Topic: LIVE IN A VAN (Read 3437 times)

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Its actually just beat up ford rangers as far as the eye can see
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how about you get a small camper and go to one of those campground areas where you only have to pay for a small lot, water, and power
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it would be like living in a van but not as stupid

Edit: steel's right too about the cops. I read what you said about mexicans but guarantee that the cops will still dick with you if they see you loitering in a van at a parking lot somewhere.
Last Edit: April 12, 2009, 08:12:29 pm by Coxswain
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Juris, I did something similar for close to a year while i was in school except it was on a friend's boat. Just take out student loans and live at school. trust me it is going to be a bitch to pay those off for a long time, you'll have to study something that's gonna get you paid enough to pay those off, but trust me it's gonna save you from a whole world of frustration.
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dc i thought you regretted nothing???
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living on a boat is awesome as hell though. all you gotta do is get to a freind's dock or some shit, tie off and no one can fuck with you. Of course its easier around here to do that unless you're in a really big boat.
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I once had to sleep in my car because I stayed on my college campus until 2 in the morning and had to be back there at 6AM.  It would have taken me half an hour to get home and then half an hour back, giving me only three hours of sleep.  I was parked in the college's parking garage and covered myself with blankets I keep in my trunk.  I was worried I might get caught, but I didn't know if there were any rules about sleeping in the garage.  

But whatever you do, make sure you can sleep with your legs fully extended.  Since I had to keep my legs bent in order to fit in the back seat, I had a hard time walking the next day.  You'll probably have to take out the back seats of the van in order to do this.  
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This link has some good pointers.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2092601_live-van.html
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dc i thought you regretted nothing???
i do

but i don't fuckin' recommend it
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since you're by water you've probably got docks which means you've probably got docking fees or slip fees or whatever which means you've probably got a bunch of boats you can pick up free because the owners couldn't afford the fees anymore. you could probably even find one with a toilet system, and you could fish also.

for the van idea you need somewhere to park it, somewhere to excrete, and you probably want electricity as well. if you're looking at solar panels and a van that's decent you're probably looking at the same cost of a rental for a year for a lot more effort once you factor in petrol, road user charges and whatever else, so it'd only be worth it if you stayed for more than a year (the longer you stay the cheaper it becomes)
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also i don't know about how your government stuff works but here you need a home address to recieve money, you can't use a PO box or anything else.
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live on a boat

This all seems like it's a step away from living in a tree fort so I guess it inspires some of my dead childhood dreams to zombify and return from the grave but at the same time I know it's a bit ridic
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First of all, I don't agree with Jamie; staying in nice neighborhoods will not work.  People don't like looking out their windows and seeing mysterious vans parked across the street, especially when all the other cars are Audis and Mercs and shit.

Is the USA really divided into GHETTO and PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DRIVES AUDIS?

I live in Canada in a pretty nice part of town (it's not full of rich people but crime is extremely low) and a van would fit right in, so long as it wasn't a complete pile of poop. Doesn't the place where you live have middle class neighbourhoods? I think living in a van in Canada (at least my part of it) would be a lot easier, mostly because vans aren't constantly being broken in to and their occupants slain while asleep. I can think of, like, fifty locations I could park a van overnight both be totally inconspicuous and take a snooze and feel totally safe within twenty kilometers of where I live now. This would be even easier if you got a solid-paneled van instead of something with windows since no one 'round here comes up and peers in to the cab looking for sleeping dudes.

Also, if you parked in a parking lot you could just use the corners/sides nearest to the building. I see cars in parking lots for no feasible reason all the time. You could park in transit parking lots, since lots of people leave cars there overnight.

Why is crime in the US and the UK so high? Cripes guys! It's scary to think you can't even sleep in a van with locked doors and not get robbed!

p.s. I live in the biggest city in Canada so it's not like I live in a quaint small town where crime is nonexistent!


edit: living in a van is a pretty bad idea unless, like, your mom let you use her bathroom every morning to wash up and whatever. Even still it's a pretty horrible idea, although driving to work IN YOUR HOUSE would be pretty cool!
Last Edit: April 12, 2009, 11:30:38 pm by Kaempfer
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none of you seem to think old people look out windows.

because

old people look out windows.

and when they see juris drying clothes they will call the cops.

no one's really saying WATCH OUT...A CRIME MIGHT HAPPEN, but that other people will think HE'S the criminal.
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old people look out windows.

Yeah, this is very true. Old people really have nothing better to do than look out their window all day. My grandmother often complains about the cars parked in front of her house even if they are just parked there for an hour and are totally insignificant. I didn't think of this!

Maybe if you were really nice to old people and mowed their lawns they wouldn't care though. I suspect this would be the case in my neighbourhood. Old people are often easily fooled by young men who are willing to rake their leaves!
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old people are either really cool as hell or dicks there is no grey area

and I've seen more shooting stars than cool old people so you know how that is.
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if you can't find anywhere to park just go park in a hospital parking lot and either sleep in the van or go sleep in the waiting room. pretend you have family there.

this thread is very informative to me because this may very well be my future.
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Yeah hospital is a good idea.

Also, an airport car park might be all right for a little change. Just drive on out to the airport and spend a couple weeks just hanging around there.It'd be like a holiday without the part where you actually go anywhere.
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you guys said nice neighborhoods.  of course we have middle class area here but tbh paranoid snoopy people are everywhere soooooo
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Is the USA really divided into GHETTO and PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DRIVES AUDIS?

hahaha this is such a weird choice of RICH PEOPLE CAR

since when are audis particularly expensive cars? i guess there are really expensive luxury audis but then you could have said ford or chevy because they have expensive models too.

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We are a community without borders and without colours, the spirit and diversity of the gaming community is one that should be looked up to, a spirit and diversity other groups should strive toward.