Finding a place to sleep...

0ddity

0ddity

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#1
Ok so, this has happened to me a few times in the past couple of weeks. I'll get dropped off on the outskirts of some small town and it is nearly night.(I don't like hitching at night, usually because I'm tired and I'd rather not get smashed by a car.) There isn't really much around me except for gas stations, sorted other businesses, bars, and hotel/motels. Where does one sleep without having to resort to using reserve money for a motel? Not really a problem in a big city, there are tons of places to sleep.
 
#4
Bushes, woods, Between buildings that don't open until 5am. Early bird gets the worm, right. Early traveler doesn't get busted. Use your instincts. Watch a place for an hour. determine the traffic, and visibility from all angles.
 
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usually if you are on the outskirts of towns there is almost always some kind of shrubs and trees around on and off ramps. thats where i usually end up, plus its nice to wake up, walk ten feet and be on your on ramp ready to get the shit out of there
 
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bryanpaul said:
i love how a good percent of highway exits in america have nice little stands of trees right there for you to sleep/chill in
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i have noticed alot of those places are getting cleared out because people like to camp in them. it kinda suxs cuz they are nice to crash in after you get droped off you can just go right there.

and no one has said under a bridge, not bad never had any problems when i stayed under them.
 
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#17
I get motels. I work for what money I have though. I aint a gutter punk just a tramp. I do what i can. Motels are nice sometimes, chill out watch some tube and get baked before tramping again. I dont get then often but look forward to it when I do
 
#18
spoon said:
A bush/tree line or a dumpster if its raining.
You have "reserve" money? Like Steel Reserve?

Is this even a real question?
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I have reserve money too. Not everyone spends every dollar they make on beer.

Anyway, I find that small towns are usually better to find places to sleep. More woods, less cops... I prefer sleeping in my tent so I'll take a patch of woods any day.
 
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Tanner said:
usually if you are on the outskirts of towns there is almost always some kind of shrubs and trees around on and off ramps. thats where i usually end up, plus its nice to wake up, walk ten feet and be on your on ramp ready to get the shit out of there
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you sir have about summed it up.

i slept in a ditch on the edge of newton once. cars were going by 10 ft from me. even lightpoles were on the sidewalk. but the shadow covered this area of trees. and the ditch was shallow but deep enough if i laid flat and didnt move around, although slitly uncomfortable, i could sleep. and no one would bother me. the last thing on someones mind is "i wonder if theres any hobos sleeping along this ditch next to this road ive never seen hobos in ditches in?
 
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