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  1. J

    Urban homesteading

    Howdy I am Jeremy .I'm a chef and multimedia artist in Oakland and I am new to this site. I am currently squatting in an abondonded burger joint in El cerrito , California and I would like to see if anybody knows about how I should go about turning on the water .I believe i know where it's...
  2. elisearnia

    Question Any response is helpful!

    I am a university student and have been spending the last 4 months focusing my projects on squatting - aiming to educate myself on something that I previously must admit was very ignorant to. I am aiming now to create a zine-like publication/handbook which aims to briefly advice on the tips...
  3. Tony G

    good boots

    so redwings quality is crap now so im looking for an alternative the military boots are good but i find they don't hold up as long as id like any suggestions
  4. A

    Advice on how to attach chain wallet to overalls

    The title says it all. I'm new not really new to traveling but I've never worn overalls before, I've always worn pants therefore always attached my chain wallet to my belt loop or belt. I just wanna wear my overalls without pants underneath so I can't attach them to the belt loops to my pants...
  5. J

    advice for a new guy

    Well damn the l luck my roommate that I've been staying with for 5 years now up and passed away all the sudden and I've been wanting to start fresh. I'm looking for a new place to go for the summer maybe someone might know of some work with housing if you could throw me a bone it would be much...
  6. Gutterthey

    New Orleans Car Life Advice

    Hey guys, first post here, relatively new to living in my car. I just got to New Orleans from Florida Bc it wasn’t the vibe. I want to stay here for a while and work/save my money. I am concerned about my car being broken into, mostly Bc I can’t afford to repair it. I read online having things...
  7. Astral Arlo

    My fiancee and I posted up in LA. Looking for good people or a cheap place to rent/squat. Need advice

    Hello everyone! Im new here but have had several people recommend it. Im a musician posted in LA with my fiancee. Looking for a place to rent or squat
  8. Russetfur1128

    Advice for a new squatter?

    I just moved into a house that is abandoned. The owner died 3 years ago and his wife moved halfway across the country. Planning on fixing up the yard and then getting water and electricity turned on, but not sure about how to do that. I've never paid bills in my life, as I've been living with...
  9. D

    Advice on PDX to Tucson?

    Ppl say 101 is easy way south, so if I can get to the coast that should get me south, but when to go east? I-10 goes right thru Tucson but I think taking 101 to I-10 would mean hitching out of LA and I hear ppl say LA is like a vortex that traps people in and that sounds bad lol. What do u...
  10. Inhibition

    Told to Vacate Apartment, Might Be Squatting And Would Like Advice

    My family has been told to vacate after living in the same place for 20 years. We've never missed rent, but a new landlord bought my place and is kicking us out so he can double the rent. I'm not sure the covid eviction moratorium fully protected people in our circumstance where renovation...
  11. SouthernSammon

    Noable locations to visit

    Hey y'all, I hope everybody is doing well! I'm planning to head out on a somewhat long-term hitchhiking venture out west, ultimately my goal is to meet new people and hopefully stumble upon cool opportunities. Leaving from the armpit of the USA, known as Florida, I want to hit as many...
  12. Wierden

    Advice for Squatting in the Reno 'burbs?

    Hey all, So I've got a work-stay set up at a sweet spot outside of Vegas, but it doesn't start til August. For personal reasons, I'd like to leave my current state and be in Nevada prior to that, for up to a couple of weeks. I have a couple friends in Reno, so I could probably get a couple...
  13. D

    Moving to New orleans, any advice?

    Hola, Ima squatter who just started renting because covid made squat life inconvenient for me. Moving to New orleans end of january but I have never lived there. Any advice for someone moving to NOLA, and do u know where I can get in touch with an active conscious anarchist community in...
  14. Potts

    Some advice please

    Wondering if anyone could offer a touch of advice on my sleeping arrangements. I have a poly fill sleeping bag from Walmart, it's rated down to like 50 degrees fahrenheit. I also have a heavy duty tarp that I've been wrapping me and the sleeping bag up in the last few nights since it's been...
  15. Crust Wagon

    staying warm on the road? how to, tips and/or gear advice?

    Newshit kid here. Its cold as Santa's ass out here. I live in Michigan for context, so yea it's pretty easy to get your ass frozen to the concrete while you're takin' a dump (don't ask.) Anybody got any advice on how to stay warm out here? Perhaps more advice than just "wear a coat, dipshit."...
  16. Frustrated mom

    Hi there. Parents with a infant. Just asking advice.

    Well myself, my boyfriend and five month old are first time homeless thanks to covid. Basically I've called or emailed every homeless shelter, church group and community outreach program in my city. Columbus, Indiana. And the four surrounding cities. Most never get back to me. Others refuse to...
  17. EightyFourThousand

    Intro/Looking for Advice

    Thirty years old, been wwoofing/traveling since 2016. Most recently spent three years in California, first in the Santa Cruz mountains on a pot farm/commune, then in the Bay Area where I volunteered for the Long Haul Infoshop and Slingshot radical newspaper. Ironically as soon as I went into...
  18. coyotecure

    Just starting out bike touring and looking for advice.

