It’s a shame conversion vans stopped being a thing long ago…
No they didn’t. Now they’re just called “#vanlife” and cost a lot more.
What the hell are you talking about? Converting a van to a camper has never been more popular than it’s now.
You’re confusing today’s influencers taking you on a trip of them converting a van VS being able to walk into a chevy dealership and walk out with one, and it actually being affordable.
All they needed was shag carpet and a bed.
I’ve lived in vans by rivers. It wasn’t that bad.
I was excited to quote the sketch when my friend decided to live van life a long time ago. But he was too young to know about it (I made sure to show it to him before he left). Then he ended up taking a job for a rafting/tubing company for the summer. He actually did end-up “living in a van down by the river.”
I’ve never heard that phrase in my life, what was the joke if that’s the punchline?
It’s from an SNL skit from ages ago - I only know it because my high school band teacher referenced it enough that he had to show it to us so we’d get it.
Chris Farley plays a motivational speaker whose whole schtick is basically “[don’t fuck up your life] or you’ll end up LIVING IN A VAN, DOWN BY THE RIVER!” Over the course of the skit, it becomes apparent that his angle is less “don’t fuck up your life and have to deal with a tough recovery,” and more “don’t fuck up your life and end up living in a van like I currently do.”
Not only the best option, but looking better and better each day.
Last I heard vanlife is actually really gentrified especially after the used car pricing hike during covid.
Pffft, the boomers have all the river spots. Try a Walmart carpark.
Not with those flock assholes hanging around the lots.
Waterfront property in this climate? Once a century floods are happening weekly. On any given day you could wake up living, however briefly, in a van in the river.
My best friend lives in Pacifica, CA. Lots of people living in vans, and honestly it seems like a simple way to live.
I did it involuntary for 3 years.
It can be extraordinarily stressful and unpleasant, what with high temperatures, the toilet situation, and parking stealthily in an elephant sized vehicle that is the opposite of stealth. Getting messed with by gronks, and moved along by authorities.
Having said that, your outgoing costs can be very, very low, the cost of travelling locally is low, and you have all the comforts of home wherever you go. It was a good way for me to save a shitload of money in a short amount of time
