In the US it's considered "stealthy" hence illegal to sleep in your vehicle. Is it like that in Norway?
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Tell us more about Norway. I know there is no crime (probably because it's too cold to even wanna commit crimes) and you guys can drive race cars like a boss.
What else?
Well, Norway has it's problems with crimes as well, but not by far in the same range as the US. With the weapon-regulations we have, so there's very few gun-related issues here (if you don't take the mass-murder in 2011 into account).
Basically Norway is a super-socialistic country where we pay most of our money in taxes and other public costs, but then again get most of the REALLY necessary things (education, health, infrastructure) for free, but everything we have to buy costs an "insane" amount of money. Our wages are high, but so are our expenses - so we aren't a rich country within our own borders - but let me take my money to almost ANY other country and I'm well set.
What I love about Norway is the clean air, the awesome mountains and rivers, and the amazing scenery that comes with it. We also have a legal right to camp ANYWHERE in the wild in Norway at one spot for 2-3 days, and we can park our car anywhere and sleep in it. Actually we are encouraged to sleep in our car, as it's better to sleep in a stationary car than to fall asleep in a moving car. Truck-drivers also has a bed in their "box" - this must be true in the US as well? As I don't know what you really want to know, I'll leave it with that. And oh, sorry to tell you this, but we don't have ice-bears walking down the streets
Living in a boat is actually an option that me and my girl is considering together, but because of the temperature in the winter we will need to invest quite a bit in a boat where we will actually survive the winters.
Building codes in your country may disallow you from building and living in a full on earthhship using earthbags and rammed earth techniques. But you can use recycled masonry products.
You've met quite some problems, wow. I hope you'll be able to get it done. Thank you for your tips, that might be a viable option for my fellow Earth-ship builders! I'll pass it on.