That still doesn't justify someone living on public land for free. Otherwise, by that logic, I should be able to build a house in a public park and live in it for free paying no property taxes, utilities, or rent. You want to live in your car, then the car needs to be parked in a private lot.
@@forgottenman8629Outlaw the only party trying to make it so people can afford to live??? The only party trying to make it so that ordinary people working their lives away making someone else rich get to earn at least enough to stay alive between shifts? The only party fighting to prevent laws being reverted back to allow for child labor and to keep women out of the workplace? You think Republicans are the solution??? They’re the party that got us here today!
Living in a van is looked down upon by snooty people, and a retired couple living in an RV is more socially acceptable because they have money. Whomever has more money is the more acceptable one, according to snooty people who sneer their noses while sipping their tea with their pinky high in the air while speaking in a British accent.
Either one should be acceptable so long as the person follows reasonable rules. For example, trash should be kept in the vehicle and disposed of responsibly. Obviously the same for pee. If your van is large, either park overnight only and be gone by morning, rather than blocking the same house for weeks, or park in a lot or campground where it’s permitted, which might require a fee.
Go to LA and find out it's a big difference. Some are not using the RVs as crackdens to sell and smoke crack out of. There are those with their UA-cam channels that do this and those that work and save on housing... Then there are the other ones we see every day.
Good point if people could actually afford houses they wouldn't be forced to live in their cars. I found a documentary series on the subject ,it was very sad. But on the other hand, if the people that live in their cars because there is nowhere else to go suddenly got good jobs and bought houses, those rich idiots would only complain that they had to be nabers.
@FishmasTree2 I live in Ohio and rents are about $800. Not everyone is able to live in California. If you can't afford it, move somewhere cheaper. You aren't entitled to live in a house by the ocean just for breathing
@@FiatVoluntasTua888 The places these squatters are taking over are "public" places - yes, open to everyone, until the squatters decide to "take over". If a few stayed for a night or two, that would be fine, but they pack themselves in like sardines in the prime locations, stay for weeks, and crowd out the public. Rich? I live week to week on Social Security and a small pension. I drive a 10 year old truck that I bought used, my "RV" is a self converted Home Depot enclosed trailer. Quit defending squatters.
@@user-hv9sg5pl8bif it's public, it's public. You can't make someone leave when they aren't doing anything wrong. Why would you force them to camp in a subprime location? Do poor people deserve this more than the rich?
@@pauld.b7129 By abusing the public space they will get it limited and any limitations strictly enforced. You are crazy if you think the city will not crack down on EVERYONE. These people that want to live in prime locations for weeks/months on end are abusing the intended purpose of the public infrastructure. Stop defending the blatant abuse by these freeloaders. There are plenty of less obvious places they can sleep. Quit playing the "poor" card. It's about respect and not abusing others.
But is an ocean view “necessary” as part of coping with living in a vehicle? If I had paid millions of dollars for my home, I too would be upset If there are people crowding my neighborhood, urinating and defecating around my property.
@@rsximus you’re the same person who wants affordable housing, better public transportation, shelters, and drug treatment center but when the city wants to build it near your home you immediately go “NIMBY” Just because you bought an expensive ass home doesnt mean you get special privileges.
You're crying because people can't afford rent and have to live in there cars, THE country is going to hell at least they have a vehicle to get out of the weather !
People can camp all they want, just not wherever they want. For some of these folks, any rule is one too many. More of that don’t tread on me attitude, run a mock. This can be resolved by simply enforcing the rules as they are written. No overnight camping in the city, period.
some are totally off the grid due to rules and regs they can't or wont follow....its odd. they'd rather live in a vehicle then abide....@@sammorales3528
@@DELTACO..UBERDRIVER..STOCKS.. Notice that the majority of America is white and therefor the odds are, this man is white. Notice how you never make progress with racial disparities, by bringing up racial disparities in every single topic. You become nothing more than a pest. Keep self-defeating, chump.
My vehicle is worth almost 30k. Used to do it out of a 1k Corolla. Moving on up!! But even if I sold my car for 28k, it wouldn’t even be enough to cover my other debts, a down payment, a new car because I’ll need that for my job.. so I can’t find a good reason in selling it. It’s a lifeline to me. If I sell it for housing and I get kicked out or fear for my life because my roommate is crazy or something else happens, I’ll have nothing to take refuge in. F that!!
It's a "big problem" to rich people to have to share the seashore with peasants. That man is upset that he sacrificed his life and integrity to gain wealth and it pains him to see people with different values and abilities be happy too.
This right here. Nailed it. It same way in mountains too. The rich NIMBYS don’t want peasants but they sure as hell like the cheap slave labor. Their dream is to have us all in prison and shipped to work as their slaves. It’s serfdom on steroids.
I remember being in San Diego in 2012 thinking “man this is really bad.” It’s only gonna get worse folks. That’s what happens when you make living a normal life impossible.
That guy is upset because he had to pay $10 million for his 1500 sq. ft home while the van people didn't have to fork out that kind of money for the same view!
Exactly 💯 I piss in jugs and empty them in the porta johns . Definitely not pissing on the sidewalk. That's a good way to catch indecent exposure charge where I'm from
Lots of people pee outside. So, if you see a surfer come in from a session, take off his wetsuit, and pee next to his truck would you advocate to ban surfing? Makes no sense.
I’ve had people tell me that living in a vehicle should be illegal because people that live in their vehicle leave garbage. But I live in my vehicle and, not only do I not leave garbage but often I pick up garbage that isn’t mine. People love to make rules and love to tell others what they can and cannot do. They don’t consider the collateral damage that it causes for people who are innocently trying to live a more peaceful, less expensive, simpler existence.
Those people chose a highly desirable location to illegally camp. They didn’t do that because of housing insecurity. There are plenty of free and inexpensive places to car camp. Most all of us want to enjoy beach front property too. We simply wouldn’t do it illegally and cheat others to get it. The campers should leave at night and come back the next day to give everyone equal access to beach front parking.
Privileged ?! Youre an idiot. Hard, CONSISTENT work, and sacrifices have to be made to be a responsible, respectable self sustaining citizen. Youre clearly the voice of just another handout. How you adjust to living with that shame it mind-blowing.
@@anglophile6621 I was homeless for a while when I returned from serving your lies in Iraq, I have severe PTSD. I was turned away from the VA and attempted suicide, just to survive with a traumatic brain injury to greatly complicate the PTSD. I was fired from the last FOURTEEN jobs I held, for PTSD-related problems. An average of 40 Veterans a day commit suicide and there currently are over 35,000 homeless veterans in America. Stop judging strangers. You are not welcome for my service. The help you owe me wasn't FREE. It cost my sanity and future, and you literally owe it to me. Nobody fucking cares about your privilege of beachfront property, when you don't care about the patriots who made that possible.
People who buy homes in those communities have to pay heavy property taxes to live there, as other chose to live in their cars reap the benefits... Doesn't seem fair..
@@deltasource56 You were not respectful of me, when I returned from serving your lies in Iraq with disabling mental illness. You left me homeless while the VA neglected me. You are not welcome for my service.
"How dare you not pay me 2.5k/month for a studio apartment and live in your fully-owned vehicle to which I cannot spontaneously kick you out of for a made up excuse?" - Real estate owners
Yeah I read it’s real estate companies lobbying a lot of governments to make laws for no parking on streets overnight or sleeping in vehicles. So many towns now have no overnight parking on city streets! This is why.
Prolly upset cause they aren’t paying property tax on property they already bought and paid taxes on when they bought it. This country is greedy as all hell.
Many working class people are forced to live in vehicles because rent is wayyyy to high. My house payment was $375/mo in 2008 when I purchased this house new. I could rent it for $1500/mo today. That’s ridiculous!
These “homeowners” are very unmerciful people at this time when we are having a financial “meltdown”; that being said, the nomads need to be entirely respectful of homeowners and not eliminate like dogs on everyone’s property or even public property! How about creating campsites with full bathrooms, launder mats and ways for folks to survive? I am a conservative but being a tyrant to less fortunate people is sadly wrong, there has to be some solutions?
