I keep thinking parking a fully equipped van on a parking meter in San Francisco every day would be a very cost effective 'rental' option instead of paying for square footage in a building.
This would be even better with built in (except non private) khazi, and you'd be able to put the kettle on when you saw your meeting attendees coming down the street on your surveillance equipment....
Unless you moved around a lot, the cops would probably catch on to you and ding you for some sort of city code that prevents living in a van.
Back when I was in college, I actually seriously looked at buying a boat and docking it Emeryville, as the boat payments and docking fee would have been cheaper than rent. Unfortunately the marina had a 10 year wait list for live-aboard slips.
I was thinking drive home and park at the house at night, drive from district to district (including ocean beach) during day...you're allowed to park on meters for the maximum time marked on them...
Ah yeah if you moved around a lot it could work. As long as you can actually find a place to park. :) You might waste a lot of time circling during the day.
I assumed you'd stake out your parking late at night when there is lots of space and then sit all day.
My neighbor does this. Has a van with a residential permit which he uses to store recyclables. Occasionally someone will fuck with his car, but no hobo wants a bunch of soggy cardboard.
He's clearly running a business and that can is just for storage but he's breaking no city rules which is shocking.
This would be even better with built in (except non private) khazi, and you'd be able to put the kettle on when you saw your meeting attendees coming down the street on your surveillance equipment....