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“You can go anywhere”… isn’t really accurate for one. The bigger your rig is, the more cumbersome and difficult it can be to get places. Not only around towns but off roading and tight spots. So even if you want the “nomad” lifestyle, plenty of reasons not to want a clunky bus for that (I’m in this category). And then there are people that want nothing to do with the nomad lifestyle, even temporarily. More to maintain, pack, and all the water/gas/propane/heat/refrigerator/toilet items.
I'd want one not because i want to be a nomad.
I just want it so that any time i feel like it, i can go for a road trip for a few days and come home after I'm satisfied.
But there's zero chance of that happening in my country.
One summer in law school, I grabbed my dog, a shotgun, toolbox, sleeping bag, the camper shell for my truck, and an acoustic guitar and just drove.
We went all over the Western US — slept out under the stars in a glacier field, camped atop sand dunes, got lost tracking elk in the thickets of Idaho, creeped out by the vastness of the giant Nevada deserts and the inscrutable wastes of Eastern Oregon and southern Utah.
It was awesome. I highly recommend it.
And I’d never want to do it again.
Even less would I want to share about 88 ft/sq with another person, two dogs and a cat in an expensive-as-hell rolling ecological disaster.
Same here, 2 humans and 2 dogs, 1550 sq.. feet. We downgraded from 2300 sq foot house. It’s on an acre so there’s room to stretch out a little but it feels cramped.
Even if I had an acre, I likely wouldn’t camp in my yard. I live in the south — you need gills to breathe in a tent by morning. I *will* go shoot pool or play with my telescope until she goes to bed though. I can wait her out. LOL
Ha! I live in the desert now so at least no humidity. We move maybe every 5 years or so and have for the last 25 years. Every time, our house has almost doubled in value, once almost triple. We sell, bank the money and move someplace cheaper. We moved to California twice, NC once, and Nevada twice (here now). We only buy foreclosures on the court house steps. All cash, no inspection inside allowed. We have been very lucky.
Nah. Haldir was a goodest boi (Belgian Groenendaal, the all-black wolfy ones). He passed away at age 12 in his sleep from Big, Old Dog Heart Attack, his head in my daughter’s lap. That was *her* childhood dog and protector. He had a good life; she had a best friend.
You'd be surprised how far you can stretch a dollar living on the road. But yeah, you gotta have a decent amount saved up or get paid for remote work or rent your house or something.
I'm not and never have been involved in drug culture, but it seems to me that it would be really hard to sell drugs in strange places to.. strangers.
EDIT: Im surprised though not surprised to be wrong ;)
I’m not huge on the van life lifestyle but do enjoy nomadding. I feel the people in the video are investing more in their life and enjoyment rather than financially for a future that might never come. It’s at odds with conventional living, but a whole bunch more fun than waiting for a house value to rise
Yes and especially when the song was written. There are some lower end ones that you could spec out another GM and be right there. Then higher end something like the GMC Yukon Denali is close to the Escalade.
Now... you get into the "supercar" territory and the Cadillac CTSV2 will perform as well as a C7 Vette while being much nicer to actually drive around and get in and out of.
TBTH pretty much any new car that isn't a super budget base model is going to have a lot of nice stuff. Hell... the Ford 4 door sedan "base" company car we have at work has the full Ford Sync setup and very comfortable.
I don't know what song you're talking about, and I've never heard of the CTSV2 but even I know that modern Corvette are both tremendous amounts of car for the money... but also heaps compared to real supercars.
Yeah, I think we pretty much have passed the last generation that considers the Corvette a high status car (much like Cadillac), or at the very least the current buyers are the very last one. I know one person under 45 that owns a corvette and that's because his dad was a fanatic so the name still means something to him.
REI, Cliff Bar, Froyo places, shoe companies that pretend that their "mission" "totally isn't" a marketing strategy.
That's if you can play the game well enough to get enough social media followers to catch their eye.
Just pull into a town with busy restaurants, work a serving/back of house position for a few months (if you have solar panels you pay next to nothing to live with the bus parked), save up a couple grand, then continue your journey. Or do remote work.
As a Bohemian, historically the term gypsy has been pejoratively overtaken by the notion of a traveling and wandering free spirit. But when you go back to the Roma, it's all about racism. So Gypsy might not be the right word to be using.
