Campground = low income housing???
I wasn't sure where to post this question so I figured I would try here. It's as much of a rant as it is a question, but it is a legitimate question. I've been tent camping my whole life but am ne...
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Well, it's pretty obvious that most everyone that replied missed my point. Maybe I didn't communicate it well enough.
When I go recreational camping with my family, I want to go to a campground that is recreational not a housing project.
State/corps campgrounds do have limitations but as explained to me by one of the abusers, all you have to do is register the spot in your uncles name the next 14 days, then moms, then sister, etc, etc, etc...
I appreciate everyones sentiments about why people may be there full time, and I completely understand why a lot of folks are and I know hard luck can fall on anyone...but thats not where I want to bring my family. I'm not judging anyone, I could be in the same boat myself at any given time with the economy the way it is...but when I take my family out for RECREATIONAL camping I don't want to be surrounded by a bunch of peoples homes and all the full time resident "living" that happens in all the homes surrounding me.
Take offense if you want, but I'm not judging you or the ones you know that "camp" long term.
As far as moving down the road like some have suggested...WHERE? Where do I go that doesn't have long term campers? How do I identify. Is there a particular chain or type? I've tried 2 state parks and a KOA that both were loaded with long term campers (who all had the best spots btw). The KOA was trashy and I mean literally trashy.
I'm not digging for rock bottom prices and couldn't care less how much I paid within reason as long as I knew me and my family werent going to be surrounded by people who werent "camping" but were "living" there.
When I think about taking my family out camping I think about being surrounded by nature and fellow campers. I didn't expect to be surrounded by a trailer park and thats been my experience so far in the total of 5 trips I've made to what I would consider to be overpriced, not underpriced campgrounds.
I chose KOA because I expected a level of uniformity and cleanliness. After staying in one and checking out 3 others, I've learned that, to me, they are just trailer parks with a few actual campers.
Regardless of how valid the reason is for folks to be staying long term, I just don't want to be surrounded by them when I take the family recrerational camping and I was just looking for suggestions on how to find out how much any given place allows. Surely with as popular as camping is and as long as RV camping has been around there should be a pretty good network of information out there. The reviews I read about the places I have stayed at so far were stellar. I assume thats because most of the reviews came from what I saw to be most of the people staying there, ie. long termers.
When I go recreational camping with my family, I want to go to a campground that is recreational not a housing project.
State/corps campgrounds do have limitations but as explained to me by one of the abusers, all you have to do is register the spot in your uncles name the next 14 days, then moms, then sister, etc, etc, etc...
I appreciate everyones sentiments about why people may be there full time, and I completely understand why a lot of folks are and I know hard luck can fall on anyone...but thats not where I want to bring my family. I'm not judging anyone, I could be in the same boat myself at any given time with the economy the way it is...but when I take my family out for RECREATIONAL camping I don't want to be surrounded by a bunch of peoples homes and all the full time resident "living" that happens in all the homes surrounding me.
Take offense if you want, but I'm not judging you or the ones you know that "camp" long term.
As far as moving down the road like some have suggested...WHERE? Where do I go that doesn't have long term campers? How do I identify. Is there a particular chain or type? I've tried 2 state parks and a KOA that both were loaded with long term campers (who all had the best spots btw). The KOA was trashy and I mean literally trashy.
I'm not digging for rock bottom prices and couldn't care less how much I paid within reason as long as I knew me and my family werent going to be surrounded by people who werent "camping" but were "living" there.
When I think about taking my family out camping I think about being surrounded by nature and fellow campers. I didn't expect to be surrounded by a trailer park and thats been my experience so far in the total of 5 trips I've made to what I would consider to be overpriced, not underpriced campgrounds.
I chose KOA because I expected a level of uniformity and cleanliness. After staying in one and checking out 3 others, I've learned that, to me, they are just trailer parks with a few actual campers.
Regardless of how valid the reason is for folks to be staying long term, I just don't want to be surrounded by them when I take the family recrerational camping and I was just looking for suggestions on how to find out how much any given place allows. Surely with as popular as camping is and as long as RV camping has been around there should be a pretty good network of information out there. The reviews I read about the places I have stayed at so far were stellar. I assume thats because most of the reviews came from what I saw to be most of the people staying there, ie. long termers.
