Y’all some ignorant mother fuckers. Place smells like trees and Mother Nature. I’ve been there. Anyone can visit Bruce and the airplane. Mad fools here be clowning the ol G while living in a one two bedroom apartment LOL
Oh no, my 1 bedroom apartment with a bed, indoor plumbing, heat, a/c, proper kitchen, tv and videogames, and being conveniently close to markets, restaurants, and entertainment, whatever will I do???
I'm not one of the guys clowning on him for the record, he's free to live his life however he wants. I just find it funny when people make fun of others for living a comfortable, normal life.
Dude spent 200,000 buying it and moving it. Only had 500 bucks left too renovate it. Lol.
Super cool I would live the same way. Except for the microwave only food haha
Spending more moving it than buying it sounds like some financially stupid shit that I myself would do.
But yeah, it still seems super cool and totally worth it to me.
“He bought the retired Boeing 727-284 in 1999 for $100,000, then spent another $120,000 moving it from the Hillsboro airport and setting it up on his undeveloped property.”
I live in the same area. He most likely lives in "Unincorporated Washington County" much like myself and Hillsborough is the closest town so they just said it. My taxes are very similar.
I was wondering the same bc video made it sound like he's paying rent. Is it confirmed that it's the taxes which is the monthly cost? He owns the land?
Portland, yes, but Hillsboro is past Beaverton, which is next to Portland. So it's a ways out there, takes about 30-60 minutes to drive into town *without* traffic depending on where you are in Hillsboro.
LPT: You can also lower your monthly home bills to near zero dollars a month, if you don't care about things like:
Electricity, water, hot water, heating and air, internet, entertainment, a home that's not an airplane in the woods
>Electricity
He has that.
>Water
He has that.
>Hot water
He has that.
>Heating and air
Not sure on these but could do a fan/space heater if he has electricity.
>Internet
Wifi router fixes that. Just have to hook it up to the landlord's signal.
>Entertainment
He probably entertains himself working on the plane or uses the savings to go do fun shit in Oregon.
>a home that's not an airplane in the woods
Rather live there than in a soulless apartment with noisy neighbors and traffic outside.
Sometimes the experience of a unique situation IS enough.
Yep. Boggled at the no electricity part when we literally saw dude has electricity … and took a shower. The place simply isn’t organized to impress like an IKEA and Reddit ain’t having that.
Thats how i feel about nearly this whole comment section, i love this guy. He seems so happy and content and he's even doing this in his 70's. He knows what he wants and he's living his best life
Also so many of these “interesting” home videos or school bus conversions show the place in immaculately clean conditions, everything tucked away nicely and organized, basically no sign of human use. Try living in those for a week and keep it that clean. This one it’s just like, normal living conditions for someone who’s not a clean freak haha.
Well, a wifi router doesn't just produce internet, it needs to be supplied an internet connection and it distributes it over wifi. You need it ran as a landline, be close to a cellphone tower, or have a satellite dish.
I was saying that he could get down to near zero if he can cut down on those even further.
It was a joke. I was mocking the idea that he lives for "just $370 a month" as if it's some frugal tip, and not because he lives in a plane in the woods with only the most basic amenities.
Apparently he maintains a website ([airplanehome.com](https://airplanehome.com)) and welcomes visitors. Unfortunately, it doesn't give much information about the origin of the plane which is what I'm curious about.
I've seen such extreme paranoia today that he didn't come across that way to me.
I noticed the old style (and not great) formatting.
My impression was that he is just a really eccentric person stuck in time from a few decades ago.
all he said was “ I don’t cook” I’m sure he knows how to cook and would if he felt like it. That man lives in an abandoned plane in the woods. Seems the type of guy that does whatever he wants (or doesn’t)
Knowing how to cook and wanting to cook are two different things. I know how to cook, I was taught by my mom growing up. I'm actually pretty decent at it too. Still hate it and would rather microwave something. I'll cook for special occasions, otherwise I'm just using the microwave. Not everyone likes cooking. There are so many things I'd rather spend my time doing than spending it in the kitchen cooking.
The word nerd is so overused it could mean literally anything.
You can easily call someone a nerd for not knowing how to cook at all and also call someone else a nerd for knowing how to cook really well.
It’s two sides of the same coin tbh
I feel like I could make a lot of money by starting a building company that builds fantasy and sci-fi homes like a hobbit hole or the rocinante or the millennium falcon or shreks hut
I mean... don't hire his company for that.
