pack their whole lives into vans and cars
The situations people go through which leads them to do this as a last case scenario where they're stuck between a rock and a hard place having to not only leave their "house" or even greater, their "homes", no they have to abandon their whole "LIFE" and start all over with much less resources and items they're able to carry...
When I tell you of how I smuggled in fancy chocolates and trendy shoes through the checkpoints at a risk to my life, are you disappointed in us for not being pristine in our victimhood, or must I add a note to explain how even in siege people might prioritize luxury over necessity to live as opposed to merely survive?
This paragraph resonates with me how sometimes we hold onto things considered as luxury even at our low points or at times that it might not make sense to others due to how precious it might be to us.