It’s almost impossible to peruse Instagram these days without coming across some perfectly pictured people gazing out the window of their converted vans, with the sun shining over a lake or mountainscape in the distance. Yes, with the rise of #vanlife, alternative lifestyles, and minimalist movements, living in a van down by the river went from being a bad joke in the 90s to being a life goal today. And why shouldn’t it be? Living a mobile lifestyle, one that isn’t tethered to a place or to things can offer endless possibilities when it comes to adventure and discovery. There’s just one question, who’s building all those vans and mobile homes?
According to Business Insider, it’s not Millennials. It may be surprising to learn, but despite the fact that most of the people pictured living a mobile lifestyle are young, with the exception of DIYers, it’s not young people building those homes. Business Insider recently reported on jobs that baby boomers held in the 1990s but millennials want no part of today, and top of their list was mobile home builders. In fact, whereas in 1990 people aged 21-36 comprised 57% of the workforce in the mobile home manufacturing industry, in 2017 that number dropped down to less than a third, a mere 31%. A surprising statistic, perhaps, but with the general decline in manufacturing jobs and the rise of tech work, the decrease may continue, either as a result of disinterest in the work or simply an unavailability of work to begin with as manufacturing declines and is outsourced overseas.
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