Confused

tandkj wrote:
I’m confused and so is DW. Not unusual for her but . .
Why do some people have a house and then go full time only to live in one place in their RV full time?
We sold the house to travel and travel we do. We don't stay long in one place wanting to see and do more.
This is not a putdown just don't understand and curious.

The key word is "RV'ING" Full-Time". Versus "LIVING" in an RV.
Two distinct ways and nomenclature of how people use an RV.

People that sell their home or did not have home to begin with and buy an RV and park it permanently, "LIVE" in their RV.
They are not Full-Time RV'ers.

Full-Time "RV'ers" have planned in advance usually for retirement and usually follow the sun and yes many of us spend several months in one place for the season but are up and on the road again when the season changes. Full timers RV's are not permanently bolted down in one place to live forever!

We considered keeping our house when making the decision to full time. It had been paid off for years and wasn't a financial burden. In the end, we decided to sell.

Keeping the house would have been an anchor always holding us down to our previous town even while on the road. We would have been wondering what was taking place in our absence. It was something we didn't want to think about while trying to enjoy full timing.

The buyers wanted our house fully furnished so we didn't have the burden of getting rid of a bunch of stuff. We only kept things that couldn't be replaced. Photos, etc.

We had 12 PCS moves during my military career. Moving to a new area and buying a different house is nothing new. We'll do it again when we decide we've had enough of full timing. Traveling the country in the rv will give us a chance to experience many different areas before deciding where we'll settle again.

Before we retired and started fulltiming, it was not unusual for us to pull our RV to a local campground, sometimes just a couple miles from our home, and spend several months in the RV. Crazy, but we loved RVing so much that we would rather stay in the RV than the house.

Cause that is what they want to do. Plain and simple.

We had some camping friends who used to travel around in their RV but then got tired of it (too much effort finding a place, hitching, unhitching, learning the new area, etc.) and then always went to the same CG for a few years and finally sold the RV and bought a condo in Florida.

If I had to guess, I'd say it's because they can afford it; and they want someplace to keep their "stuff". Also gives them a home base, in case they aren't able to continue the fulltime lifestyle?

I think there are many reasons including:

They can afford to keep the house.
They don't want to get rid off or store all their stuff.
It's their escape plan for when they can't travel anymore.
They want a home port.