I am homeless now.

If a guy goes to that much trouble to try to live comfortably in a car, why not just make an effort to get a decent job instead?

Been tempted to do this myself but got a very good deal on rent now in a town where people pay 1500 a month for a one bedroom apartment. My buddy wouldn't pay rent anymore and went out and bought a 8x5 utility trailer that he can sort of stand up in. He got tired of moving around for different spots to stay so he put an ad online and a farmer told him he could stay on his property for four hundred dollars a month. After my friend helped this man out there he let him stay for free because of the help and he liked him. His trailer is towed by a Prius! Seems to be happy and his expenses are very low.

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Last Edited by Psychedelic Mashed Potatoes on 10/04/2022 02:57 PM

He tells people that this is his choice and that he was unhappy living in a stix and bricks home. Certainly not for everyone..

Derp.

Derp.

Mortgage: 2000+ a month

Prop taxes: 1000 a month

Utilities: 500 a month



Used SUV: 3000 one time

mattress: 300

gym membership: 40

Storage unit: 85

Fuel: 300 a month


freedom to go where you want and do what you want: priceless

The person above you is confused why someone doesn't like the slave life.

The life of working 50+ hours just to be able to afford a regular house.

It's funny that they use a confused monkey emoji because I imagine that's exactly what they look like in real life.

Most people with homes are forced to work to afford them. If they miss a few paychecks, it's over.

Ty.

Beat you to it:
Thread: I am homeless now. (Page 3)

I've lived in a travel trailer the las 15 years or so. My boss lets me park it out back rent free.

I've actually never been happier. Naturally I couldn't do that without my bosses help, but I live the closest thing to a free life currently in existence on earth.

Did it exactly the same for 2 years of scamdemic,I got a storage unit that's 24/7 with huge parking lot for RVs,boats,campers,etc.,and sleep in the gated lot,it's quite overnight and I blend in.
Just going to buy a camper and pay to store it,but live in it, no one will even notice,if I'm stealthy about it.

now that you're mobile, do you think about going
to Washington DC and confronting your reps?

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Jack Kerouac [link to g.co (secure)]

In my twenties lived out of a white '72 VW van, was a top surfer at Malibu & a Venice Beach street musician, had some of the hottest girls on the beach come up nearby fire roads I camped on to spend the night, or parked at the beach by the Santa Monica pier.

In the same period got introduced to producer Norman Whitfield who signed me at Motown Records.

I used to ferry his namesake son, a recording engineer, to the best studios in Hollywood & would crash in the van outside his brother's W. Hollywood apartment near their studio Fort Knox after partying all night.

That led to my engineering in Lenny Kravitz's L.A. loft studio in a downtown industrial building, he gave me use of his loft & bragged about living in his car earlier, while I slept in the van with 2 Siberian Huskies at night.

Those recording sessions were for Lenny's friend Tony Lemans, who was Prince's protege at Paisley Park.

In my decade in the L.A. music business only briefly had a house in Oxnard, meanwhile took Gold & Platinum musicians to recording sessions in the same van, full of 3-piece band gear: 2 amps, Orange stack, 2 horn loaded bass bins & North drum set.

Used to camp on fire roads overlooking Malibu Canyon & practice guitar with a portable amp for days sometimes in-between, keeping music gear & surfboards in a Marina Del Rey storage & mostly cold showers at the beach—though there were saunas/showers in certain Malibu condos.

Decades later & RVs parked all over L.A. & Pacific Coast Highway are a nightmare, dumping toilets on the beach or in sewers, etc raising ire of locals.

Not a bad life to focus on goals though, ran into homeless attending local city colleges & achieving degrees, but key to being a hobo is don't be seen & "pack it out"!

Staying in one place continually is stupid, though some cities are opening parking lots for same, and many states are giving free hotel rooms or income with Covid 19.

For me pro surfing & music were goals—besides some family flack it actually led to these breaks, the guy that introduced me to Norman Whitfield was a Topanga Hippy pot dealer that hung out at Malibu & found me a Topanga house share when my van broke down at the beach.

My influence was the Whole Earth Catalog where I read about Beatnik vagabond Kerouac & Backpacking as a sport: North Face, Jansport gear etc. though these days you have R.E.I. & Amazon for gear.

Took off hitchiking as a teen & worked at racetracks in Florida & New York, riding on semi-truck horse vans between stables & a decade in the horse biz.