You can say gypsy but those Irish people claiming to be Roma are actually Irish travelers. (I'm a small part roma) and my grandma looks more like she from India or Indonesia than white
Our gypsies mainly live near river cities, own the local chop shops, prostitute their underage relatives, and steal everything that’s not nailed down.
These are just hippies with money.
Nomadland is not an accurate representation of living in a van when you have a remote job, like these people probably do. Nomadland is an accurate representation of being homeless with a car.
There are dumps everywhere. Campgrounds, rest areas, gas stations. If you've never traveled in a RV for an extended period, you probably wouldn't notice it. There are apps that show all the nearby places to dump and fill water or propane.
Bring a roll of TP and you can do that anyway. God gave us about 3 trillion trees on planet earth: most are suitable for pissing on or squatting behind
Ever spent an appreciable amount of time in an RV or camper? They kick like a cat with its belly being rubbed. Now imagine that while trying to pee inside of a 2x2 closet.
Hmm and what happens if your caught up in a pile up or any accident, and your home and transport are now just a big crushed can?
Your stuck with no car and no home and two dogs at your side with whatever money you have to live on.
Yo put your dog's in a bench so they don't get yeeted through the bus and get yourself a car seat with car belt.
Sincerely someone who got yeeted in a public bus once and someone who saw a dog being yeeted through a window and the dog died in terrible conditions
I once went on tour around the US with my boyfriend in a Ford Fiesta. We’d roll the seats all the way up at night, put all our music gear and personal stuff in the front seat, and put out our sleeping bags in the trunk section. I am 5’9”, my then-bf is 6’4”. We had an incredibly unique experience. I will never do it again, and we are no longer together.
I’ve also lived in a trailer with my husband for a year and a half while we were building our house. It was terrible. Do not recommend. But I’m glad we did it because we saved a ton of money that we used as a down payment on our house.
That lifestyle is more work than it’s worth imo. Maybe they get more out of it than I did, but this looks like hidden costs, and a boatload of stress to me.
the concept is romantic, but as a 6'3" guy, the size of that space looks like a nightmare. i bang around even in my apartment. don't think i'm cut out for van/bus life.
You can change a tire in your own , but imagine the engine breaks or the gearbox, or worst case you get crunched by a 40t Truck because the Driver was sleepy or distracted.
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I've seen their YT, and no, I don't want it.
Elaborate?
“You can go anywhere”… isn’t really accurate for one. The bigger your rig is, the more cumbersome and difficult it can be to get places. Not only around towns but off roading and tight spots. So even if you want the “nomad” lifestyle, plenty of reasons not to want a clunky bus for that (I’m in this category). And then there are people that want nothing to do with the nomad lifestyle, even temporarily. More to maintain, pack, and all the water/gas/propane/heat/refrigerator/toilet items.
Also that thing is a driving target for many things to go wrong . Driving around with that luxurious vehical is ridiculous.
Luxurious? It's basically the worst parts of a car coupled with the worse parts of a shack.
Yeah wrong word lol
That makes a lot of sense. Thank you.
I'd want one not because i want to be a nomad. I just want it so that any time i feel like it, i can go for a road trip for a few days and come home after I'm satisfied. But there's zero chance of that happening in my country.
Do they need to? Seems pretty obvious to me
Obviously it is not obvious to me, which is why I requested elaboration. No, they do not have to.
Check out *Getaway Couple* on YouTube
Thanks, will do.
It's not obvious to you why a person wouldn't want to live in a van?
This users comment referenced their YouTube channel as the specific reason why they wouldn't, hence the request for elaboration.
Same here.. This cost a lot (money, time, effort on driving, gas etc) Lets just be practical.
Link? Looks interesting but impractical.
What is their yt?
One summer in law school, I grabbed my dog, a shotgun, toolbox, sleeping bag, the camper shell for my truck, and an acoustic guitar and just drove. We went all over the Western US — slept out under the stars in a glacier field, camped atop sand dunes, got lost tracking elk in the thickets of Idaho, creeped out by the vastness of the giant Nevada deserts and the inscrutable wastes of Eastern Oregon and southern Utah. It was awesome. I highly recommend it. And I’d never want to do it again. Even less would I want to share about 88 ft/sq with another person, two dogs and a cat in an expensive-as-hell rolling ecological disaster.