I've been living in my van for 3 years but am always respectful and considerate of the people who live nearby. I only park on residential streets at night and am gone in the morning. I'm 71 years old can't work and live on S.S. I've got no choice really. I don't blame the ocean beach residents for complaining and I support them. The people living in vans and cars should never cause problems like using the open areas for bathrooms and leaving trash around.
This is one huge factor that a lot of people overlook there are now an enormous amount of seniors and disabled people having to live this way because the only other option is a cardboard box on the sidewalk!
@@Daniel-wv5dgThe man is old. I am old and had to move away from my town as the rents went from affordable to ridiculous . I have a 2 bedroom 2 bath on a half acre now in Michigan for $700. Rent I live by myself. I hate it here and regret the move. It is better to live in your car in some places than to have a house in others. I sharpen knives for a living and travel much. It makes no sense to rent an empty house when I can sleep in my truck . I am usually the first customer at the coffee shop in the morning spending money. I am self employed for most of my life and never had a credit card. I was 18 years at my residence in Santa Cruz when disaster struck. Covid and evacuations from forest fires . I lost everything except my truck . Now folk would make me a criminal too . I am old and you make me tired of living . I am ashamed to be even human . Thanks.
Its better than living in a tent or on the sidewalk. When is enough enough for harassing poor people? You dont pay us enough while you sleep in homes and then you harass us for not having anywhere to go.
They can go to "formal" camping-allowed parking lots and PAY there to stay overnight. But these clowns are avoiding paying by just parking wherever, and until the signs that say no overnight parking are actually enforced with patrols kicking people out and handing out tickets or impounding, it will never change
Because they use wherever they are to use the toilet. First can buy said he repairs nets. Get a freaking real job. If like to be a drifter and experience like too but not going to abuse others do here I am working.
Along with all the other surprises. Here are a few: 1. Credit score must at least 670 or higher. 2. If you are under 23😳 you must have a co-signer. 3. Must have 6 months worth of pay stubs. 4. We need 6 months worth of bank statements. 5. Application fee $75/$125 6. Administrative fees $125/$250 7. If you have fishes $70 a month and no more than two fishes per tank, and the tank cannot be over 30 gallons. The list goes on and on.
@@zeemc2751 Those are called standards and requirements and if you cannot meet those standards then you need to make the necessary changes or find another source of housing. This world does not owe you ANYTHING.
Don’t sleep here, don’t sleep there, don’t sleep anywhere. Oh and if you want to sleep in a house, you better pay up! Because sleeping, safety, and security will cost you. Just ridiculous. Punish instead of providing a reasonable solution.
“Nobody wants people sleeping around their home!” I think your house neighbors sleep sometimes. They might even take naps and be sleeping right now, those heathens.
Back when i was living with my dad we had this dude who parked outside our house we met the guy ended up being good friends with him straight up was like baving our own private security
I camp in my Suburban for travel softball. I find a Love's truck stop. They have restrooms and showers. You see other people living in their vehicles there also.
@@thomasgentry6201 The real controversy, is your apparent inability to better manage your media consumption so you can stop whining and bitching about the news stories YOU CHOSE to watch.
@@az.nativeyes u have that right and if I could find away I would be doing the same but everything is $$$and that I can’t do anymore so my kids r grown and I have a dream of living in the woods away form dickheads,(maybe not all) but we’re gifted with that kinda living on the beach lifestyle with no worries except for a few vans blocking there view that they probably never use ,,it’s just complaining about the people that they think are lower then em cause they got the best of whatever they think is life and better then the one’s really living life…I’m so jealous of the ones that can be free and glad to not be one of those people if u wanna call em that that think there living a better life because they had to pay or mom dad had to pay anyways ….live life and don’t worry about anything but happiness and that is what I’m seeking,,most people that think like me just need a acre of land and that’s way more to me and a lot more instead of showing off to ur neighbors that u gotta better paid for when life sh……..sorry about the book bro just got me fucckedup
I live in my RV. I’ve traveled all over the country. All the laws seem to prohibit sleeping in your vehicle. That is what people object to. That is what our society objects to. Sleeping. As long as you’re not sleeping in your rig, you’re good. Falling asleep is the thing that makes you a criminal in most places. Sleeping is a crime. Which always seemed strange to me because sleeping is about the most harmless thing one can do.
@@terry_willis When I enlisted to serve your propaganda on 9/11, I never thought I would be listening to you whine and bitch about my urinating in your front yard after you left me homeless, but I guess I should have known better after seeing how you treated homeless Vietnam Veterans. An average of 40 Veterans a day commit suicide and there are currently over 35,000 homeless veterans in America. You are not welcome for my service.
I like how the guy said, “I bought into this neighborhood……. The rich loathe the poor. Urinating on the street is a problem. No one complains when pets do it though. Make restrooms available!
I was under the impression peeing on the streets in California was legal. We see videos and see news of this being done in front of the Chinese Theatre in LA.
I swear i saw a video not too long ago where they said sleeping in your car in CA is illegal. A homeless woman said she was ticketed for sleeping in her car, so now she has to leave her car and sleep outside in a park where crimes happen on the reg.
That's Good. Especially during these Uncertain times. Just have to be a Incognito 🌝 Vehicle Dweller nowadays, apparently it's a Crime Now to Live out of your own Registered Vehicle
Dude said housing shortage 😕 didn't even mention housing affordability. Where in America is a single bedroom up under 1200.00!!? Then if u find one the landlord has a special set of expenses for you.
He wants his neighborhood to not be used like a toilet. He sounds like a good neighbor. These van-lifers can park at a campsite or go to BLM land. They have options and choices. .
They say "choose to" because that gives them room to keep finger pointing and say "see, they make bad choices" meaning it is now ok to allow people to live in cars or like animals on the streets and they can "normalize" the plight of those less fortunate. I hear it all the time. Remember it only takes one bad choice to hit bottom and no one will help. Fear based thinking and fear-based philosophy.
@@williamryan9195 My "bad choice" that led to my homelessness, was enlisting to serve ungrateful republicans on 9/11. I should have done something better with my future, better than invading innocent people over a crock of bullshit just to be left without the help I am owed when I came back with severe mental illness.
@@williamryan9195so what is the next choice to not work and park your van in the most prestigious part of town where people pay millions to live? Stop peddling your nonsense. These people are utter freeloaders in every sense of the word
SORRY, BUT NOT SORRY. WHY? BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR THE SAME PEOPLE THAT PUT THEM IN THEIR SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. CALIFORNIA IS ALL DEMOCRATS. WHO WILL YOU BLAME? I'LL WAIT. 🤨🤔😏
@@williamryan9195 no, they CHOSE to do this because they have been an abject failure in the rest of their lives and they want to cry about it. YOUR failure is NOT MY CRISIS.
Perhaps you should take the train and live within your means. Increase your credit score and integrity so people will feel comfortable and confident that you will pay for financial obligations.
California is a huge state, there are huge swaths of wide open desert. There's huge swaths of wide open desert in AZ. 25% of AZ is State Trust Land. For a nominal fee you register with the state and get a pass (the legal way to do it) then you can camp on the State Trust Land for up to two weeks at a time before having to move. The same for federal BLM lands... The problem is California is greedy. There are plenty of towns in California that could benefit from the vanlifers/RVers like Quartzsite AZ does. Offer some basic services, security and a place to camp/boondock for a nominal fee. Most of our rigs are self contained and our creature comforts run off solar. Where the government sees burden, I see opportunity.
Americans are out of control at this point. Too many of us are under the impression that we get to say what happens in public streets, public buildings, public schools, public property period, so that we don’t have to see or deal with anything that inconveniences us or makes us feel uncomfortable. This country is going to hell in a hand basket, bro. But that’s fine, I guess, as long as we don’t have to look at any homeless or poor people. 🙄
Some of those van-lifers are senior citizens who have nowhere else to go. Most have full-time jobs. Why don't they develop a safe spot for people to sleep, and move out during the day.
