Seattle has some pretty notorious homelessness encampments, and actually has "sanctioned" ones.
From the website:
https://www.seattle.gov/homelessness...ed-encampments
"City-Sanctioned Encampments
Currently, there is insufficient supply of low-barrier shelter beds for any given night and outreach workers often find that the City's emergency shelter system does not meet the needs of people living unsheltered. Pathways Home lays out a strategy for moving the City toward more comprehensive, 24/7 shelter that more fully addresses the needs of people living unsheltered and is focused on providing connections to permanent housing. Pathways Home remains the City's principal strategy for reforming the way the City addresses homelessness. However, these changes will not be fully implemented until 2018. In the interim, the City needs more shelter beds and better low-barrier options, such as sites that allow partners, pets, and possessions.
"For some unsheltered people, there are significant barriers to transitioning to indoor shelter. Authorized encampments offer a safer alternative that can help stabilize the person before transitioning indoors. In 2015, the Mayor and City Council passed legislation to permit three sanctioned encampments on City-owned or private property. Sanctioned encampments in Interbay, Ballard opened in November 2015, while a third opened in Othello in March 2016.
Bicycle touring has its own couch surfing network called
https://www.warmshowers.org
Also you can do what is called "dispersed camping" at just about any National Forest for free I believe.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/f...telprdb5121831
Last edited by HankTheBank; 08-21-2017 at 06:57 PM.