It's not possible. There is no where to park the van as most places don't allow you to hang out in the parking lots all day and night. Where exactly are you supposed to shower and bathroom. The rv parks are also fairly expensive more then paying rent. On top of that you can't power the starlink all day or stove. Those are just some issues, there is plenty more.
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Can’t be that hard
It is. So many people live in vans, now, and camping sites are so overbooked, that "wild campers" are considered a plague. The police go around, at night, chasing them out of parks and off of property, and handing out fines.
If you don't pay the fines, they confiscate the van.
They leave trash and poop, everywhere, and disturb the wildlife.
it’s possible.
best bet in the US is BLM land. does have its own unique set of challenges and expenses tho.
Planet fitness membership is $25/month and there are locations everywhere with showers.
You could rent a parking spot for your van or use an app like iOverlander and see all the geolocations of spots people park and overnight camp all over the country.
It would be easy and would speed up retirement by decades.
You can park wherever you want in Seattle and no one will care as there are homeless RVs everywhere
I've noticed that too these past years. small RVs or small vans everywhere just parked where ever.
So I guess it is possible but I was thinking more along the lines of at least having a decent life living in van traveling from city to city having parking dedicated to vans and areas that have available cooking areas etc kinda like rv parks.
All those places where vans just hand out because they are homeless are not fun areas and are dangerous and have smelly and scary people.
No, you are correct, I wasn’t really being serious. You don’t want to park amidst those people. Many of them are unstable and cause issues around my workplace on a daily basis.
people do it.
it may not be possible for you.