"We have people who have chosen to live in their cars" Yeah, because their jobs do not pay enough to rent the crappiest apartment in the city where they work. Have the city tow their car and you are going to have the exact same person living in a tent on the sidewalk because towing his car did nothing about the high rent or the low pay.
I agree with the homeowners to a point. For those vans and RV's that are well equipped, with a bathroom, for example, I don't see a problem. As long as they are respectful of their surroundings. But those who trash their surroundings, should be made to leave.
Were vehicles meant to be lived in & what are the costs/risks/safety, (electrical, wear/tear, etc), of long term living in vehicles & how does it affect the life & value/resale of the vehicle? (this will be weather/moisture /safety dependant).
I travel for extended periods in my vehicle. These current "van lifers" are causing the problems. They concentrate on the highly desirable locations, and want the views and convenience without contributing to maintaining the area. Park overnight in the lesser desirable locations, and move regularly. Quit ruining the opportunity for the rest of us.
They literally won’t even try it to see what it’s like. They’re so detached from reality. Had a silver spoon in their mouth since birth. Rich pretty news reporters born into rich pretty families wondering why someone would live in a car.. it’s truly fascinating how out of touch these people are. Like jeez idk maybe we live in a car because we don’t get paid 6-7 figures to talk to a freaking camera!!!
I hate that peoples' only solution to "a few bad apples" is EVERYONE is banned from doing it. If a guy is pissing out his door, yes, fine him and make him move on. If you're a van lifer passing through, just let them stay.
Exactly as long as it doesn’t say no overnight then ppl should mind they business! To even put the man on the news as if we should care or if his word is above others or like he owns the beach, is shit starting on the news part! We are free ppl if no laws are being broken and nobody hurt, they need to look in the mirror sweep around they own front door and leave ppl the hell alone
@@user-wt5bf4rw7e "Jski" posts idiotic shit like that, because he doesn't have enough integrity to talk shit from behind his real name and never has to have accountability for his belligerence. He is either a coward or a Russian, but either way, not worth anybody's time.
Last I checked this is America and people are free to live in a car. If they’re illegally parked that’s another story but laws about living in cars/vans are an over step.
Im loving all the supportive comments here 💜🌻 Housing is no longer affordable. You can have a full time job and not be able to even afford a studio. Its heartbreaking. The American dream died one little inflation and tax increase at a time and here we are 🤷
@@kendrahansen1175 I was homeless for a while when I returned from serving your lies in Iraq, I have severe PTSD. I was turned away from the VA and attempted suicide, just to survive with a traumatic brain injury to greatly complicate the PTSD. I was fired from the last FOURTEEN jobs I held, for PTSD-related problems. An average of 40 Veterans a day commit suicide and there currently are over 35,000 homeless veterans in America. Stop judging strangers. You are not welcome for my service. The help you owe me wasn't FREE. It cost my sanity and future, and you literally owe it to me. Nobody fucking cares about your privilege of beachfront property, when you don't care about the patriots who made that possible. Get back to work so you can make the tax revenue necessary to grant the help YOU OWE ME.
@kendrhanssen1175 Such ignorance. I love when people use terms like 'handouts' or 'welfare' like us wealthy don't get the same damn thing, just called something different.. 'tax breaks', 'write offs' failed seasonal crop owners get the 'bail outs' etc, call it what you want. We who make a little more act like our 💩 doesn't stink. If you are saying that you haven't accepted some kind of government assistance (that we wouldn't dare call that)... Then you are a damn liar and should post your taxes. Get off your high horse and try practicing some empathy, you.. yea
It's the whole not in my back yard mentality that disgusts me. These people aren't hurting anyone, and the sky-high rents are insane. Leave them alone.
Over 35,000 of the homeless population in America are war veterans. Nobody fucking cares about the privilege of ungrateful assholes who harass the patriots who made it possible.
How do u know they aren't hurting anyone? U think it helps homeowner property values having those vans parked all over? U want to see people missing and shitting in the streets?
@Johnis2nd really? Is that what they are doing? You're absolutely ridiculous- can't have an intelligent discussion with someone who'd make such an ignorant comment.
I'm CHOOSING to be HOUSELESS... Not HOMELESS. Big difference. I'm sick of the headache of owning a home. On top of the costs. Property taxes and homeowner insurance have MORE THAN DOUBLED in the last 5 years!! It's ridiculous. Can't wait to get my van/tiny home built and get out on the road to freedom
Seems our government is accountable for this. I was living in a one bedroom apartment, my lease was coming up for renewal, I did not renew because it was going up to $1400.00 and I told the manager that I was not paying. So, now I have to live with my son and his significant other, I hate it and he wants me to leave. I live on SS $1086.00 and a small pension. If it wasn’t for him I’d be on the streets with so others but, sometimes I wish I was while living here. By the way, I am 69 yrs old tried to get help from the state and of course I was turned away like so many others.
I blame Airbnb & these stupid corporations coming into our cities buying houses & raising the prices 🤷🏽♀️ They need to put a cap on how many properties ppl can buy period.
AGREED. We need to tax the ever-living-dogshit out of foreigner (non-citizen) property owners. Same goes for citizens who own more than 2 properties. Tax foreigners and real estate hoarders three times what everybody else pays in property taxes.
Private equity has also been buying up trailer parks and tripling the rents! People are arguing about being able to live in their cars but the real enemy is the terrible way the ownership of residential property has gone into insanely greedy hands
California also does not zone for low income housing to meet the needs of low income citizens. But everyone working at the restaurants you frequent are low-income. Why make the poorest class of people take on such a burden as commuting? Being snobby towards poor people is what Republicans do. Apparently Democrat states, too. Remember the low-income folks rent apartments. You left them out of your talk about houses.
Yep that's my retirement plan, camper van, combination of boondocking and RV Parks , beats the shit out of renting a room from someone or splitting a 1 bedroom 3 ways,,,, The greed in this country is responsible for this...
Maybe, if they don't make it basically illegal first. They're trying to force people to stay in RV parks, and they'll penalize you and ticket you for public parking wherever they can. It's absolutely sickening. When I'm travelling in mine, I can hardly go a night without police knocking on my window and acting like I'm a criminal. And RV parks charge at least 600-800 a month even for a van, the more expensive ones are over 1000 a month, making it totally pointless. Just like the government wants
Not in a parking lot where it says NO OVERNIGHT PARKING. The laws don't apply to these people? What does the cost of rent have to do with these particular people parking in this particular parking lot where it is not allowed? MOVE YOUR FREAKING VEHICLE. IT'S NOT A RESORT.
@@MrsPicklesIsHome I'm a vanlifer and I agree. I don't stay anywhere longer than a few days and never park anywhere I'm not allowed even if it means driving a hundred miles to find a place I am. In addition to my day job that's 100% remote, I own a business and a lot of my customers don't mind if I park in their lot overnight. It's added security for them. Also I'm 100% self contained as are most other vanlifers I know of. I've never seen a vanlifer peeing outside their vehicle. I've seen plenty of homeless people do it, all around the country. Vanlifers aren't 'homeless' they are 'houseless', there's a freaking difference. Just because you're a slave to your 30 year mortgage, don't blame us.
Littering should be a crime but living in any sort of structure or vehicle you want should not. Theyre not bothering you so leave them alone. If they arent breaking into your property there shouldnt be a problem.
So long as they keep raising rent, ridiculous levels, I don’t give a shit what the city says. I pay my taxes and I’ll park and live on the street if I want.
Imagine having a job where you get to vote for your own pay raise. Being a government official should be unpaid. It breeds greed and corruption the moment they are paid.
@@siennavanlife9502 Government employees should never be allowed to form unions ,since they literally create the laws and regulations of employment. It's a human centipede situation.
@@lucien4980 Minimum wage is $20 per hour now, unions didn't do that, government did. Enjoy your $20 Big Mac meal if you can find a restaurant still open. Get it?
They'd rather push for laws to prohibit people from living in their vehicles than push for a solution to avoid people from having to live in their vehicles in the first place. This is getting scary...