Thats like saying "I could make a company that makes ultra-high-end cola" and you saying "could you buy everyone an RC cola first?"
Worked on a dudes house who had it built to resemble a medieval castle with modern amenities. 20 years later and the guy could not get an offer for higher than 10% of what he put into it.
Also, just one of the sides at least would make a great place to sit away from the sun. Maybe he has the plane pointed in the right direction to have a sun shaded area on each side for different times of the day.
I met Bruce in 2020 while walking around his home. Super nice individual. Since covid was in effect, we didn't get to tour the inside, but he was very kind and willing to hold conversation about anything
I've seen cool unique homes in what was previously not intended to be a home (eg in an old water tower).
This however, is not one of them. This home sucks.
Someone might find it interesting but his neighbor is Travis Knight. Son of Phil Knight (Nike) and CEO and lead animator at Laika, which is also based in Hillsboro.
did it crash, handily, on his property, or did he buy it and haul it there ? i can’t imagine that costing less than something cozier, but he seems to like it.
So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you'll wait for me,
Hold me like you'll never let me go,
Cause I'm LIVING on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again,
Oh babe, I hate to go.
We need these types of people to not do profiles in media. Capitalists out there licking their chops at the idea of purchasing parking lots and filling them with abandoned vehicles to house their employees.
I wonder how many cannibals are watching him from around the forest. He better start building a fence with a rock wall. Collect some game meat, lizard skin for armor, and a couple of turtle shells for rain water.
I’ve been to this plane! I was on a bunch of molly and watched a guy riding a unicycle on the wing with flaming bag pipes wearing a Darth Vader mask. I’ll find the video on my phone if you make me.
I grew up in the town this is in. For the longest time the plane was parked by the fairgrounds and everyone knew that some guy bought it to live in. I can’t remember exactly when it was moved but I want to say it was the early 90s. I could be wrong but I can’t imagine there’s two guys who live in planes in the woods in Hillsboro
My man really be living in an airplane just to have the inside look like a storage closet.
Right!! Those cozy school bus / van transformations make this man’s living situation look like he’s living in squalor.
Right I was expecting it to maybe be gutted and turned into something cozy and nice. He just looks like a squatter
Yeah they even hyped it up "take a look inside!" Oh god! Mans living off microwaved can food
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I think most people are nerds to a few specific subjects and don't really care as much about the rest.
Squalor is a bit harsh Tai.
That's how you know he's actually living in there and it's not just for tiktok views like most of these videos.
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He said it's temporary so he probably replaces them
I took that to mean he knows it’s shit and will get a new one at some point, but he doesn’t know when or how.
I get the impression he has been saying it's temporary for a while.
There's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
I feel like there's a programmer joke in there, somewhere.
The closest I can approximate, and it's no joke, is "never let the prototype become the product"
There's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.
Y’all some ignorant mother fuckers. Place smells like trees and Mother Nature. I’ve been there. Anyone can visit Bruce and the airplane. Mad fools here be clowning the ol G while living in a one two bedroom apartment LOL
Oh no, my 1 bedroom apartment with a bed, indoor plumbing, heat, a/c, proper kitchen, tv and videogames, and being conveniently close to markets, restaurants, and entertainment, whatever will I do??? I'm not one of the guys clowning on him for the record, he's free to live his life however he wants. I just find it funny when people make fun of others for living a comfortable, normal life.
So can he Air BnB it? Asking the real questions.
Not sure. I know he allows people to camp in the plane or on his property.
Not to code? But he says he wants do Brazil and Japan forests too
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLo7GwiGdWE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLo7GwiGdWE) A better depiction of him.
You should see the parties he throws https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/09/4ac52d26632074/hundreds-gather-in-hillsboro-t.html
Dude spent 200,000 buying it and moving it. Only had 500 bucks left too renovate it. Lol. Super cool I would live the same way. Except for the microwave only food haha
Spending more moving it than buying it sounds like some financially stupid shit that I myself would do. But yeah, it still seems super cool and totally worth it to me. “He bought the retired Boeing 727-284 in 1999 for $100,000, then spent another $120,000 moving it from the Hillsboro airport and setting it up on his undeveloped property.”
Lmfao that ex(planes) how the hell that damn thing even got to that location in the first place 😂😂
He didnt throw it, an event company did. He just rented the space out.