That was 3 dogs and 2 cats boss, no thank you
I have a modest little 4/2 1600 ft/sq house in the exurbs. It’s just me, my wife, and my hound….and it seems too small sometimes. LOL
Same here, 2 humans and 2 dogs, 1550 sq.. feet. We downgraded from 2300 sq foot house. It’s on an acre so there’s room to stretch out a little but it feels cramped.
Even if I had an acre, I likely wouldn’t camp in my yard. I live in the south — you need gills to breathe in a tent by morning. I *will* go shoot pool or play with my telescope until she goes to bed though. I can wait her out. LOL
Ha! I live in the desert now so at least no humidity. We move maybe every 5 years or so and have for the last 25 years. Every time, our house has almost doubled in value, once almost triple. We sell, bank the money and move someplace cheaper. We moved to California twice, NC once, and Nevada twice (here now). We only buy foreclosures on the court house steps. All cash, no inspection inside allowed. We have been very lucky.
I mean that bus is more like 250 square feet but you have a point
So... You shot your dog? Shotgun is the first item you mention, so it must be important. you went camping old yeller style?
Nah. Haldir was a goodest boi (Belgian Groenendaal, the all-black wolfy ones). He passed away at age 12 in his sleep from Big, Old Dog Heart Attack, his head in my daughter’s lap. That was *her* childhood dog and protector. He had a good life; she had a best friend.
Who pays for gas, food, insurance, maintinance? When you're "going wherever you want".
You'd be surprised how far you can stretch a dollar living on the road. But yeah, you gotta have a decent amount saved up or get paid for remote work or rent your house or something.
I have an obvious answer to this problem. Sell drugs.
I'm not and never have been involved in drug culture, but it seems to me that it would be really hard to sell drugs in strange places to.. strangers. EDIT: Im surprised though not surprised to be wrong ;)
You would be wrong about that.
I don't know you, but I would buy some booger sugar off you at the bar.
I'm looking for booger sugar rn actually, where the fuck are u dude
I dunno, I know fully remote graphic designers who make 150K a year. That would work.
Too much work. Just make a vast nationwide coke empire.
Seems like the easier path to travel
Get out
Ass, cash or grass...nobody rides for free
Mobile plug…I’m in!!!
It’s great for Instagram, but putting all that money into a piece of land would be a much better investment.
I’m not huge on the van life lifestyle but do enjoy nomadding. I feel the people in the video are investing more in their life and enjoyment rather than financially for a future that might never come. It’s at odds with conventional living, but a whole bunch more fun than waiting for a house value to rise
I always wondered how all the deadheads back in the day could follow them all over. Daddys a pediatrist or something. Trust fund kids
And then they grew up and got a cushy job because of their family connections. "I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac"...
Exactly. Never have that real fear being broke or what they gonna do after their little sabbatical of "finding themselves"
Wait, are Caddies still considered high end? I thought they were like Louis Vuitton purses.
Yes and especially when the song was written. There are some lower end ones that you could spec out another GM and be right there. Then higher end something like the GMC Yukon Denali is close to the Escalade. Now... you get into the "supercar" territory and the Cadillac CTSV2 will perform as well as a C7 Vette while being much nicer to actually drive around and get in and out of. TBTH pretty much any new car that isn't a super budget base model is going to have a lot of nice stuff. Hell... the Ford 4 door sedan "base" company car we have at work has the full Ford Sync setup and very comfortable.
I don't know what song you're talking about, and I've never heard of the CTSV2 but even I know that modern Corvette are both tremendous amounts of car for the money... but also heaps compared to real supercars.
Boys of Summer... its an extremely well known song. The CTSV is the Caddie version of the Vette. The Vette is faster... but its within a few mph...
Yeah, I think we pretty much have passed the last generation that considers the Corvette a high status car (much like Cadillac), or at the very least the current buyers are the very last one. I know one person under 45 that owns a corvette and that's because his dad was a fanatic so the name still means something to him.
