How are the RV parks faring?
Arrived here at Totonaks RV PArk in San Carlos yesterday. Was very surprised to see how empty it was. We are here at this time for the past 3 years and have never seen it so empty of RV's Maybe it i...
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Pretty slow in Baja. Many reasons, I don't think $US/CAD exchange rate is to blame since Canadians are less than 1/3 of seasonal campers. Slow economy in both US and Canada - it picked up a little, then stopped and expected to decline a little now. US gas prices dropped but still pretty high compared to 5-10 years ago, and wages and pensions didn't increase for years. In Mexico, as you know, the govt withdrew the subsidy on gasoline and it now costs more than in California.
RV-ing is losing its appeal. Wilderness (or what looks like wilderness) is disappearing, giving place to developments. People with money are buying homes, land, huge parcels on the coast where there was nothing before - and still nothing, but it's been bought and something will be build. It's not that real estate is booming here - it is slow, but when you have enough money to buy a dozen kilometers of coastline for your own use, you don't care whether it's slow - in fact you want it to remain slow and void of neighbors.
RV-ing is losing its appeal. Wilderness (or what looks like wilderness) is disappearing, giving place to developments. People with money are buying homes, land, huge parcels on the coast where there was nothing before - and still nothing, but it's been bought and something will be build. It's not that real estate is booming here - it is slow, but when you have enough money to buy a dozen kilometers of coastline for your own use, you don't care whether it's slow - in fact you want it to remain slow and void of neighbors.
