Just curious, and a bit off topic, but how is "homeless" actually defined? Somebody living on the streets is a clear case, but I sometimes watch youtube channels of people who live in their vans or RVs because it looks like something that might be sort of fun for a short period to do, especially in a country as large as America - no permanent address, move as your fancy hits you, or stay longer in some place if you like it.
Maybe as a way to find the exact place where you want to again settle permanently, maybe just as a vacation sort of thing for a year or two. Personally I would not want to live like that permanently, even if I think I might like it for something like that year, or at most two, but there do seem to be more than just a few people who have gotten so addicted to playing gypsies that they have lived like that for years and have no intention to stop as long as they are physically fit enough for that lifestyle. Either retired people, or people who can do it because they have a work they can do remotely and anywhere, or of course some who can finance it because those youtube channels where they post about it got so successful that they get enough money from there to live on.
And there have been some pretty famous historical figures who seem to have lived for years in hotels. I think Nicola Tesla was one? Can a hotel room count as a permanent address?
So, those are people who are not any kind of leeches on society. But they don't have a permanent address. So, are they technically, and in the eyes of law, homeless or not?
For this purpose i believe Homeless will be defined as those living on the street with ramshackle dwellings or none at all. Anyone in a vehicle would be directed to move on or set up on approved camping areas or parks.
As said, the question is kind of off topic, I was just wondering what the official definition of "homeless" includes, and whether these digital nomads would be included - officially or technically - whether they ever have the risk of being treated as "homeless", which I presume is at least mostly a "no" unless they keep parking in some areas where sleeping in your car is forbidden.
Just curious, and a bit off topic, but how is "homeless" actually defined? Somebody living on the streets is a clear case, but I sometimes watch youtube channels of people who live in their vans or RVs because it looks like something that might be sort of fun for a short period to do, especially in a country as large as America - no permanent address, move as your fancy hits you, or stay longer in some place if you like it.
Maybe as a way to find the exact place where you want to again settle permanently, maybe just as a vacation sort of thing for a year or two. Personally I would not want to live like that permanently, even if I think I might like it for something like that year, or at most two, but there do seem to be more than just a few people who have gotten so addicted to playing gypsies that they have lived like that for years and have no intention to stop as long as they are physically fit enough for that lifestyle. Either retired people, or people who can do it because they have a work they can do remotely and anywhere, or of course some who can finance it because those youtube channels where they post about it got so successful that they get enough money from there to live on.
And there have been some pretty famous historical figures who seem to have lived for years in hotels. I think Nicola Tesla was one? Can a hotel room count as a permanent address?
So, those are people who are not any kind of leeches on society. But they don't have a permanent address. So, are they technically, and in the eyes of law, homeless or not?
For this purpose i believe Homeless will be defined as those living on the street with ramshackle dwellings or none at all. Anyone in a vehicle would be directed to move on or set up on approved camping areas or parks.
I don't think people who are digital nomads are usually setting up tents in the middle of a park in DC.
As said, the question is kind of off topic, I was just wondering what the official definition of "homeless" includes, and whether these digital nomads would be included - officially or technically - whether they ever have the risk of being treated as "homeless", which I presume is at least mostly a "no" unless they keep parking in some areas where sleeping in your car is forbidden.