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Increasingly, San Francisco Bay residents are moving into minivans because of the expensive arena.

Residents of San Francisco are increasingly using mobile homes, school buses and Sprinter vans in order to convert them into housing and thereby save on rental properties, the price of which is sometimes inaccessible to ordinary Americans.

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“I have internet, TV, telephone, fans and ventilation,” Paulie Ollie, 37, said from his cargo van. “It’s like a tiny house.”

Olli's mobile home is secret. It is difficult to distinguish from the usual car, if you do not know what to look for. This group is called differently: nomads or #vanlife.

Andreas joined this group 3 a year ago when he was 28 years old. He lived with his brother in the Bay area for several years.

“I wanted to get out of there, but I couldn’t afford to stay near San Francisco,” said Andreas, who asked that his last name not be used. “So I bought a van.”

Dear life in the Bay area makes people act differently. Many of them get into cars.

In 2017, the hashtag #vanlife became a movement in social networks after telling how to live and travel in vans.

“This idea of ​​people living in vehicles... we've never seen that to the extent that we're seeing it now. This is a relatively new phenomenon for us and for the community,” said Tom Myers, executive director of the Community Services Agency (CSA).

According to the latest estimates, 89 of 391 CSA customers lived in cars, Myers said.

The San Francisco Municipal Code does not prohibit people from living in vehicles, although it limits where and when people can do it.

"The use of vehicles for living is prohibited in San Francisco parks, on beaches, lanes and streets between 22: 00 and 6: 00, the code says, although these rules are not often followed," said a San Francisco police officer.

Many cities in the bay area have a similar attitude to housing in a vehicle. In Palo Alto, a new city policy has recently been adopted that prohibits parking without permission in the same place during 72 hours (San Francisco already has a similar law), but it is easy to get around by moving down the block.

These days, Andreas, who teaches circus arts and gymnastics in San Francisco, parks his van next to two other similar RVers - one of them an engineer, the other a mechanic.

They cook dinner for each other, share tools and store perishable products if someone has a generator.

Food storage, he says, is not only problematic, but also limited: “You cannot go to Costco and buy in bulk." You need to constantly buy groceries. Cooking is another matter. Andreas says most residents use a propane torch and keep a few “universal, easy-to-clean” pots.

Another problem for residents on wheels is the cleaning of dishes. Water can be found in public places or in a house with friends, or you need to buy water at the grocery store. Taking a shower was even more difficult, so most people use low-cost subscriptions in the gym where they can take a shower.

The toilet is another problem. Some have to wait until they find a public toilet, others go to the gym. Andreas uses a tiny, self-contained composting unit that "doesn't smell at all."

Improving your home on wheels is key to prosperity, although it can be a costly treat.

Andreas recommends setting aside a few thousand dollars for start-up costs and a couple of hundred dollars per month in case of towing. After you postpone everything, the monthly expenses are minimal, plus: every day brings a new address and a new view from the window of your bedroom.

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