Ever since I heard of CouchSurfing I have been crazed over this phenomena. The Couchsurfing project has been up for I'd say a couple years. You make a profile that includes your philosophy, why you're on the site, where you've traveled and where you want to and the list goes on. You can search for other people in the area that you are traveling to that are allowing "surfers" basically people that are traveling that need a place to stay and want to meet locals, etc. and message them to see if you could crash at their pad. I've met so many awesome folks on the East Coast. Couchsurfed a good handful of times and plan on traveling the world this way :D in love with this site. If you're a nomad, bookmark this site.