Park nomad, laptop in tow, calls bushes home

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23 points·dangoldin··7 comments

With a title like that... I'd think they are talking about menloparkbum [http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=menloparkbum] !

I'm actually not a bum nor do I live in Menlo Park.

However, I do live right next to Golden Gate Park and use it every day. I've also been lucky enough to have my apartment burglarized by someone who lives in the park so this article was of personal interest. I followed the comment thread on SFGate and found some links to this fellow's YouTube videos and his old blog:

http://www.youtube.com/user/zebu111

http://skylarthomas.blogspot.com/

He also seems to be active on this forum: http://www.bobfreemanboard.com/showthread.php?t=12686

If you read his other threads, it is obvious he's got some sort of mental illness.

http://guide2homelessness.blogspot.com/

The Survival Guide to Homelessness blog hasn't been updated in a while but gives valuable "survival tips" if you became homeless.

Having a car like the man in the SF Chronicle article, even if it's nonfunctional is a big advantage.

http://guide2homelessness.blogspot.com/2004/10/importance-of...

Well, besides a bathroom, a laptop and some clothes i really don't need anything, i suppose that i could live like that. But in my area it's kid of dangerous after dark(gangs, dog packs, rapid climate changes). I guess we just over estimate the things that our civilization gives us, we don't actually need a lot of stuff, too much TV telling us what we need.

A friend of mine has been living in his van for the past five or six years when he's not on the road (he's a trucker). He's managed to save over $100K in that period.

He should get a gym membership for showering purposes.

good on this guy. he isn't taking a handout from anyone, isn't making a mess, isn't detracting from anyone's use of the park. bravo.

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