Also Jimi Hendrix sleeping in doorways with his guitar looking for gigs in NYC was an influence, while backpacking in Hawaii on surfing trips opened me to new cultures.

Wouldn't trade it for college or being housed the duration, though living in a boat in the marina or parked off Malibu Pier surfing was the creme.

Just bragging because people make it out like you are an Untouchable living outcast in India. Truck drivers live out of truck stops, military obviously rough it in the bush just like bums—learn basic survival & any forest or mountain is a potential base.



Last Edited by da kat on 05/09/2022 12:05 AM

"You will have a 1981 VW Vanagon and you will be happy"

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So ponder this~? We have a small 10 acre hobby farm in the rural south - gulf coast region.. It's not only impossible for us personally to secure this farm with only 2 adults. But most people are going to be in the same bad position.. We need to find someone, some couple or small family who'd like to park their RV or Tiny house in exchange for the land, water, sewer, they can buy power from Entergy.. but would discuss letting hook to the solar power grid if they're not power pigs..


We're only a small cog in the wheel.. People who can help secure everything from our humble farm to the mansions down the road.. the smallest business and largest corporation are going to need warm bodies to help secure interests during the fall of the republic..

So why are you homeless~? You not smoking bath salts or something~?

Did it 2 years in PA winter, dipping negative,and only used sleeping bags,with awesome mattress and long johns. Don't eat late or foods that make you fart,don't want to get out of bag. get a good jug with large opening and twist lid,learn to urinate laying towards your side, because you don't want to loose the body heat,it's kinda like being on deployment.

rock and roll man.

99% of people can't understand the value of what you've just said.

They want to live in a house clustered in with a 1000 other houses, making sure their lawn is nice so people will like them. Everyone doing the same routine, like the Truman show. Right up until they grow old and their kids put them in an old folks home to die. great life! weeee!

FL and Arizona would not be good during the hot months.

I living in fema trailer.my house and town burnt down.
It snowing now...the good Lord is perfect. I love Him

You can't be that stupid...its impossible

Well, with gas prices as they are, you could easily end up spending in gas what you might have spent in rent for a 1-bedroom studio.

You could just park your truck but you need that AC running in the summer and I figure if you live in your truck, you’re going to be tempted to drive it places.

Love how you’re thinking AC. I’m in the same situation, acres of land, grow my own food, farm animals, even honey bees, and I’m well armed. It’s not going to mean diddly squat because my wife and I can’t defend this property alone.

There are really just two options - build a community with your neighbors or have a plan to invite people to your farm (there will be no shortage of people begging for food and shelter once the food riots start).

I chose the latter too; have privately told several people that I trust that if TSHTF that they’ll be welcome on my homestead - but they have to come early, be prepared to work and know how to handle a firearm.

Last Edited by Shaun Kaven on 05/09/2022 01:32 AM

Very scary if this is true.

That's the attitude to have.

Have fun on your new adventure. Explore all the things.

it depends, been in a few. salvation army is the pits

i just left rescue mission in vegas 3 months there, i worked. but was lucky my bed was paid by a rehab facility. i was able to get late return. i did keep my valubles at work tho in backpack locked up. but yes have to leave at 7am. if not working, curfew is 4pm. most are 8 day stays, trashy folks. some extended stays, paying 180 a month, which i did last month before i left to a friends house. etended stay for a year there 180, after that its 500 a month in rescue...and chores..

still cheaper than a studio, cant find anything now in vegas under 800 amonth, and thats a slum...its insane...LA prices nearly

the homeless population has gone up 45% in 1 year in vegas

Oh shit ur not even technically classified as homeless, you're just an average American lmao. Middle class is almost totally destroyed. Now you're either guna be poor living like this or filthy rich. MERICA!

I estimate:

1 million homeless living on the streets/shelters
2-3 million living in vehicles
30 million living with family unable to afford to live alone
50 million living with roommates unable to afford to live alone
150 million living one paycheck away from losing their apt/house

Most people are in or close to the same boat as you.

you could probably raise some money if you named the

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on your travels

"Son of man has no place to rest his head."
Been homeless 1 1/2 yrs. Just spent 1 yr. On street no in but coffee line all winter and y for supper.
Stayed in bus shelters at night. Used storage extensively, 50lbs. Clothes blankets night shorts day. Canadian Winter sw ont. Rained every day it didnt snow gd it all.
Dont take for granted get back straight asap
Will eat you alive.