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Received word that he's still around, was supposedly seen in the LES this/last summer

Also, join the Discord server, I can help a lot more in quick text format than on the forum https://squattheplanet.com/chat

Most people aren't gonna fuck with your pack. Keep all of your electronics hidden or in sight at all times. You're gonna need to carry it with you most places, do not just stash it somewhere in the city, a cleaner or homebum will almost always find it and toss it or throw everything everywhere...

NYC is one if not the best place in the country to be homeless, minus the freezing ass cold winters. There are a lot of programs here that can help you as well as a lot of dumpster diving spots that you can and will get fat off of. If you're under 25, I suggest starting as 33 Essex Street in...

I'm gonna @ you in Discord a solution to this

Some states have stop and identify laws but for the most part in my experience, they're not going to stop you unless you're beyond the no pedestrians sign or doing something else. If you're on a highway, especially one with a sidewalk, you should be fine, as long as they can't get you for...

Just fly a sign at off ramps or the exits of drive thrus that says hungry Edit: panhandling is legally protected speech, the only laws they can enforce is shit like blocking traffic, so if they run you off (they have to warn first), just find a place with foot traffic

Being homeless is not a "lifestyle". Being homeless is not "cool". If somebody who is homeless finds out you're doing this shit as a choice you're going to get jumped.

If you get a passport you can just cross legally without a visa and stay 180 days without needing one.

I use Ting and I have the 5gb data plan so I pay $25 plus tax a month. If you want a referral code I can get you one. The only issue with them is they're an online only retailer so you'll need an address to get the SIM card at Edit: also they piggy back off of TMobile, they buy wholesale data...

This info is years out of date but probably still relevant. I got stuck in ABQ for weeks. I had to walk to the edge of town by Flying Jay cuz the cops are absolute fucking assholes. It took me 2 weeks to even get a ride a short distance away. Once I got to the casino in/near the Laguna...

If you've never done that before, you're going to freeze. At least try to get to the metro north and get into NYC. At least here you can sleep in the subway, some of them never go above ground. NYC has really harsh winters so I can't imagine upstate being any nicer

Here's the drop in for older folks. https://maps.app.goo.gl/nZKyh8rnw2hcSotj9 I'm just starting to watch the video but the dude is fuckin accurate about the shelters not being safe. I would rather go to Rikers Island than a shelter in this city

You can sleep in the street pretty much wherever you want, you just can't pop a tent and if the property owner asks you to leave, you have to leave. The way the process works is you go to a place that catalogs you being homeless, since you're over 24 you would have to go to this place on...

You would have to find somewhere that's taking roommates if you don't get section 8. I get Social Security and section 8, I pay $205 in rent for a single room occupancy. There's other programs but like I said they're all dogshit. You could try your luck with BRC, they'll (eventually) place you...

Does he have a Thor's hammer between his eyebrows? I don't remember him having a line across his face

NO NO NO NO STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM JAX. Whoever told you that was trolling you. Jacksonville FL is one of THE WORST places to be homeless in. Don't go to Cali either, it's overpopulated and expensive. If you're under the age of 24, here in NYC there is a program that will help you get section...

Be safe out there. I became street homeless myself shortly before I turned 19 and I learned one of the biggest things about homelessness is that you can't go it alone or you're going to be in for a bad time. You're going to need people to give you advice and learn from other people's' past...

Believe it or not, a lot of people hitchhike with laptops, but that's usually due to not having anywhere else to store it. More hiking backpacks have an inner pocket with an elastic band on it. I'm not sure if that's what the industry calls it but everybody I know calls it a laptop pocket. I...

I got off the street in NYC. I will say it's a mixed bag. If you're under 24, come here. If you're not, go elsewhere. Streetworks at 33 Essex Street in Manhattan has been helping homeless youth and travelers for decades, I first went there when I was 18 when I first visited the city and they're...

I can't really reveal a whole lot, mostly because I don't know much, but I suggest trying to meet up with somebody, there's a lot of people on this forum, and ride with them until you get used to it. Also this website is really good to kind of figure out where you'll be going OpenRailwayMap -...

