tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703583432502029443.post2400676869694353695..comments2024-03-26T21:33:51.018-07:00Comments on Rolling Steel Tent: If ever I were to settleAl Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097190974559622416noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703583432502029443.post-72943360884886117372017-07-30T18:43:08.476-07:002017-07-30T18:43:08.476-07:00Yep, and there's someone living in an RV parke...Yep, and there's someone living in an RV parked in Brooklyn, who extends his awning and puts lawn chairs on the sidewalk next to it. Apparently, he's well-known in that neighborhood and no one seems to mind. Sewing Tripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434620646801529799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703583432502029443.post-23424665489935712122017-07-30T18:01:25.927-07:002017-07-30T18:01:25.927-07:00If NYC had laws against sleeping in cars, they'...If NYC had laws against sleeping in cars, they'd have to bust half the cops and all the limo drivers. ;) But, yeah, several years back I saw an article about a guy living in a big Class A parked in Manhattan. It was one of the things that got me considering my options.Al Christensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097190974559622416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703583432502029443.post-27227351514896984532017-07-30T17:41:07.542-07:002017-07-30T17:41:07.542-07:00I live in NYC. The other day I noticed a van with...I live in NYC. The other day I noticed a van with some kind of contraption on its roof and curtains in the rear window. It was parked down a side street that I pass on the way to my bus to/from work. When I saw it, I realized I'd seen it there before. Sure enough, it's been parked there several times since then. <br /><br />So, one day I walked down the block to check it out. It's an older Dodge Xplorer and it has a bunch of different vents and outlets on its side, a running board, and an RV-like paint job, as well as screens in some windows. When I passed by, the little screened windows were open. I didn't want to be too nosy, but with a quick glance through the windshield, I could see closets and a bed in the back. Aha, I found a vandweller in the heart of the Upper West Side. <br /><br />They seem to have found a way to deal with the street cleaning rules. My guess is they probably work somewhere nearby. It's a pretty tree-lined street near to everything a city-vandweller would want.<br /><br />Last year, I read a NY Times article about a guy in the city who works 9-5 somewhere and sleeps in his car at night (no laws against it here). I also know there is a big RV parked on a side street a few blocks away from my apartment and it looks like someone's been living there a long time. The rents and cost of buying property in NYC are so sky-high, I think there will be more and more people only able to afford being here by living in vehicles.Sewing Tripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434620646801529799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703583432502029443.post-7109688498734638982017-07-29T08:09:21.982-07:002017-07-29T08:09:21.982-07:00A geology professor friend of mine was seriously t...A geology professor friend of mine was seriously thinking about buying a large tract of land in Colorado on the Jurassic Morrison Formation. And then retire to mine it for fossils and tracks.Ghglennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005112798092216195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703583432502029443.post-71461628275748453602017-07-24T15:59:35.277-07:002017-07-24T15:59:35.277-07:00Sequim is in the rain shadow of the Olympics. It&...Sequim is in the rain shadow of the Olympics. It's pretty dry. It's also expensive because it doesn't rain much.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703583432502029443.post-11334700327432151362017-07-23T16:16:59.021-07:002017-07-23T16:16:59.021-07:00I must have passed through there many years ago on...I must have passed through there many years ago on the way back from the peninsula. I remember nothing about it. But given that it's Rain & Depression Belt, it would be off MY list. But some people like that weather.Al Christensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097190974559622416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703583432502029443.post-40450350186321534732017-07-23T16:00:51.481-07:002017-07-23T16:00:51.481-07:00Have you been to Sequim, WA? I haven't but I h...Have you been to Sequim, WA? I haven't but I hear so many good things about the place I wonder if it would be a good settle in one. You could go check it out for us, right?Linda Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734450335251336493noreply@blogger.com