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Posted on 02/27/2026 8:35:57 PM PST by Libloather
In California’s notoriously expensive Bay Area, living out of one’s vehicle has increasing appeal.
Recreational vehicle (RV) parks, once the domain of seasonal workers and adventurous retirees, now host local residents with full-time jobs aiming to cut costs — by avoiding high housing costs altogether. These days, RV parks are filling up even more with state residents aiming to save cash.
Among them are brothers Stefan and Sebastian Goins, who recently made the leap to RV living after six years of rent hikes in their Pleasantville apartment.
They drained their savings to buy a $24,000 32-foot long traveling trailer. But moving to the RV park came with an extra $2,000 in savings each month — as they together pay $1,000 monthly for their parking and utilities hookups — though with some compromises in comfort.
“I don’t think it’s for everybody, but it’s definitely an option, compared to the alternative,” Sebastian, 34, told The Post.
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The number of San Franciscans living in their vehicles rose 37% between 2022 and 2024, to 1,444 people, according to city data. In nearby Santa Clara County, at the heart of Silicon Valley, the number of residents sleeping in cars has more than doubled since the pandemic, according to CNBC.
The trend has led to the emergence of an exploitative “shadow rental market,” in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley, run by “vanlords,” who rent out vehicles on public streets. In San Francisco, the illegally parked vehicles are heavily concentrated in the Bayview and Taraval areas. The crisis is complicated by the city’s lack of emergency shelter beds, which could otherwise offer space and resources for vulnerable RV renters, and increased parking enforcement.
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Some good news -
Gavin Newsom touts ‘most ambitious water plan’ in California history
https://nypost.com/2026/02/27/us-news/gavin-newsom-touts-most-ambitious-water-plan-in-california/
Or if Pacific Gas and Electfic wasn’t run by loons.
I now call them Pathetic Gas and Electric and the cost for a $2000 parking space is mostly due to their thievery
And let me guess: They keep voting democrap
Yes, but this time they will vote for a different democrap.
This has been going on for 20 years. El Camino in Palo Alto was lined with people living in RVs and working in tech. Same with Shoreline in Mountain View and many other major thoroughfares. Palo Alto and Mountain View cracked down and made most of them move on. Now there are lots along 237 in the Alviso area.
But somehow this will still be Trump’s fault.
The CALI dream__
Yes, I have driven past the rows of RV’s near the Stanford campus. I would be happier with the situation if they zoned for more parks with hookups.
My wife and I joined the adventurous retirees and hit the road in a 34’ Travel trailer for 4 wonderful years. The time we were on the road gave our savings time to grow in the market and it did, thanks to no monthly payments. And many places do not charge very much for a four week stay. (And Elks freq;uently allow visiting Elks to stay at their places for free.)
It is not for everyone, and if you are working, the situation is not as much fun — saw several of the cheaper places where workers stayed in run down RV’s that may or may not have been road worthy.
Most placess will not allow parking overnight in a vehicle, so there is that issue too,
Pahleeese. You are IN a vehicle. DRIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE
California could build new cities inland.
One might be between Stockton and the Bay.
Perhaps H-1Bs should be barred from taking up work in overpriced areas.
Companies that need these workers would have to open up new workplaces in more affordable areas.
Not everyone who would want to can live in California.
How about end the evil H-1b visa for good? How much longer must Americans endure this humiliating worker replacement $ham
Nice place. Visited San Fran while attending a tech school south of there back in the 80s. I usually look around and compare lifestyles. While growing up on the right coast, I knew that my specific area would need an extra zero added to any income amount just to survive. It’s probably much more expensive now. San Fran? Big city, big city prices.
Everything in California is at a high cost
Hair cut $30.00
Cars oil change $80.00
Gasoline $4.80 (three dollars of it goes to states taxes)
13.3 state tax
On and on and on and on...............................
No house is in it is worth asking prices.
It will be as effective as their building of high speed rail.
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