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Stutch
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Oct 29, 2015

Caught in a donut hole. Do you feel the same?

We are spending a few months in the San Jose area. We found that every rv resort is the same, with one exception (Coyote Valley RV Park).

In short, they are not RV resorts but neighborhoods of run down, low income "residents." I call it shanty town!

These "resorts" cater to the old run down campers that are permanent fixtures OR 1, 2 night passing through folks. Since we are here for 90 days, we fall into a catagory with extremely limited space. SAD and FRUSTRATING....

We stopped in one place had over 100 open spaces and were told there was a waiting list. Then they asked the age of the MH. Evidently they do not want old campers or MHs on their sites but only offer 30 amps. ODD!!!!! We have a 2015.

Sure.... Coyote is expensive, but in the scheme of things, they have a higher class of clientele. No Shanty town.

So for us, we are not campers that that want to live in these places nor are we transients.

Our site ( not saying) is OK except we could not useor Direct TV. There were a few open spots that had clear sight but we could not move into one because they were reserved for transients.

Too bad!!!
  • So are you feeling 'special' OR 'not appreciated'


    I find majority of the folks are decent, hard working, upstanding people that don't have issues with others and their lifestyle.

    We FT traveled for 7yrs. Stayed in LOTS of CGs, Parks, Resorts....some place every night.
    Only places we ever got the 'look' (YOU know the one) was in Resorts.
    Course that might have been cause we only paid $10/night while they had paid $$
  • I lived in "shantytown" for a time. I get your point. However, when you past the older rgs into those who live there they are, for the most part, just like you and I. It seemed to me to be more about the managment. To eachtheir own.

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