My complete 5-season setup was less than $50 and lasted for a decade. Under 5 dollars a year for travel lodging.

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I urban camped for 3 months straight across Japan, the best country for urban camping, from Tokyo to Osaka. It was very comfortable and saved me a couple thousand USD in rent that I used on sushi, public baths, sushi, and sushi!

Japan is the best country for urban camping since it’s fairly dense with population centers but abound with protected nature, there are public baths in every town, and public urban camping is both legal and culturally acceptable.

Thailand, Vietnam, many SEA countries allow urban camping. Ireland does, Italy doesn’t expressly allow it but I didn’t have trouble urban camping there. Portugal urban camping is easy.

If you’re not in Japan or a legal public-camping country, just find a relatively isolated spot not directly in pedestrian traffic, set up camp after dark, break down camp in the morning.

I’ve urban camped in most countries I’ve been to and Queensland NZ was the only time I’ve been asked to move, and that was to another small copse because they needed to set up for the Festival of Lights in the meadow where I was resting.