What is Urban Camping?
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camping in an urban setting by sleeping on rooftops, under bushes, and in public parks
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Striving to live a simpler life in the big city without a vehicle. Just like camping in the great outdoors, this life requires resourcefulness, common sense, physical and mental hardiness, and respect for the environment. This life does not encourage excessiveness and makes one more appreciative of the simpler things in life. It is a challenging, satisfying, and richly rewarding way to live. No mountains required.
Peter and Andrea do urban camping. They live in an apartment in the sprawling city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and do not own a vehicle.
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The state of being homeless in an urban setting.
As we walked from the club to the parking structure we noticed several squatters in a nearby alley urban camping.
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Urban Camping: Urban camping involves the acquisition of a 45sqft apt in the city sparsely equipped with furniture or appliances. Camper subsists on top ramen, a 2 lb box of cheez-its, and diet hot chocolate packets lifted from the break room at work. Optional: Drawer full of salt and ketchup packets, disposable chopsticks and a knack for toasting bread over the open burner.
Martha had been urban camping so long in her new apartment, she was beginning to steal plastic silverware and keg cups before she even ran out!
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1. A form of penance. What one generally does after terminating a long-term relationship in their late twenties or early thirties. Urban camping involves the acquisition of a small apartment that is sparsely equipped with furniture. In general, an urban camper should be equipped with no more than, a coffee machine, a juice press, a cot or yoga mat and a radio. The period of urban camping shall persist until the camper no longer feels guilty about the circumstances of the previous relationship and begins to acquire material possessions for the purposes of impressing others.
2. The state of furnishing of a downtown apartment that causes an Aravopoulos to say "I love what you haven't done with the place".
I was over at Hector's last night and he still doesn't have any furniture. How long is this urban camping phase gonna last?
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The act of setting up camp or sleeping in an Urban environment without the luxuries of home. This can include sleeping in your car, passing out on the sidewalk, spending all night in line, setting up camp on the streets or even camping in a park that is far to close to a major metropolitan area to be considered “roughing it.”
“We are going Urban Camping down at the Coliseum tonight to get good tickets when the Box Office opens in the morning.”
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1. To camp in front of a building in an urban area. Usually to get tickets to a concert or new movie.
2. To do the above just to annoy someone.
1. I had to go urban camping to get into that Hilary Duff concert.
2. I went urban camping in front of the K-Mart when they wouldn't let me return a opened CD-ROM.
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