched them in a
manner they never thought of in the past. Few authors make you
think. They are writing to please others rather than being truthful to
themselves. I think this is a very interesting and unique book. The
book has a great lack of desperation. I feel it is a very positive
outlook. Good job!”
“Squatter in Los Angeles: Life on the Edge”
is the true story of my year and a half as a squatter in the city of Los
Angeles. This book is not intended as a how-to guide, nor is it meant to
encourage anyone to break any laws. This happens to be the true story of what I
did during a very influential time in my life. I learned how to get more
for less, and I realized – just like Thoreau at his pond in the woods – that we
can live quite well and fulfilled if we attempt to differentiate our true needs
from mere wants.
I share how I came to be a squatter, and
some of the details of moving into an empty house. I describes the concern of never knowing when
someone would come up the driveway and tell me to get out (which never quite
happened), and how I took the time to learn about gardening, permaculture,
recycling of resources, and water recycling.
It’s true I had no rent to pay so I was
able to devote more time to learning things. But I also had hardly any
income, which made it clear to me why most people get regular jobs. Squatting was not what I’d call a “fun”
experience, but it taught me first-hand that I can get by on far less than most
of us assume is necessary.
“Squatter in Los Angeles” is about 100
pages on Kindle, and it’s a fast moving story of the mixed experiences during
this short period in my life: dealing with a ghost, a near-death experience,
learning how to recycle everything, learning how to dowse, insights into
sustainable gardening, an emergency toilet test, and also a rain dance in
August with rain the next day. The book also includes a period of
homelessness and how I dealt with it, and what I learned from it.
“Squatting in Los Angeles” is available as a Kindle
download, and can also be purchased as a Word document from the Store at www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com.
