New Guy, Basic Questions on Full Time Cost

Dog Folks wrote:
I can agree with most of your post except:"You control the purse strings, but in general, an apples to apples comparison = no savings in an RV."

With the same basic standard of lining I have experienced a change of 1/2 the cost of living full time in a camper compared with a house.

I lived in a 12X40 mobile for a few years before I moved back in to the house. The park I was in had quite a few RV's...both motor homes & travel trailers...if you own your rig & aren't making payments on it, it's quite a bit cheaper living in a park than it is in either an apt. or house. My current mortgage payment is only $735 a mo. but when you pile on the garbage, sewer, water & taxes, it's well over $900...
My monthly bill at the park hovered around the $400 mark with the gas & electricity being metered. The park provided water, sewage & garbage.
Granted, you don't have the square footage to accumulate a lot of junk, but I'm tired of excess "stuff" anyway & how much space can a person occupy at any given time??? One of my best friends has been full time for over the 14 years I've known him & his wife & I seriously don't think you could "GIVE" him a house. They currently have a motor home but are gonna be switching back to a travel trailer in the near future. They generally spend about half their time up in the Sierras completely rent free. At times they do the work camper thing when they're low on cash. They are two of the happiest people I know.