[sudo-discuss] hacking housing - RV / deployable housing

First you pay for land, then you pay for shelter. Sometimes... Lots of RVs and campers available for cheap - if you can find a compact way to handle fresh, grey, and black water and to get power (could be very simple DC charge system depending on your needs) then you can remove a substantial chunk of those of overhead costs associated with being alive and not living in the woods AKA rent. Here's a fixer-upper for $100 http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/rvs/3892303357.html much nicer for $1500 http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/rvs/3886875523.html cabover for $400...different mobility requirements http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/rvs/3890658560.html one for 250 http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/rvs/3889952340.html For temporary lodging, a flatbed or utility trailer could house all the bits and pieces to erect a sizeable facility. Pack in some extra PVC and poly sheet and you have a deployable garden. I can't work this sort of living at the moment but if anyone in town wants to retrofit one of these bad boys to be more self-contained and awesome, I would be glad to help just to learn the ins and outs. Would also be a good excuse to go to the woods for science. happy hacking