Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.

Vanlife & Other Dystopian Late Capitalist Nightmares!


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This week, Madeline & Kenna talk about #vanlife, the housing crisis, and that band The New Radicals!

PATREON:

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SOURCES:

https://nypost.com/2020/07/18/corporations-are-buying-houses-robbing-families-of-american-dream/

https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/23/how-much-housing-prices-have-risen-since-1940.html

https://outboundliving.com/van-life-statistics/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/24/vanlife-the-bohemian-social-media-movement

https://calmatters.org/california-dream/2019/07/van-life-california-millennial-communities-housing-crisis/

https://www.salon.com/2020/02/29/is-van-life-a-freedom-movement-or-an-economic-crisis/

https://whereyoumakeit.com/converted-vehicles/stats/

https://archive.curbed.com/2019/4/3/18264579/van-life-millennials-campers-sprinter-air-stream-thor

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/11/home-buyers-face-increased-competition-investors/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/11/07/ghost-towns-america-zip-codes-highest-vacancy-rates/38371381/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2020/10/14/van-life-americans-ready-try-covid-19-pandemic-financial-insecurity/3649407001/

https://parade.com/643064/beckyhughes/working-homeless-population-grows-in-cities-across-the-u-s/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2019/oct/21/van-homes-arent-romantic-they-are-proof-of-our-horrifying-housing-crisis

https://slate.com/business/2018/08/vehicular-homelessness-is-on-the-rise-should-cities-help-people-sleep-in-their-cars.html

https://newrepublic.com/article/161807/van-life-nomadic-living-housing-affordability

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/02/12/covid-unemployment-layoffs-foreclosure-eviction-homeless-car-rv/6713901002/

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