BOZEMAN — BOZEMAN - Multiple streets in Bozeman that were once lined with campers are now empty.

“There are still people that, you know, don’t want to let go of their homes,” said Carina, a former urban camper who used to live off Baxter Lane.

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“Their campers are like their homes, and they’re used to having that independence that you don’t necessarily have at a center.”

Carina used to live in a camper herself until last November, when the city passed Ordinance 2172 , which made it illegal to live in vehicles parked on city rights-of-way without a permit.

“When I heard there were going to be some restrictions that were going to be

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