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Do people go to Instagram for a healthy dose of reality?
Consider that those folks who are monetizing the vanlife are crafting an image of what people want to see, and maybe that thing is a bit of a whimsical day dream. The NY article is a piece of the image too. Judging someone from those superficial snapshots is brash. Quote:
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*if* their goal is to build a brand around whatever that may be these days, it's working as you're talking about them. my guess is they are not waking up in a national park lake talking about your office or 401k.
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Ha, that's one of the funny little facts that she whined about in the article. They can't go deep and do the life in national parks because there's no wifi or connection. Irony.
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And, why not judge someone from those "superficial snapshots" when that is the material that they want to be judged by? What else is there? A few inane 140 word ramblings about their "lifestyle"?
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back to the van conversion topic for a moment
https://wayfarervans.com/walter-camper-kit/ does a drop in kit for Promasters which seems to get you a fully built camper van for a fairly reasonable price (without heat or bathroom). Would be a cool rig get out and hit remote MTB locations in the mountains or UP of MI, something along those lines. Last edited by commonguy001; 11-13-2018 at 02:19 PM. |
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Nice. Affordable.
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Living in a van down by the river.
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Don't let the tire iron hit you on the way out. Last edited by gemship; 11-13-2018 at 03:21 PM. Reason: What would van life be without a blowout? |
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and as a related/not related subject I opened my instagram and the first post was from AARP about- of all things- # VANLIFE.... I'm totally sure big brother is watching now..and no I did no #vanlife searches other than looking at the post in the forum and clicking the link to the Huffington Post article
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I can work on bikes. I can barely hang up a towel rod. I have the time to go on adventures precisely because I work a job that maximizes the value I get for being good at the things I'm good at. I suck at carpentry. And if I tried to build out a van, it'd look awful and cost me way more in time than it would cost me in dollars to pay someone who actually knows what they are doing and likes doing it to do that thing. I can earn those dollars doing something I'm good at. If I derived pleasure from building out vans, that would be a different thing. But there is only so much time in the day, and I'd rather spend it riding or wrenching on bikes. Or actually using the van to get out of the city whenever I can.
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The trade-off is money vs time. If you are making a good living, buy the van ready to go, and grab those precious weekend days. If you are gainfully unemployed and poor like me--it will be a DIY when the time comes. I thought those kits looked like a pretty good start for a project--they would save quite a bit of trial and error fitting the panels. |
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You IG your struggle to get to van life. #prevanlife
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