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Partner and I have gotten bored with the constant homebumming and drifting around the upper Midwest and now we're headed to LA and going to be finding our way in CA. We are unhoused and down to tent camping and the occasional luxury of a motel or couch for a couple nights, but looking to get...

About to be in LA, is anyone still around?

We are if you got any leads as we're headed to Los Angeles instead and got everything already set and planned.

Damn that's a fantastic idea for a stealth camping type situation.

See that was a reason I really was concerned about California and other dense regions as an escape, but the weather and resources makes it practical when we're unhoused and transient as all get out. It's an unfortunate reality we require anywhere that already has a massive base of folks already...

Gentrification is a horrible inhuman machine, that's disheartening to hear it's occurring there and not any local revitalization coming from the community. Didn't know about the trans activism bit in that area either! Thanks I'll have to DM you too.

Well we all know of TAZ's like Slab City and the ones surrounding LA in the desert, but are there good camps or public areas for dispersed camping around major cities such as LA, SF, Redding, Sacramento, etc? I've debated some of the National Forest areas and desert for dispersed camping but I'm...

Do you know of any solid places in Boston for camping or squatting? Sounds cool actually.

Is that the area somewhat by "The Mesa" as it's called, does that still exist?

Fairly experienced with dispersed camping but planning to find a squat or establish one on the West Coast in the coming months for a variety of reasons, I've heard in the PNW and particularly Portland there's a lively scene thing is the only place I know off the top of my head is an LGBTQIA+...

Where are some at? If you don't mind me DM'ing

Not sure if I ever saved the number you gave my partner and I but you were the dude that made our night after quite an adventure, wide brim hat and black overalls clad you tossed us weed for nothing outside the Phoenix bus station and said you were heading to Quartzite for a Rainbow Gathering...

It may not be much but have you thought about reaching out to a Pride center or local FNB? Both could find you safe places to express your truest self and be a safety network in case of harassment. I know I don't do well unless I have those supports and can present 110%.

While I'm just one person, I can say that I think the folks that are ignoring the possibilities of being harmed are coming from a place of privilege, after all there's a significant traveler and unhoused community that are either Queer or Non-Men. Sure I use my head and descalation first and...

Damn that sucks to hear but shit we'll keep an eye on that area too.

We need to get a new vehicle but hell that shouldn't be too far off, Florida unfortunately we avoid just because of how Trans laws and the culture of hate is growing. But shit I'll stay in those mid size type towns and try the industrial areas moreso. Parks and business lots are our preference...

I often just throw junk cardboard ratty blankets really whatever under a sleeping bag or on the surface in a tent lol, used some of those cheap foam pads sometimes but fuck probably should get a proper thermarest now!

That's exactly the words I forgot lmao. Wal-Mart actually does have options damn.

Thanks for the advice! Shit maybe we'll try the Hilleberg or the crazy competitive low weight gear still then, used to curling up in a subzero sleeping bag with whatever else I find around but it's probably time to grab a pad too then or some sorta insulating equivalent.

Smoking the buds seems to produce an anti anxiety, pain relieving, and anti psychotic effect for me when I'd get it from smoke shops and dispensaries but the gas station edibles or shit you'd find at a Whole Foods boujie store not so much.

So it occurred to me that the REI Co-op ultralight gear is definitely not a good option for a traveling couple that has no issue camping rusticly even in a green belt if necessary but wall tents are fucking heavy and the usual boosted (more like liberated) Wal-Mart tents with space blankets and...

Partner and I lived in a van for awhile, checking out Anarchist spaces and zines is an awesome experience! I got started traveling as a minor so it's cool to see. Enjoy exploring, growing, and living!

So my partner and I are looking to once again travel to a warmer climate and look back into permanent settlement in somewhere with hopefully some space, little or insignificant snow, and of course affordable to free housing or squatting opportunities or even what I'm most interested in having a...

Looking on some tips, just scrapping a vehicle of ours to get outta rubber tramping and bum it with some friends back in the Midwest after some crazy times. What would be the best way outta this city? Unfortunately railhopping is too new to me so that's not much of a thing, but hitchhiking is...

Thank you that's some solid advice! We'll give it a go. Trying to replace the pump too asap.

