Love this guy.<p>I spent nine months living in a van while traveling all over Japan. Flirted with excessive consumption for a few years in Tokyo but ended up coming back to frugality (although I live in an apartment now heh).<p>The good parts of living alone in a van are too many to list. The worst parts are 1) dating, and 2) all the fantastic views and vistas you don't get to share with someone.<p>> He named it Shaggy after a character in "Scooby Doo." He sings it songs and writes it poems and gives it Valentine's Day cards. He takes it for hiking expeditions in the mountains of Tennessee and surfing trips along the Carolina coast.<p>I so get this!!