Living in the garage, I’m a short walk to plumbing, food, and cable. I like having that forced interaction with the outside world. Whatever the weather conditions outside, I have to walk through it to eat and poop. This was probably what I liked best about living in the bus. Lack of utilities aside, it has windows running down the length of every wall. It makes it impossible to disassociate from your environment. I am seriously considering compartmentalizing certain parts of my dream house into different buildings, just to preserve that connection.