    (hii i don't use forums much, so please forgive me if it isn't done right. admins feel free to delete) So a friend just gifted me a Miyata 610. I'm helping another friend get down to NOLA from Portland at the end of next month and I want to ride my bike back home I think. Currently I don't...
  19. Fimdridil

    Well here I go then...

    Hi there stranger! How weird that you are viewing this through a screen somewhere far away from me. Would you, as a stranger, be so kind to lend me some advice? I hope I don't sound too naive but atleast im honest hihi, here it goes: I am 18 years old and I am planning to leave my home very...
  20. PaganUnicorn

    Looking for Advice on Small Diesel Box Trucks

    Looking at beginning to think about planning for when I might consider wondering if I ought to buy another van. Currently I have a rusted ass janky 90s Gas Econoline that I bought off Craigslist for 300 bucks from a retired handyman/scrapper. I don't recall the year but it's the newer model from...
  21. Bushpig

    Need legal advice regarding knives in Massachusetts

    I just got pulled off the highway by a cop and dropped by a fucking abandoned burger king. The cop was a jerk and refused to return my pocket knife. I have nothing if attacked by wild animals now and it was a $40 knife. Is there anything I can do? Pic is his car with number. Just happened...
  22. Wearyzombie2

    Looking to get into camping in either parks or trails, any advice?

    Whatsup everyone. Let me start off saying I'm fairly unfamiliar with camping and such in general, only gone a handful of times. I'm from Northeastern Ohio; best places I've heard of being Hocking Hills if you're familiar with the area. Same time considering going camping at a local bike trail...
  23. aaru

    new here! looking for advice

    hey--- my name is aaru & i'll be heading all around texas. don't really know where i'm heading/what i'm doing, but i'm also not looking for anything. just trying to live a bit more off the grid, not as intrinsically tied to the metropolis among other drifters. college graduate, rather useless...
  24. Matt Derrick

    Any mechanics out there? Looking for some advice on this van!

    Hey folks! Some of you know I've been in the market for a short bus, but due to lack of reasonably-priced options, I'm also considering doing a custom camper van; either a cargo or passenger van (post 2002 GMC savanah or Chevy express preferred) and completely gutting the insides to do a custom...
  25. cannedpeaches

    hello im (sorta) new, looking for friends and advice and maybe a travel companion

    hello ! i found this forum while doing research about freight hopping and travel gear and have been lurking for a few hours y'all seem super friendly and helpful and comfy guess i'll say a little about myself ~ i turn 30 this year i'm a trans girl, have been out for the past 5 years...
  26. danidatx

    Austin Squat - seeking advice and interest

    Myself and a small group of folks are interested in putting together an intentional squat for rad/anarcho folks who want to do the damn thing! I am in search of legal advice specific to Texas, anyone with resources they can offer or have leads on, and folx who may want to help/participate in...
  27. D

    Advice on getting a flight?

    I be goddamned if I spend my last days in a middle-of-nowhere town filled with a bunch of goddamn rednecks whom I can't stand and who don't get me, so I'm going to get a plane ticket and go someplace else. Any recommendations for getting a ticket somewhere? South America, Asia, or Europe?
  28. Wert

    Kinda new, Advice needed

    I hitched all last year but managed to stay where it was warm. Ive managed to stay grounded since the begining of dec. But now I wanna head out and I forgot about snow and how cold it gets at night. Any tips on what to do for gear. All I got is a bag blanket and sleeping bag
  29. L

    Advice for rubber tramping with no AC

    Hello, im curious about what other people do, and have done in the past traveling in a van with a dog, with no working AC. Im considering eventually buying an rv roof mounted AC, but thats alot of cash and a ways away. Iv slso considered installing a roof vent to help release the heat. Also...
  30. MyWayHome

    A risky journey - advice needed

    Hi, I am posting this hoping to receive any kind of advice. I have been living in a van on and off with my partner, she has epilepsy and was planning on using her disability income to support the van life while I was the primary driver. I was able to get my drivers license replacement in CA...
  31. NappySackJack

    Back to the road and need advice

    Been a few years since I have traveled and it's time I start back again (full time) I have 2 weeks before me and my friend are kicked out of the apartment we rent. My friends going to his parents and I'm hiting the road. I decided to make a profile to ask if anything has changed on the road...
  32. LocalWeirdo

    Portland to California travel advice ?

    Female travelling alone considering freight hopping. Looking for some genereal advice or tips ( i'm from the UK so i'm not super familiar with things here yet )
  33. OrphXan

    Gardening / Housebitchin' advice.

    After the better part of a decade being an addict, homeless, and nomadic I've been trying to settle down and get some stability for myself. I've got a duplex in eastern Canada and I've just started my first garden. So far I've just tilled the spot I picked and pulled out all the weeds and...
  34. Seethru2

    Photos Any advice for driving on hwy 50?

