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[SeymourSparechange]

New to the site. I'm looking for advice on a new state to travel to other than SoCal, any ideas???

 

[Deleted member 125]

Could you be any more specific? That's awfully vague.

 

[Crazy Hobo Johnny]

Welcome Aboard!!!
If you're interested traveling out West: Colorado, Arizona (avoid Phoenix), New Mexico, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Washington (avoid Seattle from what I'm hearing and reading), I like Eugene, Oregon (hearing too many negatives on Portland), Nevada. The Midwest? Western Wisconsin along the Mississippi River and Minnesota.
Just my chosen spots!
There's plenty of information here on STP to research!
Again, Welcome Aboard to STP!!!

 

[Deleted member 23824]

NorCal.

 

[iamwhatiam]

New to the site. I'm looking for advice on a new state to travel to other than SoCal, any ideas???

Yeah. There's 49 other states to see. ? ? ?
oh...and welcome to STP

 

[SeymourSparechange]

Welcome Aboard!!!
If you're interested traveling out West: Colorado, Arizona (avoid Phoenix), New Mexico, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Washington (avoid Seattle from what I'm hearing and reading), I like Eugene, Oregon (hearing too many negatives on Portland), Nevada. The Midwest? Western Wisconsin along the Mississippi River and Minnesota.
Just my chosen spots!
There's plenty of information here on STP to research!
Again, Welcome Aboard to STP!!!

what bad things are you hearing about Portland? That was my first choice

 

[Crazy Hobo Johnny]

what bad things are you hearing about Portland? That was my first choice

Just from people but maybe they had a negative experience? I haven't been to Portland in decades the last I visited my half-brother. But I heard from people that said that, maybe they were talking about areas to avoid in the city like any other city that has areas a person should avoid.

 

[SeymourSparechange]

I want to go to a place where homelessness isn't "criminalized", i.e., cops hassling us/arresting us over bullshit like panhandling, setting up a tent, public sleeping/camping, or just being too visible. But I think my most important criterion is whether the locals treat homeless people like shit or not.

 

[WanderingBear]

New to the site. I'm looking for advice on a new state to travel to other than SoCal, any ideas???

First of all, I really dig your user name! I have found Missoula, MT an awesome place in the summer cuz great shelter and resources and so beautiful, plenty places to camp close to town too, but the cops are Nazis and the judiciary system there is def one you dont wanna become a guest of! Flagstaff is my current summer place of choice for all the same reasons except its more liberal and the cops leave you alone as long as youre not being stupid. Plus when it gets cold its a short drive down to the desert for the winter!

 

[SeymourSparechange]

My first two picks are Portland, OR and anywhere in Colorado. I've heard Colorado has worse laws than Portland when it comes to "criminalization of the homeless", anf that portland has laws that do not make it illegal for the homeless to sleep in public, set up tents, panhandle, etc... but I also wonder... after watching Seattle is Dying and learning about the community's growing hatred/apathy towards the homeless, in part, due to the extremely lax laws regarding the homeless. I fear that anywhere with significantly favorable homeless laws might suggest that the citizens of that place would also be apathetic or hateful towards the homeless.

Conversely, with Colorado, I know the laws are generally the same as anywhere else with regards to their homeless laws, bu the positive side is that weed is 100% legal, community views on the homeless may be more favorable than Portland's, and it would be closer to where I am now in Ohio, and therefore cheaper to finance the Greyhound bus. Do you have any thoughts?

 

[BrutalHeart]

Why don't you hitchhike to both? Try each place for a few weeks, and see which one you like better. Portland gives zero fucks. Urban camp in a tent, and cops will just move you along most likely. Be prepared for drug addicts to ask you for spare change, and a cigarette every 30 seconds for the rest of your life. I really liked Colorado.