Every single time I've been homeless I've also been working. And every time I've been unemployed I've had housing... Have had to live in "less than a house" for most of my adult life, at first by choice but now by necessity. Bc life in a tent sucks, even in your friend's backyard.
@@tsideas5541 Yeah I was living in my shitty Ford Focus before, full of mechanical problems. I specifically chose the Sienna for the space and reliability.
How about a law that states, If any mobile vehicle or structure is used as an rv or home, they have to be on private property or an RV park or get towed after 24 hours?
I make absolutely no excuse for people that live in vehicles that are inconsiderate. (remember that they bother other people living in the car too) But there are going to be more people moving in the vehicles not less if America doesn’t get its shit together They keep building all these nice apartments. Nobody can afford - and the few apartments that are affordable are garbage with neighbors that think the world revolves around them and landlords that are often sociopaths I lived in my car and only stop doing it because a friend let me live rent free and I had a dog and an in person job so it was easier to just move in But some days I really consider going back into my car and just getting a different job. America either needs to have some big mindset shifts - or needs to get used to your vehicle neighbors
2020: The problem is people can't afford rent 2024: The problem is people are living in their cars 2028: The problem is people are breathing air and eating food 2032: Why are there even people? I see where this is going. :-(
Having people Living in a car is better then people living on the street
They won't defecate in their own mobile home.
@@thaimassage23we poop in a bucket and dispose of it properly. We are not Animals, we just dont make enought to live anywhere else but our vehicle.
That still doesn't justify someone living on public land for free. Otherwise, by that logic, I should be able to build a house in a public park and live in it for free paying no property taxes, utilities, or rent. You want to live in your car, then the car needs to be parked in a private lot.
@@cw9282 Maybe make rent cheaper or stfu
living in a car and pissing outside the car
Make America affordable again
indeed, outlaw the democrat party...
@@forgottenman8629Outlaw the only party trying to make it so people can afford to live??? The only party trying to make it so that ordinary people working their lives away making someone else rich get to earn at least enough to stay alive between shifts? The only party fighting to prevent laws being reverted back to allow for child labor and to keep women out of the workplace? You think Republicans are the solution??? They’re the party that got us here today!
There are affordable pacs to live. People just don't want to live there.
@@PJF56 the affordable places have no jobs besides fast food/retail.
The corporations buying up all the houses so they can charge outrageous rents are GOP supporters.
What is the difference between a person living out of a van and a retired couple living out of their RV?
you cant just park an RV anywhere
Living in a van is looked down upon by snooty people, and a retired couple living in an RV is more socially acceptable because they have money. Whomever has more money is the more acceptable one, according to snooty people who sneer their noses while sipping their tea with their pinky high in the air while speaking in a British accent.
Either one should be acceptable so long as the person follows reasonable rules. For example, trash should be kept in the vehicle and disposed of responsibly. Obviously the same for pee. If your van is large, either park overnight only and be gone by morning, rather than blocking the same house for weeks, or park in a lot or campground where it’s permitted, which might require a fee.
Go to LA and find out it's a big difference. Some are not using the RVs as crackdens to sell and smoke crack out of. There are those with their UA-cam channels that do this and those that work and save on housing... Then there are the other ones we see every day.
@@amystern123 exactly I don't know why folks are overlooking this aspect
If they are parked legally and aren’t making a mess, I don’t see a problem. Seems smart to me to live in a van.
What sounds like that's part of the problem is that people aren't leaving it as they arrived
Maybe if our country had affordable housing, people wouldn’t have to live in their vehicles.
Yeah because we all know government intervention leads to lower prices 🙄
Define affordable housing.
@@stuwest3653Is the point. Van life exist because the affordability isn't there.
@@bluefungi Clueless
WOW, you are dumb. Housing is not a human right. One has to get a job, earn a living and pay rent. It’s called life💯✔️
So you make houses unaffordable then get mad at people looking for alternatives
Good point if people could actually afford houses they wouldn't be forced to live in their cars. I found a documentary series on the subject ,it was very sad. But on the other hand, if the people that live in their cars because there is nowhere else to go suddenly got good jobs and bought houses, those rich idiots would only complain that they had to be nabers.
Maybe they shouldn't be living in one of the highest cost of living places in the country. People dont have the right to live wherever they want
It's public land. Stop being a nimby. It's basic survival for a nomad
@@liezelbickle9430 I can't afford a house by the beach in Oceanside either...doesn't mean I live in my car there. There are cheaper places to live
@FishmasTree2 I live in Ohio and rents are about $800. Not everyone is able to live in California. If you can't afford it, move somewhere cheaper. You aren't entitled to live in a house by the ocean just for breathing
Rich people are always the problem complaining about the poor.
100%!!!
No, it's inconsiderate individuals wanting prime locations for their camping.
@@FiatVoluntasTua888 The places these squatters are taking over are "public" places - yes, open to everyone, until the squatters decide to "take over". If a few stayed for a night or two, that would be fine, but they pack themselves in like sardines in the prime locations, stay for weeks, and crowd out the public. Rich? I live week to week on Social Security and a small pension. I drive a 10 year old truck that I bought used, my "RV" is a self converted Home Depot enclosed trailer. Quit defending squatters.
@@user-hv9sg5pl8bif it's public, it's public. You can't make someone leave when they aren't doing anything wrong. Why would you force them to camp in a subprime location? Do poor people deserve this more than the rich?
@@pauld.b7129 By abusing the public space they will get it limited and any limitations strictly enforced. You are crazy if you think the city will not crack down on EVERYONE. These people that want to live in prime locations for weeks/months on end are abusing the intended purpose of the public infrastructure. Stop defending the blatant abuse by these freeloaders. There are plenty of less obvious places they can sleep. Quit playing the "poor" card. It's about respect and not abusing others.
Everyone has people sleeping around their homes. They're called neighbors.
Housing is unaffordable and unattainable so let's harass those people who cope by living in their vehicles. Yup, that will fix the problem.
Perfect example of Misery needs Company
absolutely true.
But is an ocean view “necessary” as part of coping with living in a vehicle? If I had paid millions of dollars for my home, I too would be upset If there are people crowding my neighborhood, urinating and defecating around my property.
@@rsximus you’re the same person who wants affordable housing, better public transportation, shelters, and drug treatment center but when the city wants to build it near your home you immediately go “NIMBY”
Just because you bought an expensive ass home doesnt mean you get special privileges.
Go pay rent at a place where you can afford to live. It is not required to live on the beach.
You're crying because people can't afford rent and have to live in there cars, THE country is going to hell at least they have a vehicle to get out of the weather !
their.....
People can camp all they want, just not wherever they want. For some of these folks, any rule is one too many. More of that don’t tread on me attitude, run a mock. This can be resolved by simply enforcing the rules as they are written. No overnight camping in the city, period.
@@sammorales3528 Exactly. But few elected officials have the backbone to enforce the rules.
some are totally off the grid due to rules and regs they can't or wont follow....its odd. they'd rather live in a vehicle then abide....@@sammorales3528
Oh please these are people who have money this is a life choice new version of the sovereign citizen
Been homeless 13 years. Finally saved up for a van and now have the capacity to sell my art. Van life is not a crime. You don't own the streets!
Total support to those people who sleep in their vehicle. I supspect the neighbor to lie about the urinating incident
It's absurd to be bothering people sleeping in their vehicle. Just absurd
notice that it was a white guy complaining
@@DELTACO..UBERDRIVER..STOCKS.. Notice that the majority of America is white and therefor the odds are, this man is white. Notice how you never make progress with racial disparities, by bringing up racial disparities in every single topic. You become nothing more than a pest. Keep self-defeating, chump.
@@DELTACO..UBERDRIVER..STOCKS.. Crying wolf never got justice for wolf victims.
@@DELTACO..UBERDRIVER..STOCKS..Notice you only see van lifers in certain neighborhoods.. they go where they feel safe
@Jay-is2jy it's safe because white people be scared of everything any little noise makes them panic
Those van lifers looked like clean campers to me. Not a single person in this footage looked homeless. Hell their vehicles weren't even run down.
