The cost of living here isn’t very high. The people I mentioned in my comment as not owning property probably make less than 50k.
A lot of them camp together to split set up costs, gas, etc. So, they make it work, and I know a lot of them make sacrifices to make it work (living in a shitty apartment the other 51 weeks a year so they can afford the lifestyle for example).
It’s not for me, personally. A fun crowd. Like carnies on LSD. But chronic pain and a history of interpersonal trauma make the desert sound like a really horrible time. Plus I’m poor poor (like on disability poor).
I do enjoy the regionals though when I feel up for them.