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hitchhiking
[[File:Hitchhiking worldwide 2024.png|thumb|Hitchhiking waiting times worldwide with uncertainties of estimation (2024) - based on data from Hitchmap ]] thumb|A man and woman hitchhiking near Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1936, photograph by [[Walker Evans]] thumb|upright|A man with both a physical gesture and a sign
bohemianism
thumb|upright|Pierre-Auguste Renoir, In Summer (or Lise the Bohemian), 1868, oil on canvas, Berlin, Germany: [[Alte Nationalgalerie]]
digital nomad
those who use telecommunications technologies to earn a living and, more generally, conduct their life in a nomadic manner
hobo
thumb|Two hobos, one carrying a bindle, walking along railroad tracks after being put off a train (1930s) A hobo is a migrant worker in the United States. Hobos, tramps, and bums are generally regarded as related, but distinct: a hobo travels and is willing to work; a tramp travels, but avoids work if possible; a bum neither travels nor works.
fugitive
A fugitive or runaway is a person who is fleeing from custody, whether it be from jail, a government arrest, government or non-government questioning, vigilante violence, or outraged private individuals. A fugitive from justice, also known as a wanted person, can be a person who is either convicted or accused of a crime and hiding from law enforcement in the state or taking refuge in a different country in order to avoid arrest.
itinerant court
government that travels from place to place
vagrancy
thumb|John Everett Millais' [[The Blind Girl, depicting a vagrant musician]]
Wanderlust
thumb|A recreational sailboat named "Wanderlust" Wanderlust is a strong desire to wander or travel and explore the world. The term has its roots in German Romanticism.
mendicant
thumb|right|A Japanese Buddhist pilgrim on alms round (during Shikoku Pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan)
van-dwelling
thumb|A table by a Volkswagen Type 2, a vehicle commonly used for van-dwelling Van-dwelling, van life, or vanlife is an unconventional lifestyle of living in a car, van, or other motor vehicle. A person who lives in such a manner, either on a full or part-time basis, is known as a vanlifer, van dweller, car dweller, or vehicle dweller. People who live this way by choice are typically seeking a more self-sufficient lifestyle characterized by freedom and mobility. They may perceive it as being a less regulated form of housing, or one that offers a lower cost advantage over standard housing, espe
post-vacation blues
informal term describing depression felt by people after a vacation (especially a long one)
tramp
thumb|A romanticized tramp depicted in an 1899 U.S. poster
Global nomad
person living a mobile and international lifestyle
gutter punk
punk subculture
snowbird
person, especially an older person, who moves to a more desirable climate
perpetual traveler
concept of basing aspects of one's life in different countries
Broder singer
Jewish itinerant performers in Austrian Galicia, Romania, and Russia, professional or semiprofessional songwriters and performers