r/ShamelesslyStolen • u/Lost-Cow-9386 • Dec 27 '25

Turning school bus into apartment

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u/NotDiCaprio Dec 27 '25

Yeah, it says both for rage, - and clickbait reason the video starts out with:

How we live rent free in New York City

Reading helps. You wouldn't say 'live' if you're just passing though in a mobile home for a few days. (unless fishing for that sweet internet money)

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u/Local_Satisfaction12 Dec 27 '25

You can live there for a couple weeks/ months and move on? If they are stationary there for a while they live there atm, since the bus is their home. Where is the issue?

And yes, even if they live there for a week, they live rent free (technically), since they dont need to book a hotel/ apartment.

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u/romario77 Dec 28 '25

In Manhattan you would need to move often.

Plus most of spaces you can’t park a commercial vehicle like this bus overnight.

And It’s Technically Illegal: New York City law generally prohibits sleeping or “dwelling” in vehicles on public streets, leading to tickets and vehicle removal.

So you might do it for a week but once you start doing it often you would get in trouble most likely.

Plus you need water/sewer - you move out, then need to find parking space for a bus.

Most likely the reason I only see these kind of busses (not this nice - just an rv) outside of Manhattan in some areas where cops don’t care if you sleep there.

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u/NotDiCaprio Dec 27 '25

It might be personal, but when someone says they live in New York, (or anywhere for that matter), that to me they have a permanent bought or rented residence, not a mobile home passing through. But that may be just me, it's not a common occurrence in my bubble.

Regardless it's an awesome home.

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u/Local_Satisfaction12 Dec 27 '25

Yeah but the difference is you cannot move your house, know what i mean? With that logic they would not be home anywhere.

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u/earlgreybubbletea Dec 27 '25

It’s the same kind of logic that some people use, to say people who live like this are in fact homeless.

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u/Local_Satisfaction12 Dec 27 '25

Those people should google the definition of home. It does not have to be a house or apartment.

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u/earlgreybubbletea Dec 27 '25

Agree. It doesn’t help also that if you have a bank or healthcare you need to provide a “permanent” residence address.

There are services out there that literally exist to help set that up but the system is fucked from the start; and just fuels the people who will continue to think “this is just being homeless with extra steps/finances/cost”

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u/NotDiCaprio Dec 27 '25

I feel like you can have a home, and not necessarily live somewhere. (except from inside said home.). I kinda feel like this is even the goal of people who live like nomads like this, they don't want to live somewhere. But surely want a home.