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To live in my car/camp full time??

86 replies

NevilleLuna · 19/08/2018 14:50

28 and live in a shit area surrounded by drug users, alcoholics and the unemployed. I’m by no means judging but I just don’t fit in here at all and I begrudge spending a fortune in rent for somewhere I hate.

I’m actually debating living in my car/camping full time.

Slept in my car many times before and while it is small- it would be comfortable with bedding. I’d find safe areas to park up that wouldn’t cause nuisance for anyone else.

I’d cook my meals at work, charge phones/tablets at work. Shower when I go to the gym and do my laundry when I visit my parents every weekend.

I’d do it for a year or two which means I can save enough money for a house deposit

AIBU?

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RoseWhiteTips · 19/08/2018 15:04

No. That sounds like an awful way to live.

thousandpapercranes · 19/08/2018 15:04

I think it’s doable as long as you have a decent van type vehicle to begin with. Not sure I’d be able to deal with it especially in the winter. An old friend of mine travelled around New Zealand and Australia whilst living in a car.

graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/meet-young-women-beating-housing-crisis-living-van/

Fatbelliedgirl · 19/08/2018 15:02

What if your car breaks down or gets written off?

Nancy91 · 19/08/2018 15:01

What if you lose your job?

Sitranced · 19/08/2018 15:00

Do it in a van a car is too cramped. Check out the Indie Projects on YouTube, loads of people showing their self built homes on wheels.

NoSquirrels · 19/08/2018 14:59

Caravan park?

I don’t think living in your car FT is a great plan. Far too risky - there are limited ‘safe places’ where you won’t eventually draw attention of one sort or another.

AbsentmindedWoman · 19/08/2018 14:59

How would you pee in the middle of the night? Or make a late night hot drink?

What job do you do that you can cook meals at work?

It would grind me down in about two weeks.

PeanutButterCheesecake · 19/08/2018 14:57

It'd be grim but doable now - in November it wouldn't. What about a cheap house share (assuming you don't already) enabling you to save, but not as quickly?

RabbitsAreTasty · 19/08/2018 14:54

Wouldn't it be a problem to be person of no fixed address?

Have you looked at living in other areas?

Snickerdoodles · 19/08/2018 14:52

Would you be able to move to a different area that you prefer instead?

LostInShoebiz · 19/08/2018 14:52

Sounds like an utterly miserable experience. Can you move home with parents for six months or flat share to keep costs down?

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