Honestly, you can even tent camp through winter. Just use, idk, a winter tent, maybe, and not a sad lean-to you built in summer? It's tragic, all around.

In a Walmart parking lot, sure. In the middle of nowhere without a stockpile of food on hand… not so much.

Yeah the whole van life vagabond stuff gets overly romanticized. I live in a tent/car for a summer and the couple times I got a room at the super 8 felt sooo nice!

Or just go prepared.