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"Announce to your friends and family that you’re choosing to live in your
vehicle and you’re likely to raise some concern.
The 2017 book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” by
Jessica Bruder – made into the 2020 film starring Frances McDormand – drew
attention to the hundreds of thousands of Americans living itinerant lifestyles
due to poverty and insecure employment.
But not everyone choosing to live in a van is doing so out of desperation.
Technology and changing workplace norms have helped make the option of trading
an office cubicle for a rotating vista of beachfront and desert sunsets an
attractive option for the affluent.
This attraction has been amplified by the power of social media, with an entire
movement evolving around the hashtag #vanlife.
To be part of the movement, any old grey-nomad style camper will not do.
Explore #vanlife on social media and you’ll discover glamorous adult cubby
houses on wheels fitted with Scandinavian-inspired kitchens, parquet wood
flooring, and linen bed sheets with matching throw cushions."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
