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Been wondering the same thing, Xavier. I guess he got food & beverages, use of the FB loo, and a place to park his vehicle and to pitch a tent or lean-to at Froggy's in exchange for hauling in/out beer & trash, keeping the floors swept & loos clean, busing tables, washing dishes, whatever, etc.
I doubt he had car insurance -- paid the first month or quarter & let it lapse, perhaps. Did he only sleep in his vehicle & borrow someone else's to actually drive? NC requires a yearly inspection to get yearly car registration (the sticker is on the car, easy for LE to see) which requires proof of insurance -- and LE will pull you the day after it expires & the violation requires a court visit with proof of all that I just mentioned, etc., etc.
Where did he get walking-around money for toiletries, clothes, shoes, socks, jackets, u-wear -- who knoze? Maybe an occasional construction or other day-to-day "labor pick-up" job, I guess.
Unless he was on some type of disability from a job or unless he was in the armed services (serious doubts about that!!) -- I can't imagine under what situation or condition he could have obtained food stamps (where would he keep the food that qualifies -- in his truck or in a box in the tent??), or medicaid or a gov't check. Under what program would an apparently able-bodied young man qualify for gov't benefits?
Yes, just how did he get along?