Thread actually answering the "homeless and free" OP

let's just agree that you both had different experiences on those beaches and move on.

 

When you live free, you learn that material things don't matter. You learn to be happy with a simple drink of water. In Buddhism there is a concept known as Shunyata. It is the shedding of all misconceptions from society, like religion, government, capitalism, and so on. Buddhism teaches that one has to shed these man-made concepts from the mind, in order to see life clearly. Being homeless is the first step in Shunyata. I don't favor being homeless in a city. I like camping in the wilderness and being free from the material possession centers, like big cities.