living in a caravan to mitigate sensitivities, stop being around people?

curious - there's this movement where 'nomads' in the us live in their vehicles, some of them all year, and follow the sun. they congregate in the southwest in the winter, like birds, for the temperature climate.  they're in cars, vans, motorhomes, fifth wheels, sometimes motorcycles, trailers, etc... i'm trying to get started in this, and altho it is a scarey and paralyzing prospect for this aspie, people who do it often do it for solitude, seclusion, safety, health, mental health.... but getting started is pretty scarey. i look at it as living in a tin can on wheels.  and you can be one the move, constant change... not things this aspie is especially looking forward to....

do people in the uk do this? esp people with sensitivities and other issues? 

happy december....... 

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  • I have 2 friends trying to do this at the moment - one has built a 'metal tent' from an executive Toyota Hiace - it's quite small and low so he can get into car parks with height barriers but that makes it little more than a bed on wheels.   He fitted a diesel heater and he can cook with the door open.   He uses it to get away for the weekend - he and his wife say it's camping without the wind flattening your tent.   (he's undiagnosed aspie)

    The second is building a converted horse-box on a Renault chassis - it will have a rudimentary shower and toilet but it's a massive amount of work to get it built - I don't know if he'll ever finish it - I hope he does for his own satisfaction and wellbeing.   (He's a very diagnosed aspie but has motivational problems so progress has long stops when he can't function.)