When did boondocking become weird?

ohhell10339 wrote:

toedtoes wrote:

Well, seems like you're trying to justify your own way of doing things. (...diatribe)

What what seems to you and what actually is may...differ. I don't need justification for my own choices. And I repeatedly said that other people will do whatever they want and that doesn't bother me at all.

What does bother me is the transformation of campgrounds into full-hookup-RV parking plazas. And yeah, you know, a lot of discussion here (on other threads) has been about a lack of campsites nationwide. I wonder why on earth a big ol' RV even NEEDS a campsite. Of course, a lot of municipalities forbid parking on the street--because the RV slab park owners in the towns want to force everybody into their $75 a night spaces. But aren't RVs supposed to not need them...pretty much by definition?

And yeah, if there was a little bit of price resistance and people were at least minimally receptive to the idea of spending ONE night without full hookups, there might be more basic camping facilities available--not everybody needs or wants full hookups. But I guess if you've paid a quarter million for your rolling mansion, then $75 a night to park it is trivial. Like I said, money talks.

I don't know of a single campground that has or is turning into a "full hookup RV parking plaza". I do know of some campgrounds adding hookups to the existing sites. Funny though, I know a lot of tent campers who are utilizing those hookups to power their space heaters, stereo systems, wall air conditioners, and so on.

Yes, there are new RV parks springing up - but I haven't seen one yet that is in a location that I would find desirable as a camper, so they are not taking anything away from me.

I suspect they aren't affecting you as much as you like to think they are. And even if they are - get over it. Things change.