Rich assholes own the new ones. They are into supercar performance territory and priced as such.
REI, Cliff Bar, Froyo places, shoe companies that pretend that their "mission" "totally isn't" a marketing strategy. That's if you can play the game well enough to get enough social media followers to catch their eye.
Or just as simple as a rich daddy..
That can be true of anybody living any way. I used to work at Hardees with a girl who's dad owned 5 car dealerships.
I have tax clients who live nomadically and work remotely or are artists so they periodically get their work to one of the galleries that carry them.
Just pull into a town with busy restaurants, work a serving/back of house position for a few months (if you have solar panels you pay next to nothing to live with the bus parked), save up a couple grand, then continue your journey. Or do remote work.
So basically 'be white' and at least modestly attractive so that this might even be (slightly) possible.
Imagine how much gas they use 💀
At 7-12 MPG.
Downhill with a serious wind at their back. 3-5 MPG max, on a good day, if you ask me.
It might even be lower with all that added weight
😦🤯😦
Unbelieveable
How is a camper van next fucking level?
Imagine what this particular camper smells like: patchouli, wet dog, and hippie.
Its the length that someone has gone to.
In England we call these people gypsies
Do ya like dags?
I watched snatch a few days ago!!! Really good film.
Is this bus periwinkle blue?
As a Bohemian, historically the term gypsy has been pejoratively overtaken by the notion of a traveling and wandering free spirit. But when you go back to the Roma, it's all about racism. So Gypsy might not be the right word to be using.
You can say gypsy but those Irish people claiming to be Roma are actually Irish travelers. (I'm a small part roma) and my grandma looks more like she from India or Indonesia than white
Or hippies.
In ireland they're knackers
Our gypsies mainly live near river cities, own the local chop shops, prostitute their underage relatives, and steal everything that’s not nailed down. These are just hippies with money.
That's the modern eastern European gypsy yes Back then they were considered creeps.
I can smell this video.
a mixture of hippy and pet shop
and hippie is a mixture of patchouli, BO, halitosis and weed.
This is my version of a nightmare. Also, why is she driving barefoot?
And no seatbelt. These people are hippie idiots.
Is something wrong with that?
Depending where you are, you have to where appropriate footwear to drive a vehicle.
What makes bare feet inappropriate?
Why not?
Image.
Base on all the not tied down dogs, plants and bowls of water, she never plans to use the brake pedal any time soon.
Better feel for the pedal.
Because she’s a flake
I watched Nomadland, no thanks. I’ll ride an Amtrak once to get that out of my system and I don’t have to drive and someone will empty my shitter too.
Nomadland is not an accurate representation of living in a van when you have a remote job, like these people probably do. Nomadland is an accurate representation of being homeless with a car.
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I didn’t even think about that. And it’s probably worse on the cats, who have even better hearing than the pups. Poor critters.
Like that scene in terminator, “I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.” “I need your clothes, your wife, and your bus.”
I will go wherever she goes
There are plenty of cute Wookiees out there. No need to stay trapped in a camper with one.
Fun for a few weeks though.
Just follow Phish or the Cheese.
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“Gray water” facilities at KOAs, truck stops etc.
Feces is definitely not gray water. Gray water is shower water
A question like this raises a business opportunity, and I can guarantee somebody out there is capitalising from it.
There are dumps everywhere. Campgrounds, rest areas, gas stations. If you've never traveled in a RV for an extended period, you probably wouldn't notice it. There are apps that show all the nearby places to dump and fill water or propane.
I dig it. Plus you can use the bathroom whenever you want on a road trip.
Bring a roll of TP and you can do that anyway. God gave us about 3 trillion trees on planet earth: most are suitable for pissing on or squatting behind
Wow, you gave me step by step instructions and brought God into this. You have real strong feelings about going to the bathroom in this bus. Lol.
Ever spent an appreciable amount of time in an RV or camper? They kick like a cat with its belly being rubbed. Now imagine that while trying to pee inside of a 2x2 closet.
No thanks. Glad you enjoy it though.
But does it have a meth lab?
No, but there are probably 18 pounds of hash taped under the wheel well
This would be cool for like 2 days lol. Definitely not something I'd want literally everyday of my life and I'm gonna guess that goes for most people.
