Living in a van for a year to save $?

[Johnnie Walker]

Van? No. RV maybe. Then at least you have amenities and toilet/possibly shower. Maybe find someone who will let you plug in on their property for a small fee?

 

[Pliablemoose]

There's thousands of people doing this in LA, they have a whole dept at the LAPD to catch them...

 

[pontifex]

I don't see it working as you couldn't park it anywhere near businesses but then what do you do when you gotta piss in the middle of the night, drive around until you find a 24/7 restaurant?

 

[dan4patriots]

why would you want to do this? what you planing to do with the "savings"

 

[HeXen]

i wish i did that when i was young to save up for a fat down payment on a house. A year or so of sacrifice can save a lot of financial headaches down the road.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Single with no desire to get laid then I could see doing this.

You can buy a portable toilet which use the same chemical the portable toilets use:

http://www.amazon.com/Sanitation-Equ...5557561&sr=8-1

People in RV's do this. They parkin industrial areas where no residential homes are - no one complains.

 

[JEDI]

There's thousands of people doing this in LA, they have a whole dept at the LAPD to catch them...

huh?

 

[conehead433]

I've lived out of a van during a trip. It's hard to recommend this as a lifestyle.

 

[davmat787]

I remember coming across a website dedicated to people who do just this, living in a van and/or off the grid. It was several months ago, I can't recall the name but it shouldn't be too hard to find.

Seems to be a whole subculture around this lifestyle. Would be a fun way for a year max, to see the country and do some interesting things.

And if Chris Farley the motivational speaker can do it, how hard can it be? :hmm:

 

[BudAshes]

You haven't made it until you've lived in a van down by the river.

 

[DrPizza]

My son did it for a few months when he started his job. Lived in a Grand Caravan, got a membership at the YMCA. Worked out after work, took a shower at the Y, ate out at restaurants (and used their bathrooms), and saved up quite a bit of money. Once it started getting cold out in the late fall, he switched to hotels/motels.

 

[reallyscrued]

 

[Corporate Thug]

of course it's possible, it's just not worth it.

 

[waggy]

when i was younger we had a van that was a very small RV. yeah you could live in it..but i wouldn't want to.

 

[MiniDoom]

good luck finding pussy... "eh, you want to go back to my van?".

 

[gevorg]

it can be a bang bus

 

[shiner]

good luck finding pussy... "eh, you want to go back to my van?".

O' Rly?

 

[AlienCraft]

I could only see this working if you parked it down by the river.

Only 5 posts in. Well played sir! :thumbsup:

 

[mugs]

i wish i did that when i was young to save up for a fat down payment on a house. A year or so of sacrifice can save a lot of financial headaches down the road.

People here look down on kids who live with their parents for a year or two after college, but it accomplishes the same thing without having to live in a van.

Weighing living in a van vs ridicule by anonymous Internet people for living with parents... tough choice.

 

[AlienCraft]

My son did it for a few months when he started his job. Lived in a Grand Caravan, got a membership at the YMCA. Worked out after work, took a shower at the Y, ate out at restaurants (and used their bathrooms), and saved up quite a bit of money. Once it started getting cold out in the late fall, he switched to hotels/motels.

Snerk, at the Y heh heh heh:sneaky:

 

[MiniDoom]

good luck finding fresh usda disease free pussy... "eh, you want to go back to my van?".

fixed

 

[Cattlegod]

Do it and move to slab city, just bring guns for defense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City

 

[Schadenfroh]

Folks at the hospital get confused when they find out you live in a car in your buddy's yard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8or4OuQEAU

 

[Sluggo]

why would you want to do this? what you planing to do with the "savings"

Buy a bigger, nicer van...duh.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Just don't do it in Alaska.