JaxDad wrote:
valhalla360 wrote:
JaxDad wrote:
valhalla360 wrote:
CKNSLS wrote:
spoon059 wrote:
Curious how you anticipate doing this, and why. NYC has a tendency to get cold in the winter. I have a feeling that this winter will be colder than normal. Without constant power, your RV will be very cold. A very cold RV will suffer damage with pipes and black/gray tanks. It is very likely that it will not work.
It begs the question, why not either stay at Liberty Harbor or find another campground reasonably close and commute into the city?
The OP will be making alternate plans after one winter. Agree with Liberty RV Park being the closest - but it's $80ish a night - hardly an economical place to camp.
It's all relative. An apartment that close to Manhatten is likely a lot more than $80/night. They have a deal pay 6 nights get 7th free. So you are looking at around $2k/month. I'm not sure but wouldn't be surprised if they have monthly rate that would be lower in winter.
Probably cheaper to stay out 30-50 miles out and catch a train in.
This whole idea is about false economy.
$80 / night is $2,400 / month, and that's just the parking spot, add on propane and incidentals and I seriously dought you could do it for under $3,000 / month.
Just for giggles, let's say it's a 30' RV, that would be 240 sq. ft.
I'm pretty sure you could get an 'apartment' that size for under $3k / month, even in the better parts of NYC.
With the 6 nights/7th free, it's just over $2000 plus the apartment will have utilities and taxes also. That's before checking if they have a monthly rate, which if they are open in the winter is likely going to drop the rate even more.
Do you know where the campground is? You would be hard pressed to get an apartment in that price range just across from the tip of Manhattan.
Oh, so apartments in Manhattan are ~240 sq. ft. and the utilities the tenant has to pay for includes HEAT? And they have 4 exterior walls, poor windows, exposed underbelly and roof, and no running water or flush toilets? Really?
I always thought it was a little classier than that.
I learned something new today.
Let's not forget there are no sewer hookups at the Liberty RV park. You have to dump. It looked like there were some at one time, but now they are covered up.