    Anyone have some advice for driving Route 50 in Nevada? I want to head towards Denver, and I know that the 50 is a long stretch of road without anything. So besides the norms like, coolant, and oil, do y'all have any advice for driving that deep in the Nevada desert? I'll be leaving, east out of...
  35. Maki40

    Need Legal Advice or just tell me what you would do

    Hello All, I've been hoboing around Florida all winter with no problems but I just got a citation for Alcohol in the beach in Panama City. I read the beach rules and they said nothing about alcohol but apparently they have a alcohol ban for the month of March which wasn't posted anywhere and I...
  36. Older Than Dirt

    Thoughts, comments, gear advice or suggested routes hitching Albuquerque -> Durango -> Ft. Collins -> Lincoln, Neb. in May?

    So i am thinking of taking my geriatric ass out west for a bit in May. Because i am old and soft and scared of hitching through Kansas/Oklahoma, but have never seen anything between Steelville, Mo to Denver on the ground (unless you count Winnipeg and Mexico City as being in North America), i...
  37. saul

    Need help and advice from fellow squatters

    I found an abandonedbuilding and was wondering how I could take owner ship of it
  38. R

    Im needing some advice im stuck in houston

    I'm trying to find a place to go . i dont have an id or anything . I just want to find a place to get my head together. Ill travel where ever. Looking for communes or intentional communities. Been a hermit for awhile and now it's time to get around other folks . haven't had a conversation in...
  39. Beachlife84

    New and heading out in 2 days! Road dawgs and advice needed.

    Quick intro. I'm a 34 ywar old male that moved to NC SC area for xonsteuxtion work after livijg in Key west for a year. I'm now homeless due to lack of construction work here. So me snd my toolbelt and 2 bags are headed out. I have skate boarder my whole life and been in bands and such as a...
  40. NohaTarek

    1st time hiking in america - advice

    Hey guys ::cat:: this is my first time to post here... i'm an international student from egypt, & this is my 1st year learning & exploring in america ::bookworm:: while in the holidays now, i want to travel... i can't afford, of course, staying in hotels & all that stuff! right now, the...
  41. cherryb0mb

    ADVICE NEEDED FROM EXPERIENCED SQUATTERS AND BUMS

    So we’re stuck in Oklahoma. Our Explorer is in the shitter and needs $800 worth of repairs plus the $700 we already put in that shit shoe. We keep the Explorer for sleeping space which is very helpful traveling with our two furry kiddos. BUT winter is almost passed and we need to get the fuck...
  42. The Hiker

    surviving the winter of my isolated mind advice

    I've got 1 month and 28 and a half days exactly until I can roll out of this fuckin old ass town, not a long time but goddamn it feels like it, my mom never shuts up about whatever new wingnut thing she's thinkin about, the only reason I have any friends is cause my brother brings his friends...
  43. GuyXsmith

    Traveling with a blind dog any advice

    My girlfriend just got a pup he can't see well and we think he'll eventually go blind does anyone have any advice about traveling with a blind dog or if it's even possible. Anything advice helps. Thanks a lot
  44. MadAndy

    Squat Across Europe Summer Media Project Idea. Need Your Advice

    Hey everyone. I'm still sorta new here, and most of my travel experience is limited to more traditional means of transport, through the US... and then several years of packing around the Middle East and South Asia. I got hitched to a Spaniard a couple of years back, so I live in Spain now, but...
  45. Vagrant Son

    Need advice about starting a squat

    Im staying in nyc. There are currently 6 people staying here but only 3 are on the lease. We got an eviction notice a few days ago. Myself and the two others that aren't on the lease plan to squat it out. Any advice moving forward would be greatly appreciated.
  46. The Hiker

    stealth fire advice?

    So I almost had to camp out on the way home but I got lucky with the rides, but my plan was to wander into some dense woods a ways and have a fire for the night. What advice do you have for keeping a fire undetected at night?
  47. ZombieJack

    Looking to buy a new camera....Any Advice?

    I'm not sure if this is the best section to post this, but there wasn't really a section on film/tv/youtube and I figured art would be the closest. I wanted to make youtube videos for fun, mostly talking about media and art with some political theory and such. I considered going with pretty...
  48. Redfoxes

    Hey I'm new, looking for advice or any helpful tips

    Hey there, New to this and looking to become part of this community. I love to travel, find experiences that make life worth living, and meet new and interesting people. And now I came across this community. I don't know how personal people usually get with their introductions but I might as...
  49. Q

    Any advice?? :(

    I am getting severly depressed by what my relationship has turned into... Lots of the things we tried to do together didnt go anywhere... We met during the occupy wall street movement, tried to settle down in both California and Nevada... She was having siezures in her sleep, I helped her get...
  50. Hudson

    Advice needed

    My mother left me a house when she died 4 years ago in bumfuck Washington. Im tired of being a garbage man in retirement land California. Especially now that home ownership is basically unattainable, even for a garbage man who makes 60k/year. My Aunt and Uncle got involved in the probate...