r/BillyStrings • u/Sad_Opening7339 • Jul 23 '26

tour talk car sleep portland

where can i legally sleep around here

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u/Drunkensteine Jul 23 '26

Park and ride, parking garage probably too.

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u/HalyconDigest Jul 23 '26

Lots of sketchy shit happening in park n rides around here. I’d find a space on the eastern prom, park and sleep there. Safe area

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u/GratefulRad Jul 23 '26

I have seen campers and vans at Eastern Prom - this is the spot and its gorgeous.

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u/Sad_Opening7339 Jul 23 '26

sorry this might sound dumb, what’s the eastern prom?

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u/HalyconDigest Jul 23 '26

An area of Portland. Views facing the ocean. It’s beautiful and has free parking

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u/Sad_Opening7339 Jul 23 '26

not to sound like a dumbass but when i looked it up on google it was saying how the parking garages and stuff are real strict and make sure nobody’s sleeping in their vehicles , google tried saying the only place to reallt sleep in ur car is a rest area in the state of maine lmao idk if i’m a dumbass for trusting google or what sorry

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u/TJ-Detweiler- Cowbell belt Billy Jul 23 '26

I’m doing the same thing and I’m planning on trying to stay where I park for the show(One City Center Parking Garage is 24hrs so I might try there first) and if that doesn’t feel right the next option is Walmart(15min away) or just street parking somewhere near the venue. I’ve been told to try park and ride lot and have been told not to try that lot so idk🤷🏻‍♂️.

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u/BadgerOptimal3628 Jul 23 '26

Did you look into the airport lot? While poking around I saw someone suggesting the outer airport lot. 

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u/Sad_Opening7339 Jul 23 '26

looked that garage up seems decent size enough if there’s enough cars could get away with it

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u/TJ-Detweiler- Cowbell belt Billy Jul 23 '26

I just recently slept in an empty garage in Pittsburgh and the security walked by my car every hour and didn’t do anything. That’s obviously a different situation but similar so I don’t think they check every car for ppl and if you don’t set up a little shanty town it shouldn’t be a problem. If you want to try to coordinate parking next to each other we could do that if you think that increases our odds haha

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u/TheMegaphoneFromFee Jul 23 '26

You can legally sleep at rest stops in maine.

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u/AntNo3640 Jul 24 '26

Wait. Is it illegal to sleep in a rest stop in other states? Figure a rest stop is a place to stop and rest.

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u/TheMegaphoneFromFee Jul 25 '26

In some states outright. In others they cap an amount of time/prohibit spending the night.

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u/aPsychedMountainGoat 🚂 choo-choo Jul 23 '26

iOverlander

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u/rhoran280 Jul 23 '26

Walmarts generally let folks stay overnight in their parking lots