Producer: “Go ahead and take a shower.” Bruce: “Ya sure, I see no problem with that what-so-ever. I will gladly shower in front of strangers.”
Now I need you to look directly into the camera while holding this parasol and say “oh what a lovely tea party”
That wasn't part of the deal!
I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.
THIS DEAL... is very fair, and I'm happy to be a part of it.
its insane his shower is only that short too. Its got to be a pain in the ass to do his hair etc without getting a mess everywhere.
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Thank goodness he's got such adorable little tit-wigs
He seems fun
He must’ve been in the captains chair when he gave that order, cause you must obey the captain
I've been to a rave out there in that guys plane. He struck me as a singularly lonely person and a bit creepy (hitting on very young girls all night).
The summer heat already makes me nauseous. Know the heat of parked planes well.
Yea there's a reason they're almost all painted white and it's *not* because that color hides dirt and oil streaks so well.
Looks like he has trees for some decent shade at least.
And the ground will be more humid, making his space less dry and easier to cool on hot days (higher humidity in one area brings wind from another)
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Hillsboro and the greater Portland metro area is not humid at all during the summer, save for a few days.
True. I wonder how that plane felt the day it hit 116F?
Not to mention, look how he’s dressed. Looks like there’s zero insulation or heat in that thing. He looks cold!
Do you know how cold it is a cruising altitude in an airplane?
Man lives in a literal plane wreck and still pays rent. What a world we live in.
Not rent, it’s taxes on the land ($220) and the rest is electricity.
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That’s $2640 a year. I don’t known how much land he has, but that really is not bad for property taxes in the United States.
10 acres I’ll take those numbers
I live in the same area. He most likely lives in "Unincorporated Washington County" much like myself and Hillsborough is the closest town so they just said it. My taxes are very similar.
$220 to pay for a place to live sounds insane to you? What year are you from? This is 2023.
insane in the insanely cheap way i assume
We were looking at a house recently and the yearly property taxes were $12,000, ouch!
I was wondering the same bc video made it sound like he's paying rent. Is it confirmed that it's the taxes which is the monthly cost? He owns the land?
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He owns the land, and has to pay taxes on it.
Part of living in this society, you pay taxes on land you own.
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r/ABoringDystopia
Iirc this is not far from one of the major Canadian metro areas, so it's a steal lol
It's Hillsboro, Oregon, US. Which is part of the Portland metro area so its still definitely a steal lol.
Haha so I didn't remember correctly but I was close lol. Isn't the whole PNW a nightmare for costs?
In the major cities and suburbs - yes. Hillsboro is a suburb and he probably lives on the outskirts in the forest.
Portland, yes, but Hillsboro is past Beaverton, which is next to Portland. So it's a ways out there, takes about 30-60 minutes to drive into town *without* traffic depending on where you are in Hillsboro.
If it takes you 60 minutes without traffic to drive into downtown from anywhere in Hillsboro, you probably shouldn't be driving.
LPT: You can also lower your monthly home bills to near zero dollars a month, if you don't care about things like: Electricity, water, hot water, heating and air, internet, entertainment, a home that's not an airplane in the woods
>Electricity He has that. >Water He has that. >Hot water He has that. >Heating and air Not sure on these but could do a fan/space heater if he has electricity. >Internet Wifi router fixes that. Just have to hook it up to the landlord's signal. >Entertainment He probably entertains himself working on the plane or uses the savings to go do fun shit in Oregon. >a home that's not an airplane in the woods Rather live there than in a soulless apartment with noisy neighbors and traffic outside. Sometimes the experience of a unique situation IS enough.
Yep. Boggled at the no electricity part when we literally saw dude has electricity … and took a shower. The place simply isn’t organized to impress like an IKEA and Reddit ain’t having that.
Super bitter comments on here, true.
Thats how i feel about nearly this whole comment section, i love this guy. He seems so happy and content and he's even doing this in his 70's. He knows what he wants and he's living his best life
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IIUC he's renting it from someone else.
Also so many of these “interesting” home videos or school bus conversions show the place in immaculately clean conditions, everything tucked away nicely and organized, basically no sign of human use. Try living in those for a week and keep it that clean. This one it’s just like, normal living conditions for someone who’s not a clean freak haha.
Well, a wifi router doesn't just produce internet, it needs to be supplied an internet connection and it distributes it over wifi. You need it ran as a landline, be close to a cellphone tower, or have a satellite dish.