Crashing around Tucson Arizona in our (my partner and I) Econoline 350 Motorhome tho we've ran into an issue on the road with the engine failing to start after successful cranks. We've hit it with cold start, tried resetting the fuel pump, bypassing it, even smacking the fuel tank to clear the...

Does making one count? I could dig that one anyway.

If you can get a card but don't got a whole lot of money, there's always BudK.com. Most is novelty shit, but there's some very affordable gems among their junk. I've gotten a couple nice things from them.

The mind and instincts are definitely the best, everybody be right about that. Makes me feel so damn boring for just liking a nice shotgun. What can I say? I like things that go bang. Honestly though its the psychological factor attached to firearms which makes it preferential to me, when I've...

Oh boy time to hop on this old thread too. Totally agree with everyone else who's said their illnesses have gotten better on the road. Coming from pure obsessional compulsive disorder, the monotonous rat race and me don't get along as having zero control over my life and choices leaves me in a...

It sounds stupid enough to work, or maybe it really is an amazing idea out of audacity. Doing whatever the yuppies don't expect is always genius no matter how ridiculous.

Exactly, that's why I think it wouldn't work out too well. That could also work, you'd just need to go to the far north and be able to handle the horrid winters. Sorry I just have to laugh every time I see "crony capitalism." Kind of an oxymoron. The idea is solid though.

Hey there, man! I'm sorry to hear you've had to suffer and feel all that pain, but I think we all come out better for it and some freedom and adventure definitely heals the soul. Twenty years is a long time, and I can appreciate the dedication. I hope it left a good and not a bad impression...

I almost feel that Canadians would tolerate American squatters less than local authorities in the US. Aside from the whole militarized BS you see out at the Dakota Pipeline.

Yeah I've always wondered what would be a good place for it, though with everything going on now in California and the healthy population of people more open to it I think it'd be the place to set one's eyes on in terms of an island community. Wrap some #CalExit BS in it or something for more...

You made me realize, we really need Air Punks somehow. Fucktons of Gyrocopters and Cropdusters.

I almost feel at that point you should just find a place to take over or some empty island. Go all Pirate too just because.

Much as there were some cool suggestions already, I have to almost suggest just finding places without zoning for now and just be prepared to defend that lack thereof zoning to the death. Metaphorically, or literally I guess hey its your life man. It's not totally accessible and there's little...

Hoping for that nat 20

Baker prone to go deliverance at any time?

Can I say a grand's worth of beer? Naw. Honestly with that cash I think I'd just go get an old motorhome and whatever other tools I don't got lying around still, not that I'm terribly lacking there. Run the old thing till it can't go anymore and leave it to chill on some land lot somewhere. I'm...

Sounds awesome, will check it out when I'm heading out!

I think dressing with your surroundings and the whole of society goes without saying to some degree, hell in rural areas people have responded to me wearing those Carhartt jackets much better than if I was wearing any of my beloved hoodies. Gives you this gritty working man look, little do they...

Definitely gonna hit the slabs for the first time soon, and probably go explore Angeles forest while visiting people in LA but man the Mojave is just magical to me in its desolation. Besides some of the more typical stuff, and all the eco tourism abound what sort of cool spots are there in and...

I wish they'd allow for those permits to people under 21 but alas such is not the case. However in states that do allow it such as Vermont, my Iver Johnson .32 Revolver does the job.

Personally, I like to have both a knife and gun around for when I'm going somewhere. Of course if you do that then having an understanding of both and how they work is a duh but that's obvious. If you are willing to take the risk with cops and your everyday idiots then so long as you're in the...

Well that's great to know! Admittedly I'm a lil bit weird looking and tend to be called a hippy but hey its not much of an insult in my opinion. So long as its a place that people can mind themselves it sounds like a lovely place to be, I have such shit luck with a lot of places and so I can be...

Ay thanks for the link, and gotta say you motivated also me. This Char character seems like a good person to go through and get some land for steading. Keep going on and get your dream though, I get how the feeling of being a pariah and having issues is. Been in and out of the system due to my...

I had thought about the same thing upon seeing it, but it seems like something to have a few people around for in case some not so friendly police or idjits roll up from Santa Monica and elsewhere.