Millennials and RVs
Several threads recently have shown there are lots of elderly among us. Here's an article from USA Today regarding RVs and the youngsters. Link
Forum Discussion
I don't agree with the premise of the article at all. Modern features like USB ports and WiFi boosters?? 30 years ago they were putting modern features like microwaves and TV jacks in campers to cater to baby-boomers. I'm not sure how keeping up with modern technologies automatically equates to an RV industry trying to appeal to a new breed of camper. It's just changing times.
But quite the contrary to the spirit of the article and some of the comments on here, I find that many folks in their 20's and 30's (so called millienials) are quite a bit more adventurous and outgoing than their older counterparts. They're buying pop-ups and small campers with fewer amenities while the older generation is buying 40' fifth wheels with 4 slides and all the comforts of home. We see younger folks getting out and exploring, hiking, and pitching tents in remote wildernesses while the older generation spends most of their time sitting in their luxury camper watching TV. Can't tell you how many "older" people I've come across in campgrounds that spend all day sitting in their rig.
Anytime topics like this come up, some of the more experienced RV'ers act like they're macho and seek the wild outdoors camping way away from civilization while chopping all their firewood by hand and doing all their cooking with cast iron pots hung over a fire...but the vast majority are actually pulling up in expensive rigs, trying to find 50A sites and griping because they can't find a good signal with their satellite.
Old people watch their entertainment on a TV and youngins watch it on a tablet or phone? What's the difference??
But quite the contrary to the spirit of the article and some of the comments on here, I find that many folks in their 20's and 30's (so called millienials) are quite a bit more adventurous and outgoing than their older counterparts. They're buying pop-ups and small campers with fewer amenities while the older generation is buying 40' fifth wheels with 4 slides and all the comforts of home. We see younger folks getting out and exploring, hiking, and pitching tents in remote wildernesses while the older generation spends most of their time sitting in their luxury camper watching TV. Can't tell you how many "older" people I've come across in campgrounds that spend all day sitting in their rig.
Anytime topics like this come up, some of the more experienced RV'ers act like they're macho and seek the wild outdoors camping way away from civilization while chopping all their firewood by hand and doing all their cooking with cast iron pots hung over a fire...but the vast majority are actually pulling up in expensive rigs, trying to find 50A sites and griping because they can't find a good signal with their satellite.
Old people watch their entertainment on a TV and youngins watch it on a tablet or phone? What's the difference??
