I live as a vagabond in my van – I ask strangers to buy me gas but I’m an artist too
A SELF-DESCRIBED vagabond has given a tour of the inside of her van.
The artist works as a glass blower but sometimes she has to ask strangers to buy her gas so she can get around.
TikToker Sailor Anarcho (@sailoranarcho) posted a new video where she gave a tour of her van.
“I’m a vagabond living in my van on these roads for years, doing the best I can to survive,” she captioned her video.
“I’m a glass artist,” she added. “I make some really pretty things.”
The inside of the van has colorful blankets covering the windows. She has two pets: a dog and a cat.
In the back of the Chevy was a bed with a portable air conditioner.
The center of the van is where she keeps her belongings.
There’s a mini island with five-gallon water bottles on the floor and some shelves and boxes.
Sailor has a cooler where she keeps her groceries and a hotplate to cook her food.
One of the windows was decorated with stained glass.
She showed the cardboard signs she keeps in the door’s pockets for when she needs gas or groceries.
They said things like, “Have a wonderful day” and “Just need gas.”
Sailor is far from the only person living in van life.
People participating in that lifestyle have increased by 63 percent over the last two years, according to Statista.
In 2020, 1.9million Americans lived in vans, but in 2022, the number increased to 3.1million, per Statista.
Most people who live in vans have an average square footage of 126 square feet, per Yahoo.