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I've been curious about living out of a camper or RV in the Bay Area just to arbitrage the higher salaries that are needed to offset the cost of housing. I've h
by jameslk 10y ago
I've been curious about living out of a camper or RV in the Bay Area just to arbitrage the higher salaries that are needed to offset the cost of housing. I've heard of some Google employees doing this for a couple years to save up enough to buy a house. The hard part is finding a place to park the camper. Anyone have any experience or knowledge about doing this in the Bay Area?
- e15ctr0n 10y agoI would imagine that you could park your camper / RV in the company parking lot day or night. Most residential neighborhoods ban camper / RV parking so you'll have to look for where it is legal road side. In the south bay, there is a long stretch of El Camino Real in Palo Alto that borders the Stanford playground - lots of campers there, parked nose to tail. Another stretch is on Ferguson Drive in Mountain View. Walmart offers free overnight parking. On weekends, take advantage of the beautiful weather and drive your camper / RV to nearby beaches or mountains. Google employee lives in a truck in the company's parking lot https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10422976 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10422976 Google Employees Secretly Live on Campus to Avoid Paying Rent https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8289577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8289577
- timmaah 10y agoWithout stealth (normal looking van) and a full time job you are looking at a ton of stress trying to do it without living at an RV park. I know a couple that commuted from Half Moon Bay. Another couple also lives just south in a tight tight RV park.