This is a forum for homeless people, what's the purpose of this post?

The Discord server has a very active music sharing channel where people drop YouTube links all the time, you should come check it out https://squattheplanet.com/chat

That's really good to hear, I'm glad shit got sorted out. Too bad about the timestamps of when they were originally submitted but who really cares about that, the thing that matters is everything is back

Yeah we can have it in Mount Desert Island in Maine, Canada

Exactly this, the biggest thing a lot of squatters forget to do is to pay property taxes

Can you do gifs for the reactions? Maybe something like the ESL sign for thank you could work

People are still going to try to game the system by making extra accounts, but your spam filters will probably catch them

Having it in any downtown metro area is a bad idea. It has to be out in the woods or just generally away from people. Saying that Jambo should be held in NYC, Portland, Seattle, LA or any other city is like telling Rainbow to do the same. The point isn't just to meet up, hang out and get drunk...

Alright so don't let people know that somebody is a nazi, got it

Yeah we slept not far from Union Square, it's a high chance you would have met him

As somebody who lives in NYC, this place is a fucking shithole and there's a lot of things that would not be possible with Jambo here. The cops would bust it up in minutes. Drunk in public, massive group sleeping on the street, etc The only places viable out on this side of the country would be...

I met this guy in NYC years ago while I was still homeless. He had a ton of tattoos on his face and hands, probably had his entire body covered with them as well. One prominent thing about him that stands out is he had a Mjolnir tattoo on his forehead, between his eyebrows and would also wear...

Avoid interstate 5, it's (reportedly) really bad for hitchhiking. I hitched up from LA on the 101 and 1, I highly recommend them, they run pretty much parallel to each other and intersect often. If you want to see more of the beach, take the 1, if you want to see more slightly inland, take the...

I'm tired of NYC and I'm going to visit the above cities, anybody got tips for them? I've never been to either one and I'm interested in seeing some off the path places as well. Here's a list of questions I have about them: Where are the best bumfeeds? Where do most of the travelers hang out...

I mean technically, I've traveled with minimum gear before. Just a sleeping bag, pack and clothes. Anything less is gonna be a whole lot of bullshit.

I mean specifically the book https://www.amazon.com/dp/1507202342/ That reminds me, I wanted to buy it this month

I have a physical copy of all of the Bushcrafting books except first aid, I give a high recommendation for all of them

It is a slur. In Europe. Not in the United States though, we romanticized the word.

Where you trying to go? The whole New York City area is notorious for being shit to get out of. best bet is to probably take the Metro-North as far as you can, to the end of the line in the direction you're going. Maybe even come back, take the China bus to Boston or Albany, whichever one is...

Prospect Park is great. I go there pretty often and it almost feels like I'm outside of the city in some places in it.

I'm pretty sure like 75% of people who use r/vagabond are either banned from StP or they're not even/were never homeless so no loss there.

That backpack isn't required, I know people who do IRL live streaming with their cell phones and battery packs. You DO need unlimited data though.

If you want to work at a normal job, you'd have to find somebody who can watch your animals for you while you work. I can't help you in that regard but I would like to steer you away from kennels, they'll be super expensive. If you have anybody you can trust, tell them you'll pay them. If...

Cabin fever is a real thing, shit drives people up walls all the time. It's been driving me up the walls for awhile and I can only imagine what you're going through living with another person

Eh, crackheads ain't so bad. The place in Callowhill (I looked it up, it wasn't Chinatown) was full of crackheads, all the dudes who stayed on the first floor were smokers and they were all cool as hell

It's best to try to go through a door if you're going to break in, but if it has boarded up windows on the first floor, there's a very high chance it's a burn out. You don't want to be squatting in those. Usually windows on the first floor have bars on them so most places don't feel the need to...

I haven't been there in 10+ years but I squatted in a building in Chinatown by Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission. That place has since been reclaimed by housies and turned into apts and shit though sadly. Every. Single. Traveling kid who passed through Philly knew about that building and it was...

I don't ever personally remember doing it myself but I knew a few people that talked about doing it. Might have just been a couple niche cases then, or maybe a regional thing because the area was dangerous.