My vehicle is worth almost 30k. Used to do it out of a 1k Corolla. Moving on up!! But even if I sold my car for 28k, it wouldn’t even be enough to cover my other debts, a down payment, a new car because I’ll need that for my job.. so I can’t find a good reason in selling it. It’s a lifeline to me. If I sell it for housing and I get kicked out or fear for my life because my roommate is crazy or something else happens, I’ll have nothing to take refuge in. F that!!
For some people it is a choice.
SarahRamsingh
It’s not a “ choice”. It’s economic coercion
You just aren’t “ there” yet. And I hope you never will be
@@emilyfeagin2673 I lived in a car for 3 years that was not a choice. I have friends who do this who have multiple properties. For some it is. ;)
These people use other people's yards as their toilet. Not too many cars or vans have a toilet and a holding tank. That alone should be be a hard NO!
It's a "big problem" to rich people to have to share the seashore with peasants. That man is upset that he sacrificed his life and integrity to gain wealth and it pains him to see people with different values and abilities be happy too.
Exactly. It's not your "right" to be pleased by everyones lifestyle. Dude thinks he owns the entire coast because he bought a house.
This right here. Nailed it. It same way in mountains too. The rich NIMBYS don’t want peasants but they sure as hell like the cheap slave labor.
Their dream is to have us all in prison and shipped to work as their slaves.
It’s serfdom on steroids.
Who says they are pesants? Some homeless people are working professionals, too. They choose to be free!
I remember being in San Diego in 2012 thinking “man this is really bad.” It’s only gonna get worse folks. That’s what happens when you make living a normal life impossible.
That guy is upset because he had to pay $10 million for his 1500 sq. ft home while the van people didn't have to fork out that kind of money for the same view!
😂 I know right!!
And we can leave whenever we want. He can't 😂
Poor Glen 😮
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Exactly
Not everyone takes a piss outside their car in public. Stop categorizing everyone together!
The man has no real argument so he went with that.
Exactly 💯 I piss in jugs and empty them in the porta johns . Definitely not pissing on the sidewalk. That's a good way to catch indecent exposure charge where I'm from
Lots of people pee outside. So, if you see a surfer come in from a session, take off his wetsuit, and pee next to his truck would you advocate to ban surfing? Makes no sense.
I’ve had people tell me that living in a vehicle should be illegal because people that live in their vehicle leave garbage. But I live in my vehicle and, not only do I not leave garbage but often I pick up garbage that isn’t mine. People love to make rules and love to tell others what they can and cannot do. They don’t consider the collateral damage that it causes for people who are innocently trying to live a more peaceful, less expensive, simpler existence.
He didn’t. He literally talked about one guy he saw do it. Lol
Most of the people that live in a vehicle don't have a choice...that man is so entitled....so ignorant...
Id much rather see people camping in their vehicles than to see them in tents or worse on the streets
If this country wasn’t so damn greedy!
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unchecked capitalism
Move than.
@@promx96 Unchecked spending & no one knows how to budget or wait to get something. Most people want Instant Gratification.
All Countries are greedy.
All you privileged people living in homes. There was a time when most people owned a home. Those days are gone, leave people alone.
It is safe to drink your own urine for the most part the man who urinated outside should have taken advantage of this
Those people chose a highly desirable location to illegally camp. They didn’t do that because of housing insecurity. There are plenty of free and inexpensive places to car camp. Most all of us want to enjoy beach front property too. We simply wouldn’t do it illegally and cheat others to get it. The campers should leave at night and come back the next day to give everyone equal access to beach front parking.
Privileged ?! Youre an idiot. Hard, CONSISTENT work, and sacrifices have to be made to be a responsible, respectable self sustaining citizen. Youre clearly the voice of just another handout. How you adjust to living with that shame it mind-blowing.
@@anglophile6621 I was homeless for a while when I returned from serving your lies in Iraq, I have severe PTSD. I was turned away from the VA and attempted suicide, just to survive with a traumatic brain injury to greatly complicate the PTSD.
I was fired from the last FOURTEEN jobs I held, for PTSD-related problems.
An average of 40 Veterans a day commit suicide and there currently are over 35,000 homeless veterans in America.
Stop judging strangers.
You are not welcome for my service.
The help you owe me wasn't FREE. It cost my sanity and future, and you literally owe it to me.
Nobody fucking cares about your privilege of beachfront property, when you don't care about the patriots who made that possible.
@@anglophile6621 Blah blah blah
I guarantee you the majority of them are not living in their 🚗 by choice.
People who buy homes in those communities have to pay heavy property taxes to live there, as other chose to live in their cars reap the benefits... Doesn't seem fair..
Not everyone can afford a place to live, so when people say they "choose" this lifestyle, well, maybe most are forced into it...
and they can be respectfull of other such as not pissing on my property
@@deltasource56 ~ Yes, they absolutely should be respectful and not do that...!
@@deltasource56 You were not respectful of me, when I returned from serving your lies in Iraq with disabling mental illness. You left me homeless while the VA neglected me. You are not welcome for my service.
@@deltasource56 you are the type that makes your kind targets and victims
I should’ve chosen to buy a house fresh out of high school with no work experience or qualifications. Silly me!
"How dare you not pay me 2.5k/month for a studio apartment and live in your fully-owned vehicle to which I cannot spontaneously kick you out of for a made up excuse?"
- Real estate owners
The truth.
Yeah I read it’s real estate companies lobbying a lot of governments to make laws for no parking on streets overnight or sleeping in vehicles. So many towns now have no overnight parking on city streets! This is why.
That is the exact reason people are upset at. Why aren't theses people paying rent like i have too.
Prolly upset cause they aren’t paying property tax on property they already bought and paid taxes on when they bought it. This country is greedy as all hell.
Exactly!
Many working class people are forced to live in vehicles because rent is wayyyy to high. My house payment was $375/mo in 2008 when I purchased this house new. I could rent it for $1500/mo today. That’s ridiculous!
These “homeowners” are very unmerciful people at this time when we are having a financial “meltdown”; that being said, the nomads need to be entirely respectful of homeowners and not eliminate like dogs on everyone’s property or even public property!
How about creating campsites with full bathrooms, launder mats and ways for folks to survive? I am a conservative but being a tyrant to less fortunate people is sadly wrong, there has to be some solutions?
Stop being a conservative
I've been living in my van for 3 years but am always respectful and considerate of the people who live nearby. I only park on residential streets at night and am gone in the morning. I'm 71 years old can't work and live on S.S. I've got no choice really. I don't blame the ocean beach residents for complaining and I support them. The people living in vans and cars should never cause problems like using the open areas for bathrooms and leaving trash around.
This is one huge factor that a lot of people overlook there are now an enormous amount of seniors and disabled people having to live this way because the only other option is a cardboard box on the sidewalk!
That's the way I do it. I don't live in a spot or make myself known that makes it bad for other van dwellers l.
Why dont you go live in Mexico?
@@Daniel-wv5dgThe man is old.
I am old and had to move away from my town as the rents went from affordable to ridiculous .
I have a 2 bedroom 2 bath on a half acre now in Michigan for $700. Rent
I live by myself.
I hate it here and regret the move.
It is better to live in your car in some places than to have a house in others.
I sharpen knives for a living and travel much.
It makes no sense to rent an empty house when I can sleep in my truck .
I am usually the first customer at the coffee shop in the morning spending money.
I am self employed for most of my life and never had a credit card.
I was 18 years at my residence in Santa Cruz when disaster struck.
Covid and evacuations from forest fires .
I lost everything except my truck .
Now folk would make me a criminal too .
I am old and you make me tired of living .
I am ashamed to be even human .
Thanks.
@@Daniel-wv5dgno mms do not body wants to live in that chuntighetto@z country 🤡
Its better than living in a tent or on the sidewalk. When is enough enough for harassing poor people? You dont pay us enough while you sleep in homes and then you harass us for not having anywhere to go.
she said it at the end there are safe parking sites for this use them.
