Living in a canoe

[LucidPhotographer]

This guy lives in a canoe on the waters in Boston. Pretty interesting read.<br />http://news.yahoo.com/man-calls-14-foot-canoe-boston-harbor-home-185658499.html

 

[bk2valve]

Now that is a minimalist, to be sure....<br />Bri

 

[dragonflyinthesky]

I think he is one of us, at least in heart. Sounds like he just wants to be free too.

 

[LucidPhotographer]

Yeah I think its good that the cops dont harass him and just let him live his life.

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

As someone on here mentioned, it is interesting how when you do this life on water it is somehow more acceptable/palatable <img src="/images/boards/smilies/rofl.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">

 

[josephusminimus]

<p>Around 1974 there was a guy with a canoe lived on an island at the base of one of the pylons supporting the Lamar Avenue Town Lake bridge in Austin, Texas.&nbsp; Had a tent/leanto shelter set up and was mosly out-of-sight except for foot traffic across the bridge. <br /><br />I never saw the guy but I saw his dwelling and boat from the bridge for a longish time - I was a runner in those days and the bridge was one of the places I ran across.<br /><br />Anyway, he did okay under there for months, at least through one winter, until newspaper and TV got hold of it, got to wondering where the guy was doing his natural requirements.&nbsp; Finally sent a police boat out to take him off with all his belongings.</p>

 

[angeli]

This thread might do better in the Living in MISC Vehicle area. &nbsp;Just IMO. &nbsp;hint hint modular mobile mod hint &nbsp;<img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" /><br /><br />PS - I thought it was really interesting, too.<br /><br />

 

[offroad]

Funny that a focus is on living cheap on water in city areas. When folks might notice you. <br /><br />Reading comments of others shows that some are finding cheap boats of less than 30 feet long , for less than $5000 to live on. Morings are less expensive daily than camp grounds.&nbsp;<br /><br />This is a good other RV tech to understand.&nbsp;

 

[LucidPhotographer]

Right, I guess I did post this in the wrong section. Also it does seem that people accept living on the water better than someone living in a van/car/rv/etc