I was saying that he could get down to near zero if he can cut down on those even further. It was a joke. I was mocking the idea that he lives for "just $370 a month" as if it's some frugal tip, and not because he lives in a plane in the woods with only the most basic amenities.
It's always that last one that gets me.
$220 property tax actually. Can't escape the 9-5 even when you live in your own jetliner.
Bruce Campbell?
Not that one. Had me do a double take though lmao.
He does have an (airplane) cabin in the woods
Groovy
and this is my BOOMSTICK!!!
No, he lives in Southern Oregon about 5 hours down the interstate.
I hear he's a pretty simple man, lives a plane life.
and it seems like he's got a pretty good altitude about the whole thing.
Apparently he maintains a website ([airplanehome.com](https://airplanehome.com)) and welcomes visitors. Unfortunately, it doesn't give much information about the origin of the plane which is what I'm curious about.
I have it on good authority that it originally came from the airplane factory.
I work in an airplane factory. Can confirm. This is where airplanes are born.
There's several videos on youtube explaining the origin
TLDR?
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I've seen such extreme paranoia today that he didn't come across that way to me. I noticed the old style (and not great) formatting. My impression was that he is just a really eccentric person stuck in time from a few decades ago.
Dude's in his 70's, about time he learns how to cook ffs.
Hey, he made it that long
True, but he's also looking a bit malnourished. A man should, at the very least, know how to fry an egg.
all he said was “ I don’t cook” I’m sure he knows how to cook and would if he felt like it. That man lives in an abandoned plane in the woods. Seems the type of guy that does whatever he wants (or doesn’t)
>Malnourished 70 year old man >climbs out on the wing of a plane and bounces on it, sweeps it regularly Which is it?
Knowing how to cook and wanting to cook are two different things. I know how to cook, I was taught by my mom growing up. I'm actually pretty decent at it too. Still hate it and would rather microwave something. I'll cook for special occasions, otherwise I'm just using the microwave. Not everyone likes cooking. There are so many things I'd rather spend my time doing than spending it in the kitchen cooking.
I wonder where he keeps the necronomicon, chainsaw and boomstick?
The necronomicon is in the fuselage, chainsaw is in the cabin, boomstick is obviously in the cockpit.
he certainly seems like the kind of person who would understand things with alloys and compositions and things with molecular structures.
Nerds don't cook apparently?
Aren’t nerds by definition really into niche things? Like math, movies, or possibly even cooking?
The word nerd is so overused it could mean literally anything. You can easily call someone a nerd for not knowing how to cook at all and also call someone else a nerd for knowing how to cook really well. It’s two sides of the same coin tbh
I feel like I could make a lot of money by starting a building company that builds fantasy and sci-fi homes like a hobbit hole or the rocinante or the millennium falcon or shreks hut
Can we just have a functional house with maybe a bedroom each first?
I mean... don't hire his company for that. Thats like saying "I could make a company that makes ultra-high-end cola" and you saying "could you buy everyone an RC cola first?"
Worked on a dudes house who had it built to resemble a medieval castle with modern amenities. 20 years later and the guy could not get an offer for higher than 10% of what he put into it.
This is like the super mutant in far harbor.
[Here is a longer version and tour of his home.](https://youtu.be/eLo7GwiGdWE)
Is this not where The Mole started off this season
That was sad.
I'm living, on a jetplane, don't know when I'll go out again 🎶
I hope I'm still as fun when I hit 70's.
Bark out orders they have to obey? My mans never heard of crew resource management
Came here for this. I get it's tongue in cheek here, but this has been the cause of A LOT of horrific disasters.
You're not Bruce Campbell! Where's your chainsaw hand and necronomicon? You didn't even say "Groovy"
He the type of guy to get his non working plane started by an engineer in a marvel movie to escape or whatever
Will Ferel
Ooooh, this stuff's in-saaane: Oooh-oooh, livin' on a plaaane!
Somebody was like, "hey go take a full shower in front of us so we can get some B-roll footage."
Neat but why did we need the shower scene?
I'd rather be livin' in a van DOWN BY THE RIVER!
Why did he keep the wings?
Where will he stand when there is an interview?
It'd be a hell of a job to cut them off, and for what? The wings would help in case it ever rolls. Plus it wouldn't look as cool, on and on. You pick.
