Is this completely ridiculous?
Hello there, I'm brand new to this forum. My husband and I (along with our two little boys) currently own a 1700sf home in upstate NY. I have to tell you, I thought I would enjoy home ownership, but I...
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Usually it is a work location that ties you down, rather than what kind of structure you are living in (multi-unit, single-unit, mobile home, tiny house or RV) and mode of occupancy (renting, buying, condominium). If a job keeps you in one place, you end up "stuck" in that place, even if you move around within the commuting area for that workplace.
Full time RVing is usually about being able to move around. For some people it is about moving to temporary job locations (construction, agriculture, consulting, short term contracts or other temporary or seasonal work. For others, who don't need to work or don't need to work in a particular place, it is about just going where the weather is nice or using the mobility to enhance a home-schooling experience.
Putting a RV in a long-term rental space for several years because someone needs to go to a job location every day might not be that different than living in an apartment complex, or renting or owning a mobile home in a trailer park. But a mobile home would be likely more suitable for extended living, that's a matter of the design differences that give RVs more mobility than manufactured housing.
If a job means you are not going to be able to keep moving around, I'm not sure that living in the (under 400 sq ft) confines of a RV is going to help with the "I'm trapped here" feeling of being kept in one place by somebody's work.
I was trapped by a job for 25 years, moved around within the same city to break that up some, and managed to get an overseas job location for the last two years working. Retiring back to that place so my wife could keep working was really depressing, but not as tough as being stuck there alone after she died. I get relief from the trapped feeling by traveling often, for short periods of time, but that works because I don't have a job keeping me down. The work situation might be what needs changing, in order to have a more mobile lifestyle.
It is not completely ridiculous, but it might be addressing the wrong part of the problem.
Full time RVing is usually about being able to move around. For some people it is about moving to temporary job locations (construction, agriculture, consulting, short term contracts or other temporary or seasonal work. For others, who don't need to work or don't need to work in a particular place, it is about just going where the weather is nice or using the mobility to enhance a home-schooling experience.
Putting a RV in a long-term rental space for several years because someone needs to go to a job location every day might not be that different than living in an apartment complex, or renting or owning a mobile home in a trailer park. But a mobile home would be likely more suitable for extended living, that's a matter of the design differences that give RVs more mobility than manufactured housing.
If a job means you are not going to be able to keep moving around, I'm not sure that living in the (under 400 sq ft) confines of a RV is going to help with the "I'm trapped here" feeling of being kept in one place by somebody's work.
I was trapped by a job for 25 years, moved around within the same city to break that up some, and managed to get an overseas job location for the last two years working. Retiring back to that place so my wife could keep working was really depressing, but not as tough as being stuck there alone after she died. I get relief from the trapped feeling by traveling often, for short periods of time, but that works because I don't have a job keeping me down. The work situation might be what needs changing, in order to have a more mobile lifestyle.
It is not completely ridiculous, but it might be addressing the wrong part of the problem.