They can go to "formal" camping-allowed parking lots and PAY there to stay overnight. But these clowns are avoiding paying by just parking wherever, and until the signs that say no overnight parking are actually enforced with patrols kicking people out and handing out tickets or impounding, it will never change
@@ScrewyDriverTheMan Out of touch? Campgrounds are expensive.
@@deltasource56 Rest stops are packed with cars. I sleep their often in my truck. They have too few safe spaces.
@@zeroshepard9513 Duh. Exactly. But that doesn't give these clowns the right to just park in somebody's hood
I lived in my car for 3 years when I was homeless. The Walmart parking lot is good. There's lighting and I felt safe.
When I was living in my van, I always stayed where a bathroom was accessible.
Like?
I don't see the problem here. No one can afford rent. That's the real issue.
Exaggeration but OK much bigger issue to tackle!
Because they use wherever they are to use the toilet. First can buy said he repairs nets. Get a freaking real job. If like to be a drifter and experience like too but not going to abuse others do here I am working.
Then you are about as naive as a five-year-old....the real problem is laziness, drug addiction, entitlement or a combination of all of these.
Along with all the other surprises. Here are a few:
1. Credit score must at least 670 or higher.
2. If you are under 23😳 you must have a co-signer.
3. Must have 6 months worth of pay stubs.
4. We need 6 months worth of bank statements.
5. Application fee $75/$125
6. Administrative fees $125/$250
7. If you have fishes $70 a month and no more than two fishes per tank, and the tank cannot be over 30 gallons.
The list goes on and on.
@@zeemc2751 Those are called standards and requirements and if you cannot meet those standards then you need to make the necessary changes or find another source of housing. This world does not owe you ANYTHING.
Don’t sleep here, don’t sleep there, don’t sleep anywhere. Oh and if you want to sleep in a house, you better pay up! Because sleeping, safety, and security will cost you. Just ridiculous. Punish instead of providing a reasonable solution.
“Nobody wants people sleeping around their home!” I think your house neighbors sleep sometimes. They might even take naps and be sleeping right now, those heathens.
@@colinevans1146 😂😂 Exactly! The way they go about this is so ridiculous. No solutions at all for the problems.
@FishmasTree2 🎯🎯🎯
Back when i was living with my dad we had this dude who parked outside our house we met the guy ended up being good friends with him straight up was like baving our own private security
Open up your home to them. It would be more virtuous than a youtube post.
They can't stop me. Famous last words.
I camp in my Suburban for travel softball. I find a Love's truck stop. They have restrooms and showers. You see other people living in their vehicles there also.
The real controversy is the amount we pay in taxes vs what they do for us
Well Said!
Yes. Where is the Tax Money Going?
@@LorettaGallagher-gv1zxto Ukraine :)
@@thomasgentry6201 The real controversy, is your apparent inability to better manage your media consumption so you can stop whining and bitching about the news stories YOU CHOSE to watch.
@ChrisTopherBunnell you mad bro?
The home owners could end up homeless themselves. Be careful with judging others.
Exactly! He's one earthquake, tsunami or wildfire away from being on the streets or living in a government tent city.
You spelled "In the hospital" wrong.
They're social media influencers, not poor. Man said he makes $1k a day. He's not poor.
@@az.native He should have someone stress-test his health coverage.
@@az.nativeyes u have that right and if I could find away I would be doing the same but everything is $$$and that I can’t do anymore so my kids r grown and I have a dream of living in the woods away form dickheads,(maybe not all) but we’re gifted with that kinda living on the beach lifestyle with no worries except for a few vans blocking there view that they probably never use ,,it’s just complaining about the people that they think are lower then em cause they got the best of whatever they think is life and better then the one’s really living life…I’m so jealous of the ones that can be free and glad to not be one of those people if u wanna call em that that think there living a better life because they had to pay or mom dad had to pay anyways ….live life and don’t worry about anything but happiness and that is what I’m seeking,,most people that think like me just need a acre of land and that’s way more to me and a lot more instead of showing off to ur neighbors that u gotta better paid for when life sh……..sorry about the book bro just got me fucckedup
Who can afford a home? As long as people are respectful, what is the problem?
This issue is going to get much worse. With rents, mortgages, food way over priced lots of families are forced to be homeless.
I live in my RV. I’ve traveled all over the country. All the laws seem to prohibit sleeping in your vehicle. That is what people object to. That is what our society objects to. Sleeping. As long as you’re not sleeping in your rig, you’re good. Falling asleep is the thing that makes you a criminal in most places. Sleeping is a crime. Which always seemed strange to me because sleeping is about the most harmless thing one can do.
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What about napping or getting some shit eye???😂😂😂
You can go to rest stops they dont bug you.
@@kimberiysmarketstrategyYes they do bother you at rest stops.
@@kimberiysmarketstrategy creepy humans loiter at rest stops. Unsafe for the rest of us.
Leave the van dwellers alone.
How would you describe whizzing on the guy's lawn?
@@terry_willis When I enlisted to serve your propaganda on 9/11, I never thought I would be listening to you whine and bitch about my urinating in your front yard after you left me homeless, but I guess I should have known better after seeing how you treated homeless Vietnam Veterans.
An average of 40 Veterans a day commit suicide and there are currently over 35,000 homeless veterans in America.
You are not welcome for my service.
amen
ummmmm I think he's gonna ask me to pee once and he never did but the police won't come!!!!!
Ya too bad!
Wouldn't be surprised if they try charging rent to live in your car
I like how the guy said, “I bought into this neighborhood……. The rich loathe the poor. Urinating on the street is a problem. No one complains when pets do it though.
Make restrooms available!
Exactly. If it's just piss, it's really not a big deal. It'll just wash away every morning when people's sprinklers run.
Peeing in public is already illegal. Problem solved. Why punish the people that aren’t peeing in public?
Exactly - this is more about ostracization than it is about actually solving problems
Yeah, they are just trying to keep the poor subservient
I was under the impression peeing on the streets in California was legal. We see videos and see news of this being done in front of the Chinese Theatre in LA.
I swear i saw a video not too long ago where they said sleeping in your car in CA is illegal. A homeless woman said she was ticketed for sleeping in her car, so now she has to leave her car and sleep outside in a park where crimes happen on the reg.
He's just stating an observation. A few is fine, but large groups become a problem
Social Security is not near enough for me to keep my home I'm going to have to live in my old van
Move to cheaper state
i hear you, it is a serious problem and only will get worse. pretty soon no one will have a house accept the wealthier classes.
You are a loser that didn’t prepare for your future so go live in your van like a bum. Social security is beer and cigar money.
That's Good. Especially during these Uncertain times. Just have to be a Incognito 🌝 Vehicle Dweller nowadays, apparently it's a Crime Now to Live out of your own Registered Vehicle
@@R0M8NOk Boomer
Dude said housing shortage 😕 didn't even mention housing affordability. Where in America is a single bedroom up under 1200.00!!? Then if u find one the landlord has a special set of expenses for you.
Rich people don't care. This guy has a house in Ocean Beach, he's a millionaire minimum
Screw their feelings. Let them live. They raise rents and complain about people living in their cars. Lower the rent then.
the guy complaining is the definition of a karen
Took the words outta my mouth😂
We call them "Gavin's" here in California
@@pauldempsey1214 Makes sense. Either that or a Phil
He wants his neighborhood to not be used like a toilet. He sounds like a good neighbor. These van-lifers can park at a campsite or go to BLM land. They have options and choices. .
The Guy complaining is clearly losing sleep over this. Look at the Bags under his eyes. He's Miserable. Us homeless people live Rent-Free in his head
HAVING PEOPLE LIVING IN A CAR IS BETTER THEN PEOPLE LIVING IN THE STREETS AND TRASHING THE CITIES
CONTROVERSY!? Really?! Let me quote an amazing man from years ago:
"THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH!"
They hate seeing people happy with less than them lmfao.....people are so sick anything to put someone down
It is sad smh
Passed off because he got caught with the side chick lol😊
The less stuff I own,the less my stuff owns me.
@@davemckee4907 attached to the physical is detachment to the spiritual
....👍..it is jealousy/ envy!
