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Don t give an inch Overwhelmed by the constant upkeep of their 280-square-metre house, Raver and her husband, Dave, knew they had to make a change. So a few years ago, they invested in a vintage Airstream trailer that they gutted and refurbished to fit their family of five and their large German shepherd. I took a full inventory of everything we would need and then figured out the exact size and amount of space everything would take up, Raver says. The couple used every inch of the trailer. They created doors under the mattresses, so they could fill the cavities with out-of-season clothing and extra bedding, and drawers were individually sculpted to fit around the trailer s ductwork.
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In 2013, Jessica Bruder moved into a campervan named Van Halen and hit the road to document the growing subculture of working-class Americans who have given up traditional housing to move into wheel estate - many due to economic or personal hardship.
The project spanned three years and saw Bruder travel from coast to coast, from Mexico to the Canadian border, along the way meeting some incredible characters.
The resulting book
Nomadland: Surviving America in the twenty-first century was released in 2017 to critical acclaim, and was the inspiration for the triple-Oscar winning movie directed by Chloé Zhao and starring Frances McDormand.