backpacking through North America (USA + Canada)

[Punk]

Remind me who exactly cares about this nonsense?

[Moros]

Remind me who exactly cares about this nonsense?

[The Stranger]

I've got school and a GF who doesn't let me. So yeah.

i just finished uni, but i have a gf too :P

[Fragony]

No go de moi, going to Copenhagen instead. Have a fun trip.

[Moros]

i just finished uni, but i have a gf too :P

Yeah, but mine is a bit clingy. And well I doubt I'll be able to write a thesis while backpacking abroad.

Edit: Oh Fraggy that's a shame. Umeu would have some stories to tell about you, when he'd get back!

[The Stranger]

haha all girlfriends are clingy :O

on a sidenote, anyone has a nice job for me?

[Moros]

haha all girlfriends are clingy :O

on a sidenote, anyone has a nice job for me?

Philosophy degree right? I'll have a look around.

[The Stranger]

so i got my visa, my drivers license and my ticket now, things are starting to shape up. any orgah's that live in the area of NYC that can help me buy a decent van for a decent price? or any orgahs that can give me tips in general about what to look (out) for when buying a (cheap) car


also, does anyone have experience with couchsurfing (or anything similar)

[Vuk]

I don't MRD, I have spent months sleeping in my car once and only got questioned about it once. I guess it may depend a lot where you are...

[The Stranger]

like outside the city?

[Strike For The South]

I don't MRD, I have spent months sleeping in my car once and only got questioned about it once. I guess it may depend a lot where you are...

Don't listen to this

[The Stranger]

Don't listen to this

so u agree with mrd and say its not safe to do it? or actually illegal? i dont know american laws that well.

[Vuk]

Don't listen to this

Strike likes to argue for the sake of arguing. He never emotionally developed past 8 years old, so you will have to forgive him.

To answer your question, no, not in a city. It was when I got a new job a few years back and was still looking for a place to move into. I found what used to be a driveway going into what then was woods on a side road right beside the highway, so I parked there. It was less than a minute from a truck stop that had showers, restrooms and stuff so it worked out well. I did after two weeks or so have a statey approach me and when I explained why he suggested that I went to the truck stop and asked if I could park in the back of the lot at night till I got a place. I did and they were very obliging about it so it all turned out well. The cop didn't tell me there was a law against it or say that he was going to make me stop if the truck stop said no, so as far as I am aware it is ok.

[Fragony]

Why the hell aren't you allowed to sleep in your car

[Beskar]

Why the hell aren't you allowed to sleep in your car

It is more to do with 'where'. Most land is owned by someone else, and they can ask you to leave. Or you could go to a campsite, pay to use that, and sleep in your car. If you decided to have a nap in a car in your own driveway, people would think you are really strange, but it is not illegal.

[The Stranger]

ye MRD suggested something similar, about camping sites where i could stay. I wouldnt just park my car on the side of the road ofcourse. When I was in New Zealand and slept in our van, we usually went to free campsites or parkinglots on the side of the road where people usually stop to take a break before driving on. We never had any trouble with it, but im aware you cant do that everwhere, some places might not be safe.

[Strike For The South]

so u agree with mrd and say its not safe to do it? or actually illegal? i dont know american laws that well.

It's not safe and very well could be illegal depending on where you are. America is a vast and empty place.

Strike likes to argue for the sake of arguing. He never emotionally developed past 8 years old, so you will have to forgive him.

I did develop past "holding down menial work". Does that count for something?

To answer your question, no, not in a city. It was when I got a new job a few years back and was still looking for a place to move into. I found what used to be a driveway going into what then was woods on a side road right beside the highway, so I parked there. It was less than a minute from a truck stop that had showers, restrooms and stuff so it worked out well. I did after two weeks or so have a statey approach me and when I explained why he suggested that I went to the truck stop and asked if I could park in the back of the lot at night till I got a place. I did and they were very obliging about it so it all turned out well. The cop didn't tell me there was a law against it or say that he was going to make me stop if the truck stop said no, so as far as I am aware it is ok.

1. This isn't on the side of the road
2. 1 states law is not applicable everywhere
3. The police take pity on the retarded and the indigent. You're batting 2 for 2

[Fragony]

1 I hate being patronised
2 I hate irony
3 I hate lists

What's it to them ffs, what is wrong with sleeping in your car. Vast enough to find a place, gawd