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That is a preceived notion, not an actual one. Class A seating is more up front, better frontal visability, better over the traffic visability. While driving a C might seem more van like, the downsides are hard to access the living area without going outside, overhead you can possibly hit with your head, cramped feeling driving area. I tought my wife to drive our class A in about 15 minutes on I5 in southern California years ago.
I dont advocate it, but when traveling to the eadt coast years ago we were able to switch drivers without sropping. Something you can never do in a class C