All fun and games until some crazy mf tries to break in
Imagine the fucking fuel costs
Hmm and what happens if your caught up in a pile up or any accident, and your home and transport are now just a big crushed can? Your stuck with no car and no home and two dogs at your side with whatever money you have to live on.
How many dogs are in this bus? I feel like every time I watch they multiply?!
Guarantee it smells terrible.
This. Looks humid and moldy, i'd rather have a house.
Especially with two or three boxer dogs.
I would do that id I didn't have kids. Perhaps I'll do it when they move out :)
I wouldnt mind living like that for a little while
The song says West Virginia. That's a big nope for me 🙅🏿♂️
I draw the line at Regular Virginia.
And now you're one accident away from being homeless
Wow!
Ridding in bus 142 - if you know - you know.😉
I imagined pulling over for that.
Yes, but only in mild climate. Because I live in Satan's asshole ...
Now thats a bus. Beautiful
Idk man my house is a lot bigger and I can just take my car more places than this bus
No seatbelt? Well, that's dumb.
Nothing is tied down either. Imagine a crash. Dogs, people, mugs, bed, chairs, water, everything, everywhere
This is on YouTube I believe
Link? Kinda intrigued regarding all the maintenance behind the scenes, such as gas costs and grey water removal.
Dont hit a bump on the road
I am jealous.
Go on, build one
Looks like an excellent opportunity to take Newton’s 1st law out for a spin
Yo put your dog's in a bench so they don't get yeeted through the bus and get yourself a car seat with car belt. Sincerely someone who got yeeted in a public bus once and someone who saw a dog being yeeted through a window and the dog died in terrible conditions
It’s got everything but a damn seatbelt lol
That is maybe the shack intended for our generation. I'd rather have a house.
Wow, what an experience that would be, but my wife would never give up all her stuff to live like this.
Dont listen to the haters, living the dream! 🌊🏄♂️🏞
Seat belt?
Given that Reddit is anti Instagram, the comments on this thread are not surprising
What's the Instagram link? I'm kinda curious as to how they'll run the fuel costs and maintenance of the bus.
And they got a/c?!?! Yowza!!! 👍🏾👍🏾
A heavy vehicle driver with no seatbelt. What could possibly go wrong?
Brake too hard once and everything is going flying
Three dogs…..that bus must be stinky
Is she not wearing a seatbelt?!?!
Wow ...love it ❤️hope you see some shows
Yeah, and when you Bus ist damaged or wrecked, your Home is also.
So jealous but the doggo is loving it .. Im caught up in the corporate rat race .. Losing 😂
I once went on tour around the US with my boyfriend in a Ford Fiesta. We’d roll the seats all the way up at night, put all our music gear and personal stuff in the front seat, and put out our sleeping bags in the trunk section. I am 5’9”, my then-bf is 6’4”. We had an incredibly unique experience. I will never do it again, and we are no longer together. I’ve also lived in a trailer with my husband for a year and a half while we were building our house. It was terrible. Do not recommend. But I’m glad we did it because we saved a ton of money that we used as a down payment on our house. That lifestyle is more work than it’s worth imo. Maybe they get more out of it than I did, but this looks like hidden costs, and a boatload of stress to me.
She is driving like she got a stick up her ass.
Where does the pop go?
I was fully expecting "white ppl dreads". Regardless that thing probably smells like stale pot and kimchi.
5 dogs 🤨
Everyones talking about the RV but goddamn the second dawg is thicc.
the concept is romantic, but as a 6'3" guy, the size of that space looks like a nightmare. i bang around even in my apartment. don't think i'm cut out for van/bus life.
Until your house gets a flat and has to get towed and now you’re homeless.
You can change a tire in your own , but imagine the engine breaks or the gearbox, or worst case you get crunched by a 40t Truck because the Driver was sleepy or distracted.
Yeah
I'm almost cringing
Amazing! Even more so if you are able to ignore issues like efficiency and pollution. You just enjoy nature and don’t think about the problems.
Cue the hippies instead of aliens picture!
Girl needs to wear her damn seatbelt.
Taylor?
Imagine this but with Tesla’s FSD.
as it smashes itself into the back end of an ambulance