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by waveforms 2587 days ago
I was just at the Mountain View Walmart last night and I noticed a lot of campers in the parking lot. Maybe that could be an option for you?
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Really?
Yes, I did this for about three months when I first moved to California. I was flat broke and it gave me a chance to stay dry and save up money.
There's a huge difference between voluntarily living in a van in the Google parking lot while saving for a downpayment with your engineering salary or lowering your burn rate for your bootstrapped startup -- and actually being homeless [1].

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/google-employee-lives-in-tru...

This is why I rarely post on the internet. So easy to misunderstand tone. I seems as if you are mis-understanding my original post. I was only hoping for the best for Harlanji based upon my personal experience. BTW, I was delivering furniture that first year.