I've ran away from home on a whim a few times. I once caught a train to London and had nowhere to stay so I slept in a phonebox.
I wanted to many times, to live in the wild away from loud cars, concrete roads and ugly buildings and houses. One thing that made it hard was not being able to drive. I attempted once with a friend who drank heavily (like myself). We went off into the country and it was beautiful. But soon it get hard. We had to stay in a motel and find a way to make money. I couldn't take living with this person for many reasons so I had to try to make it on my own which was very hard. I ended up homeless and living in various shelters I was never pretty but I had guys hitting on me 24/7 so I had to learn right away to dress with many layers of clothing...not that I think it made a huge difference but I think it helped. Anyway I don't want to make a long story short, it didn't work out. In fact it was very hard. I even tried to live like those people who hunt and farm for a living. I just couldn't get use to the idea of killing animals to eat. I was with this very nice couple who let me stay on their pretty farm but I had to do tasks like break the knecks of chickens. Others tasks were hard but considerably easier than the ones involving the "quick" death of animals. I thought I'd get use to it but I'd see some not die right away and....
I don't want to explain the rest. I suppose though if I had been living my whole life having to live that way it'd be just like any other miserable job, you'd do it to survive and get use to it. I have to say though, the food tasted very fresh, nothing like the meat and milk you get in stores and such.
Anyhow I still think about running away...or at least living alone without my dad. Near 30 and still unable to financially support myself despite not buying anything but a little grocery, utility bills and the likes. I've scrimped and saved and can't seem to save enough to buy my own place.
You're a fascinating person.