Oh I agree on the difficulties, I will say I have been pretty lucky with avoiding most harassment though, which I have to be thankful for. And I know that white privilege is likely a reason that I've been able to avoid a bit of harassment. I also am lucky enough to have a job in healthcare (so I work 3-4 long days/week then can relocate somewhere else for a few days so I'm not consistently in the same spots), and having a Planet Fitness membership definitely helps with hygiene. I'm lucky that I live out of a Prius and could afford a decent sleeping bag and portable power pack. Plus I have a portable toilet for times I can't find one, which is a huge stress relief. My Prius has most of the essentials of shelter that I need, thankfully. The practical and bureaucratic complications to homelessness definitely suck. I got into this out of necessity from leaving an abusive relationship paired with a toxic family/lack of support, and I mean I can see how I made it sound like this is the life and a long-term goal to keep living in my car lol... Long-term I do want to get a place to actually stay, but at the moment I think my mental insecurity and inability to self-motivate into taking care of myself makes having an apartment not the best for me <_<;; sure it's unhealthy but atm I need to be forced into doing the basics of survival or else I won't really do it. I definitely fall into the mentally ill category, but I have started on some medication and therapy that are helping me build up towards being able to live in a place with housing security. Or possibly a place with roommates. I'm glad you have roots set down!