“Live in Your Van 2” attracted thousands of newcomers, including Bob Wells, and kept gaining momentum. In the four years following the 2008 economic crash, the ranks more than doubled, growing to 8,560 people. A description of the group read: VanDwellers is the meeting place of [a] far-flung tribe. It is the Circle of Elders, the Nurturing Cradle for those who find themselves entering this cultural world by choice or by circumstance, the place for the Rites of Passage of newbies, a place where the Hunters and Gatherers of Information share the bounty with the tribe.
