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I met a guy from the bay area who was living on a boat. Didn't get too far into the technicalities / legality of full time living on your boat, or if he had to
by smackeyacky 5y ago
I met a guy from the bay area who was living on a boat. Didn't get too far into the technicalities / legality of full time living on your boat, or if he had to move it around, but he said there were quite a few people doing the same thing.
Personally I don't think it would be very pleasant (everything you own gets mouldy, power issues, internet issues, boat disintegrating in front of your eyes etc) but he was a fairly carefree dude running a small unfunded startup so didn't seem to care too much about that sort of stuff.
- f0e4c2f7 5y agoI think most of the answers will boil down to some version of this. Be not quite technically homeless (or in some cases, actually homeless). Weird stories of people living in Boats, Converted Box trucks[0], and sharing houses with 9 other programmers. [0] https://www.businessinsider.com/google-employee-lives-in-truck-in-parking-lot-2015-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-employee-lives-in-tru...
- mod 5y agoMy mom lives on a boat. > everything you own gets mouldy, power issues, internet issues, boat disintegrating in front of your eyes This isn't true for my mom. She doesn't live on a dilapidated sailboat or anything. They do spend a lot of time on maintenance, and they spend a lot doing things like bottom cleanings, but way less than SF rent or whatever.
- gcheong 5y agoAssuming you can find a spot for it, the other option is to live in an RV down on Lake Merced Blvd near SFSU or Winston Dr. going up to Stonestown mall. At least you're on land and can move it if you need to.