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Thinking about sleeping in my truck for a few years to save up for a house.
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Tent top will not be stealthy. Campgrounds are not very cheap. You may need a storage unit. test drive your plan; car camp, find places to stay, see how it feels.
Keep your lease, try it for a week, then return to your apartment with a sigh of relief after the experiment concludes
A trial run is excellent advice. But I will say, I lived in my car for a year and a half (and then my big rig while trucking for another year after that and then a class B RV for the 3 after that). Not as some insta famous van dweller traveling the country. I had a normal shitty retail job and lived an otherwise normal life as a college student and absolutely told no one ever that I was living in my old Kia spectra (small sedan). It's not an ideal situation but if your prepared for it it's not the nightmare scenario you and many others in this thread are imaging. It can be fairly comfortable and there are even some things I miss about living in my car. Like, I am not and was never so active and socially engaged as I was then. Not having that barrier of needing to leave the house meant I was just more willing to go hang with friends for any reason at the drop of a hat and needing to not be in the car during the heat if the day meant I just did stuff because I could. I was so fit from all the recreational swimming I was doing lol. If I had a whimsy to make a day trip to the next city over there was no planning or prep or savings needed cause I already had everything I needed in the car, I just had to drive there. I miss never feeling even a little stressed for money. My shitty retail job may not have been enough for trad housing but without the cost of rent I had more than enough money to spoil myself occasionally and still be putting money into savings. I actually bought my first nice laptop while living in my car, and my first nice phone, and my first drawing tablet
So like, it's not great but it doesn't have to be shitty either
Jelly side up is the best way to look at life - thanks for this perspective.
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This made me giggle 🤭
I traveled around the US in a Honda minivan. Only paid to camp in National Parks and a few great state parks. Window covers and stealth, was never questioned at all. It was excellent. If you have a job, charge devices and a backup battery at work. Clean up at work, shower at the gym.