Is van life a solution to Bay Area housing crisis?
Is van life a solution to Bay Area housing crisis?
Read the story: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/19/van-life-my-80-square-foot-solution-bay-area-housing-crisis/
A look at how living in converted vans, buses or trailers may be a solution to the housing crisis in California. It’s a nomadic lifestyle that attracts many, but it isn’t for everyone.
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Dystopian capitalism
i will say its an alternative ..even a very good one …but to call it a solution would be way off base imho. the real solution would be to somehow regulate the greed of the housing/real estate industry. nothing wrong with low impact living. more power to “van life”. F the greed driven rent/housing cost.
I miss Cupertino the way it was when I was growing up. It was rural and no one wanted to go there. Steve Jobs showed up and ruined everything.
The housing market has created "The American Gypsy".
Pandemic?
Great video. It’s better than being homeless.
No.
Thank you for featuring me in this story! I’m grateful to be part of this group of modern-day nomads challenging societal norms & shedding light on the housing crisis. — Lisa Miriam Jacobs
This is cool. I’m from the Bay originally and yes, there is a real crisis in housing, being young coming up here is tough, traditional home ownership isn’t a real possibility and it’s NOT for lack of hard work!!!!! We mostly all work hard here! Or we can’t survive. Most folks here in the bay have to be hustlers, and work 2 – even 3 jobs at a time, or one plus a side hustle or two. So it’s NOT because we don’t ‘just work hard’ – it’s because the prices are exorbitant and unaffordable for rents AND mortgages and don’t allow anyone to save anything which is not a good recipe for any security for future. So it is my goal and dream now as an alternative and as a solution- to allow me to actually save- to just get into a tiny/mobile travel trailer. I want to travel more while I’m still young anyway. So this way I could rent more cheaply a spot to park, and then take it out for adventures when I want to travel. I’m excited! It’s not what I ever envisioned or imagined growing up- it is a real struggle, but it’s kinda cool that these challenges have pushed some people to come up with new ways to live, which might end up being better in many ways than old traditional ways, or offer new and different experiences… as long as I have basic needs met- I’m a happy camper! 🙂
Workers who can live a mobile lifestyle should be rewarded with quality places to perch their residences. Some are victimized by ordinances that allow a tow-mafia to confiscate, store, create fines and penalties resulting in citizens losing the residences and getting stranded.
Van life that’s so fucking stupid
Why would an attractive woman die her hair like that?
I have looked in to it .. rents are ridiculous .. the city won’t put a moratorium on rent increases so little by little you have to decide am I just going work to pay rent and if I’m Lucky i can buy some soups at .99 cent store .. from what I see the vans cost more than a RV even used there like in the $90.000 mark a 30 foot RV about 5 years old about $50.000 so maybe if I find the right one (RV) I might just get one just tired of working to just pay rent and maybe for once I might be able to have some money left over ..I know it’s not going to be easy but who said life was …thank you for the inspiration..
I have an answer for that headline, NO.
Awesome! But what are you going to do when it comes time to retire? What are you going to do when you no longer have fuel for your van or food to feed yourself or medical insurance because the elderly tend to have medical issues? Then what???
**SKETCHY**
Freaking sketchy. "Where do you live?" **IN A VAN**
"What, down by the river?"
**I LIVE IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER**
freaking sketchy
"Wow, you’re a hot lady. Let me take you home." "Okay, see that van?"
"Yeah – are you driving that van?" "I live in that van"
"Chris Farley?"
Sketchy
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Its simple. If you can’t afford it then stay out/leave to a more affordable place. Traveling is nice. But nothing beats having your own piece of land with a house on it. Living on the road can be pricey too. Cost of vehicle + vehicle maintenance and repairs + gas + parking fees + gym+ can’t drink alcohol and most places won’t let you have sex in your vehicle. I rather own my own land and live on it.
Disgusting what happened to bay area housing prices
That’s like a size of a studio where I live
Mass immigration is what is driving housing prices up folks.
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