I don't know if I would say these people " Chose " to live in their cars
They say "choose to" because that gives them room to keep finger pointing and say "see, they make bad choices" meaning it is now ok to allow people to live in cars or like animals on the streets and they can "normalize" the plight of those less fortunate. I hear it all the time. Remember it only takes one bad choice to hit bottom and no one will help. Fear based thinking and fear-based philosophy.
@@williamryan9195 My "bad choice" that led to my homelessness, was enlisting to serve ungrateful republicans on 9/11.
I should have done something better with my future, better than invading innocent people over a crock of bullshit just to be left without the help I am owed when I came back with severe mental illness.
@@williamryan9195so what is the next choice to not work and park your van in the most prestigious part of town where people pay millions to live? Stop peddling your nonsense. These people are utter freeloaders in every sense of the word
SORRY, BUT NOT SORRY. WHY? BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR THE SAME PEOPLE THAT PUT THEM IN THEIR SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. CALIFORNIA IS ALL DEMOCRATS. WHO WILL YOU BLAME? I'LL WAIT. 🤨🤔😏
@@williamryan9195 no, they CHOSE to do this because they have been an abject failure in the rest of their lives and they want to cry about it. YOUR failure is NOT MY CRISIS.
The only reason this is an issue is that the government can't charge you for all the normal taxes.
Dont think people care as long as people that lives in Van clear after thenselves and dont trash the streets.
It’s hard affording $2000 rent, $880 car payments and $400 car insurance.
Fuck yeah it is!
If you have a $880 car payment you need some Dave Ramsey in your life!
Perhaps you should take the train and live within your means. Increase your credit score and integrity so people will feel comfortable and confident that you will pay for financial obligations.
880 dollar car payment???? Who says you need a 50, 60, 70 thousand dollar car ????? Or live in a 2000 dollar a month apartment????
If someone has an $800 car payment and are living in it. They need to get their priorities in order.
Need more dedicated camping areas with nominal amenities and fees.
Exactly!!!!!
Provide places for them. The vehicle is their shelter. Have compassion.
@aprilsview2795most are over $20 and that's without hookups . I'm sorry but I'll have to pass on that
California is a huge state, there are huge swaths of wide open desert. There's huge swaths of wide open desert in AZ. 25% of AZ is State Trust Land. For a nominal fee you register with the state and get a pass (the legal way to do it) then you can camp on the State Trust Land for up to two weeks at a time before having to move. The same for federal BLM lands... The problem is California is greedy. There are plenty of towns in California that could benefit from the vanlifers/RVers like Quartzsite AZ does. Offer some basic services, security and a place to camp/boondock for a nominal fee. Most of our rigs are self contained and our creature comforts run off solar. Where the government sees burden, I see opportunity.
So then they're gonna charge you rent prices just to park somewhere.. I can see it coming
Put a red tow tag on the vehicle if parked over 24 hours. Then tow their vehicle after 24 hours. These people have no rights to use public property.
Americans are out of control at this point. Too many of us are under the impression that we get to say what happens in public streets, public buildings, public schools, public property period, so that we don’t have to see or deal with anything that inconveniences us or makes us feel uncomfortable. This country is going to hell in a hand basket, bro. But that’s fine, I guess, as long as we don’t have to look at any homeless or poor people. 🙄
Some of those van-lifers are senior citizens who have nowhere else to go. Most have full-time jobs. Why don't they develop a safe spot for people to sleep, and move out during the day.
they do ! Walmart parking lot near you .
Some of us would go to these parking lots but then again that's just a waste of fuel resources for most .
"We have people who have chosen to live in their cars" Yeah, because their jobs do not pay enough to rent the crappiest apartment in the city where they work. Have the city tow their car and you are going to have the exact same person living in a tent on the sidewalk because towing his car did nothing about the high rent or the low pay.
It's illegal for citizens to sleep in a car that they pay for, on a street that their tax dollars paid for. That's American freedom for you.
I agree with the homeowners to a point. For those vans and RV's that are well equipped, with a bathroom, for example, I don't see a problem. As long as they are respectful of their surroundings. But those who trash their surroundings, should be made to leave.
Why not, since the cars now cost as much as a house ...
Were vehicles meant to be lived in & what are the costs/risks/safety, (electrical, wear/tear, etc), of long term living in vehicles & how does it affect the life & value/resale of the vehicle? (this will be weather/moisture /safety dependant).
Exactly
FACTS!!
@@AellaMaud who cares about the resale value are you kidding me lol
Make housing more affordable
So y’all aren’t cool with homeless people peeing outside, but y’all let your dogs piss and shit outside IN someone else’s yard… makes sense
I travel for extended periods in my vehicle. These current "van lifers" are causing the problems. They concentrate on the highly desirable locations, and want the views and convenience without contributing to maintaining the area. Park overnight in the lesser desirable locations, and move regularly. Quit ruining the opportunity for the rest of us.
That is 💯 correct
People are being priced right out of housing. If they have a camper, RV, van or car it’s a safer alternative than sleeping on the streets.
let the moaners and complainers experience homelessness, maybe they'll change their tune 😑
They literally won’t even try it to see what it’s like. They’re so detached from reality. Had a silver spoon in their mouth since birth. Rich pretty news reporters born into rich pretty families wondering why someone would live in a car.. it’s truly fascinating how out of touch these people are. Like jeez idk maybe we live in a car because we don’t get paid 6-7 figures to talk to a freaking camera!!!
You still traveling the world?
Seriously!
I bet if you had a homeless person pooping on your backdoor you'd change your tune too.
We have slept in our car several times , stop harassing people
It’s California, maybe make the place affordable to live and this wouldn’t be a problem
I hate that peoples' only solution to "a few bad apples" is EVERYONE is banned from doing it. If a guy is pissing out his door, yes, fine him and make him move on. If you're a van lifer passing through, just let them stay.
You should be able to park your vehicle at the beach anytime you want as long as you want it’s public property they should be left alone
Exactly as long as it doesn’t say no overnight then ppl should mind they business! To even put the man on the news as if we should care or if his word is above others or like he owns the beach, is shit starting on the news part! We are free ppl if no laws are being broken and nobody hurt, they need to look in the mirror sweep around they own front door and leave ppl the hell alone
We have entered crazy land. People want homeless citizens gone while cheering for homeless immigrants to come into their communities.
Very good point.
They want to pay people like dirt but not see the results of it
Most people are not cheering for homeless immigrants. It's getting shoved down our throats by a tiny but powerful out of control federal government.
@joekev27 Why? What is the point of you posting such idiotic hyperbole? Is it because your parents are each others brother and sister?
@@user-wt5bf4rw7e "Jski" posts idiotic shit like that, because he doesn't have enough integrity to talk shit from behind his real name and never has to have accountability for his belligerence. He is either a coward or a Russian, but either way, not worth anybody's time.
Last I checked this is America and people are free to live in a car. If they’re illegally parked that’s another story but laws about living in cars/vans are an over step.
Im loving all the supportive comments here 💜🌻 Housing is no longer affordable. You can have a full time job and not be able to even afford a studio. Its heartbreaking. The American dream died one little inflation and tax increase at a time and here we are 🤷
Lower the prices so people can afford to rent again..
who is living in the rentals? they can't be empty are they?
No, get another job or two or three jobs and stop expecting handouts.
@@kendrahansen1175 I was homeless for a while when I returned from serving your lies in Iraq, I have severe PTSD. I was turned away from the VA and attempted suicide, just to survive with a traumatic brain injury to greatly complicate the PTSD.
I was fired from the last FOURTEEN jobs I held, for PTSD-related problems.
An average of 40 Veterans a day commit suicide and there currently are over 35,000 homeless veterans in America.
Stop judging strangers.
You are not welcome for my service.
The help you owe me wasn't FREE. It cost my sanity and future, and you literally owe it to me.
Nobody fucking cares about your privilege of beachfront property, when you don't care about the patriots who made that possible.
Get back to work so you can make the tax revenue necessary to grant the help YOU OWE ME.
@@kendrahansen1175 Stop "expecting handouts" when you are crying about terrorists and thinking war is free.
