#VanLife

In a van, down by the river.

Sources Cited:

“Van Life is Just ‘Glorified Homelessness,’ Says a 33-Year-Old Woman Who Tried the Nomadic Lifestyle and Ended Up Broke,” by Chlue Berger. Fortune.

“How Veterans of #Vanlife Feel About All the Newbies,” by Bryan Pietsch. New York Times.

“Van Life: The Bohemian Social Movement,” by Rachel Monroe. The New Yorker.

Under the Sun: Spending the Kids’ Inheritance, dir. Russell England. IMDB.

Further Reading:

If you’re curious about the grittier side of contemporary nomadism and don’t mind a vaguely voyeuristic narrative voice: “Contemporary Freight-Train Drifters Have Found the Unlikely Antidote to America’s Problems,” by Jeff Ferrell, Quartz.

If you want to know more about the ways mobile homes have shaped America, and the cultural legacy of trailers, trailer parks and RVs: The Unknown World of the Mobile Home, by John Faser Hart, Michelle J. Rhodes, and John T. Morgan. Publisher website.

If you want to reminisce about how great Chris Farley was: “Van Down By The River,” Saturday Night Live. Youtube.