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      19 hours ago

      Transportation to and from the forest isn’t free.

      Also some places have laws against camping on public land to discourage homelessness and these would likely fall afoul of those.

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          Yes, but not as many people go to abandoned buildings so you’re less likely to be seen by others and reported.

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            I’d be way more concerned about running into someone in a 'bando than out in the woods though.

            Hiker in the woods is going to go the other way. A homebum in a bando? Who knows how they’ll react.

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          You’ve never seen an abandoned building in Baltimore, DC Philadelphia, Detroit, or Chicago?

          Outside of the tourist zone you can find wastelands of abandoned buildings.

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            I’m not doubting there are abandoned buildings in cities. I’m doubting any city within the US with the exception of the southwest is more than a few miles from a forest.

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              Oh ok. But to refute your forest idea, while there are forests a few miles outside those cities, you can’t easily walk to them. There also aren’t any forests near those major cities where you wouldn’t immediately be noticed by park rangers if you tried setting up a random tent. Abandoned buildings don’t get daily police sweeps whereas parks do get sweeps because of lost/injured at nightfall when the parks close to everyone without a camping permit. And legal camp sites are very popular so you wouldn’t be getting away from people- like those who have their playlists blasting out their phone while hiking.

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      OP didn’t mean the cost of going there, they meant still paying the bills while going to the forest instead of work

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        That’s still going to be a problem living in an abandoned building though. That part doesn’t change regardless of where their friend goes to meditate (unless that place is work I guess)

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      Actually the larger parks near me (the only places that have enough trees to qualify as something close to a forest) do cost money (american city metro area)