@kendrhanssen1175
Such ignorance. I love when people use terms like 'handouts' or 'welfare' like us wealthy don't get the same damn thing, just called something different.. 'tax breaks', 'write offs' failed seasonal crop owners get the 'bail outs' etc, call it what you want. We who make a little more act like our 💩 doesn't stink. If you are saying that you haven't accepted some kind of government assistance (that we wouldn't dare call that)... Then you are a damn liar and should post your taxes. Get off your high horse and try practicing some empathy, you.. yea
It's the whole not in my back yard mentality that disgusts me. These people aren't hurting anyone, and the sky-high rents are insane. Leave them alone.
Over 35,000 of the homeless population in America are war veterans.
Nobody fucking cares about the privilege of ungrateful assholes who harass the patriots who made it possible.
How do u know they aren't hurting anyone? U think it helps homeowner property values having those vans parked all over? U want to see people missing and shitting in the streets?
So right Maria ! I don't want my kids, grandkids, or great- grandkids exposed to selfish homeless junkies & THEIR SELF-INFLICTED PROBLEMS!!!
Rich people getting mad other people exist.
@Johnis2nd really? Is that what they are doing? You're absolutely ridiculous- can't have an intelligent discussion with someone who'd make such an ignorant comment.
I'm CHOOSING to be HOUSELESS... Not HOMELESS. Big difference. I'm sick of the headache of owning a home. On top of the costs. Property taxes and homeowner insurance have MORE THAN DOUBLED in the last 5 years!! It's ridiculous. Can't wait to get my van/tiny home built and get out on the road to freedom
Seems our government is accountable for this. I was living in a one bedroom apartment, my lease was coming up for renewal, I did not renew because it was going up to $1400.00 and I told the manager that I was not paying. So, now I have to live with my son and his significant other, I hate it and he wants me to leave. I live on SS $1086.00 and a small pension. If it wasn’t for him I’d be on the streets with so others but, sometimes I wish I was while living here. By the way, I am 69 yrs old tried to get help from the state and of course I was turned away like so many others.
I blame Airbnb & these stupid corporations coming into our cities buying houses & raising the prices 🤷🏽♀️ They need to put a cap on how many properties ppl can buy period.
AGREED. We need to tax the ever-living-dogshit out of foreigner (non-citizen) property owners. Same goes for citizens who own more than 2 properties. Tax foreigners and real estate hoarders three times what everybody else pays in property taxes.
Very true.
Private equity has also been buying up trailer parks and tripling the rents! People are arguing about being able to live in their cars but the real enemy is the terrible way the ownership of residential property has gone into insanely greedy hands
California also does not zone for low income housing to meet the needs of low income citizens. But everyone working at the restaurants you frequent are low-income. Why make the poorest class of people take on such a burden as commuting? Being snobby towards poor people is what Republicans do. Apparently Democrat states, too. Remember the low-income folks rent apartments. You left them out of your talk about houses.
thats socialism. move to canada is u like that system
Yep that's my retirement plan, camper van, combination of boondocking and RV Parks , beats the shit out of renting a room from someone or splitting a 1 bedroom 3 ways,,,, The greed in this country is responsible for this...
Blame Sleepy Joe Biden on that let's ban together and make Joe Biden our scapegoat now
Maybe, if they don't make it basically illegal first. They're trying to force people to stay in RV parks, and they'll penalize you and ticket you for public parking wherever they can. It's absolutely sickening. When I'm travelling in mine, I can hardly go a night without police knocking on my window and acting like I'm a criminal. And RV parks charge at least 600-800 a month even for a van, the more expensive ones are over 1000 a month, making it totally pointless. Just like the government wants
Corporate greed creates this situation.
Remember kids, they want you to pay a stranger $1000 a month for rent, and never be able to afford a home of your own.
Well, making owning a house impossible, cant even sleep in our own cars? Ridiculous!
Not in a parking lot where it says NO OVERNIGHT PARKING. The laws don't apply to these people? What does the cost of rent have to do with these particular people parking in this particular parking lot where it is not allowed? MOVE YOUR FREAKING VEHICLE. IT'S NOT A RESORT.
@@MrsPicklesIsHome I'm a vanlifer and I agree. I don't stay anywhere longer than a few days and never park anywhere I'm not allowed even if it means driving a hundred miles to find a place I am. In addition to my day job that's 100% remote, I own a business and a lot of my customers don't mind if I park in their lot overnight. It's added security for them. Also I'm 100% self contained as are most other vanlifers I know of. I've never seen a vanlifer peeing outside their vehicle. I've seen plenty of homeless people do it, all around the country. Vanlifers aren't 'homeless' they are 'houseless', there's a freaking difference. Just because you're a slave to your 30 year mortgage, don't blame us.
We had to result to living like this because of the system... we can't afford 3k a month to live in a house . Stop shaming people trying to live
Cities own a lot of land. Every town in American can create “safe parking sites.
Littering should be a crime but living in any sort of structure or vehicle you want should not. Theyre not bothering you so leave them alone. If they arent breaking into your property there shouldnt be a problem.
Many of the people complaining will be out on the street themselves shortly
EXACTLY
We should make friends! See you soon! 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
......and they will still think they are above everyone else while fighting Boxcar Willy for that shopping cart.
Why will they be in the street soon?
It’s ok to live in a cardboard shanty and crap in the middle of the street but god forbid how dare you live in your car!
That's what I'm sayin ! Seems like all the addicts in tents have more rights than the rest of us .
So long as they keep raising rent, ridiculous levels, I don’t give a shit what the city says. I pay my taxes and I’ll park and live on the street if I want.
There’s a job I didn’t know existed - repairing professional baseball nets lol
There are zero government officials living in vehicles or tents. Think about that a minute. 😕
Well they can actually afford a house or two
Imagine having a job where you get to vote for your own pay raise. Being a government official should be unpaid. It breeds greed and corruption the moment they are paid.
@@siennavanlife9502 Government employees should never be allowed to form unions ,since they literally create the laws and regulations of employment. It's a human centipede situation.
@@chillwill5080they are against unions they want u making minimum wage
@@lucien4980 Minimum wage is $20 per hour now, unions didn't do that, government did. Enjoy your $20 Big Mac meal if you can find a restaurant still open. Get it?
The man is wrong 99% of the people living in cars did not chose that to live that way.
They'd rather push for laws to prohibit people from living in their vehicles than push for a solution to avoid people from having to live in their vehicles in the first place.
This is getting scary...
Every single time I've been homeless I've also been working. And every time I've been unemployed I've had housing...
Have had to live in "less than a house" for most of my adult life, at first by choice but now by necessity. Bc life in a tent sucks, even in your friend's backyard.
Wow, such compassion. Not realizing what his future holds....
The problem is unaffordable rents.
I live in my Toyota Sienna.
Humble brag. Siennas are nice! Lol 😆
@@tsideas5541 Yeah I was living in my shitty Ford Focus before, full of mechanical problems. I specifically chose the Sienna for the space and reliability.
B u m
@@solovantravelno….resourceful. The bums are the tents on the sidewalk literally crapping and urinating on the sidewalk after shooting up.
@@Newsfromnannyfacts
How about a law that states, If any mobile vehicle or structure is used as an rv or home, they have to be on private property or an RV park or get towed after 24 hours?
I make absolutely no excuse for people that live in vehicles that are inconsiderate. (remember that they bother other people living in the car too)
But there are going to be more people moving in the vehicles not less if America doesn’t get its shit together
They keep building all these nice apartments. Nobody can afford - and the few apartments that are affordable are garbage with neighbors that think the world revolves around them and landlords that are often sociopaths
I lived in my car and only stop doing it because a friend let me live rent free and I had a dog and an in person job so it was easier to just move in
But some days I really consider going back into my car and just getting a different job.
America either needs to have some big mindset shifts - or needs to get used to your vehicle neighbors
2020: The problem is people can't afford rent
2024: The problem is people are living in their cars
2028: The problem is people are breathing air and eating food
2032: Why are there even people?
I see where this is going. :-(