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I never understood a R.V.
People use them to get away and then end up parked along side 1000 R.V.'s full of people. Not much of a get away.
Many RVers boondock (park in places other than developed camgrounds). The nicer RV resorts don't have the RVs packed in like sardines. Not all RVers use them just to "get away"; many live in them fulltime and travel from place to place rather than living in just one place all the time. Snowbirds use them to live part of the year where the climate is better. Other RVers prefer them to motels/hotels when traveling since you don't know how clean the room is going to be, if it has bedbugs or lice, etc. (even the best hotels aren't always completely sanitary and/or bug free).
I want to both snowbird and be able to easily get ready to move in an hour or so if I get stuck with noisy or otherwise inconsiderate neighbors.
In Europe, the scenario is a bit different. People use their RVs only for vacation. I think very few live in RVs full time. There are a few that use them as snowbirds going e.g. to Spain in the winter. But those are few because even Spain is not that warm during the winter.
I never went to crowded campsites. And often I stayed on a farmer's grassy area if the farmer permitted. Some farmers attract campers (max. 6 allowed) and they sell them their products. You pay only a small fee because they have to have sanitary facilities.
I also camped 'in the wild' - e.g. on the dunes of Normandie. With my 2 German Shepherd dogs I felt safe. It is a different and very relaxing way to pass your vacation. I would still do it, but since I really don't drive any more (at least not long distance), it is no more in the cards. And the wife, when driving, would not want to haul a trailer.
Nope you can all blame me I thought I had posted in the News section
This really wasn't a chill out room topic really so better mark it as solved not that the base problem is going to get solved any time soon