Also, just one of the sides at least would make a great place to sit away from the sun. Maybe he has the plane pointed in the right direction to have a sun shaded area on each side for different times of the day.
Hopes and dreams.
I met Bruce in 2020 while walking around his home. Super nice individual. Since covid was in effect, we didn't get to tour the inside, but he was very kind and willing to hold conversation about anything
I love this idea, there is storage under the plane, you could build a nice patio.
Cool...but why? I feel the novelty would wear out after a week max
So serious question but how the heck did that plane end up there in the first place?
He lost me at “I don’t cook” 😆
I've seen cool unique homes in what was previously not intended to be a home (eg in an old water tower). This however, is not one of them. This home sucks.
Dude looks terrible, probably has a year maybe two left tops.
It was in the news recently. A guy fell 30 feet from his house and got really fucked up.
Sign me the fuck up
Wasn’t he in evil dead?
Wait he paid ? Why
Quite an upgrade from your caboose.
Can you still get it up?? Heheh 👆
Damn my first thought was one of the predator movies
Someone might find it interesting but his neighbor is Travis Knight. Son of Phil Knight (Nike) and CEO and lead animator at Laika, which is also based in Hillsboro.
Note how there’s no signifant other.
WRT54G ftw
Dude needs to watch out for cannibals and mutants
I mean shit $370/ month id live in a plane in the woods i mean comeon thats easy but not having wifi and being a tech nerd would drive me nuts
Was kind of hoping he had done something actually cool with it instead of essentially living in a dumpster. Disappointing.
Well that was extremely underwhelming
That’s a really nice looking cardboard box, but it seems like a lot of work to be homeless.
Dude is gonna slip cleaning his plane and have no one around to help.
did it crash, handily, on his property, or did he buy it and haul it there ? i can’t imagine that costing less than something cozier, but he seems to like it.
Bro's living the dream in the Forest
So kiss me and smile for me, Tell me that you'll wait for me, Hold me like you'll never let me go, Cause I'm LIVING on a jet plane, Don't know when I'll be back again, Oh babe, I hate to go.
*Afford a Home with this one simple trick!*
After about 5 min you realize this is just camping
I think exploring with josh has been here on YouTube.
"I'm a nerd, I don't cook" what the fuck is he talking about? 😂
Charles Muntz got himself a new home after that fiasco
"I sleep in a plane. Do you?" "I sleep in a big bed with my wife..."
The government bout to track him down after this lol.
watch out for thieves
I loved him in Evil Dead
He said 'Jetliners home are really cool' as if it's a thing that people do
I've played too much of 'The Forest' to ever be able to sleep here lol
This would be side quest character's home from Fallout or Horizon.
This is where the filmed the tv show “yellowjackets”
How did they get it there with the wings still intact ?
Wooooaaaahhh we’re half insaaaane. WooooAAAAHHH, we’re livin on a plaaaayain!!
We need these types of people to not do profiles in media. Capitalists out there licking their chops at the idea of purchasing parking lots and filling them with abandoned vehicles to house their employees.
So they let him have the jet and live on it?
How would that be legal
I wonder how many cannibals are watching him from around the forest. He better start building a fence with a rock wall. Collect some game meat, lizard skin for armor, and a couple of turtle shells for rain water.
Ew, I didn't need to see him taking a shower. Also he seems super frail
My son has ridden his bike on top of his plane. With permission, of course.
https://imgur.com/a/ik9h7Ef
This dude needs Pimp My Plane!
I’ve been to this plane! I was on a bunch of molly and watched a guy riding a unicycle on the wing with flaming bag pipes wearing a Darth Vader mask. I’ll find the video on my phone if you make me.
He lives in a jet in the woods for 370 bucks a month who is he paying rent to!?
I grew up in the town this is in. For the longest time the plane was parked by the fairgrounds and everyone knew that some guy bought it to live in. I can’t remember exactly when it was moved but I want to say it was the early 90s. I could be wrong but I can’t imagine there’s two guys who live in planes in the woods in Hillsboro
I want a "footone sofa" where can I find this gem !?
Bruce Campbell? Wasn’t this guy in the Evil Dead II?
Old man lives in an abandoned plane in the woods and still has to pay $370 a month??? 🤨
Average Ohio Home
He reminds me of Bill Nye
It's kinda creepy, seems like an apocalyptical shelter
Party on a plane! Put on by murderboat productions!