My prediction for the future..
RV sales have been red hot for a few years. During Covid19 they couldn't keep them in stock, at least around here. That means there's a lot of quasi-impulse buys out there. In the near future there...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
I should have been more specific, I should have said "I think with the insane cost of owning a home more will be heading to the RV lifestyle."
It's cheap to live in the Thousand Trails system as one example.
I am not sure what folks are doing to have an "insane" cost of owning a home.
Granted, I live in a very rural area but only 20 miles in the nearest city from me it is not unusual for a 1/4 acre plot of land to cost over $50K..
Insane costs typically come from living way to close to a large city or suburbs of a large city..
Sometimes best to be willing to sacrifice the convenience of up close living in a large city and opt for a longer commute as a trade off. I commuted 100 miles per day for the last 23 yrs.
I bought an cheap old fixer upper on several acres of land out of the way, gutted and rehabbed as I had the money to do so. I bought what I could afford on a single income even though we both worked. We paid extra on the mortgage, paid it off in half the time saving a huge amount of money.
Been paid off for the last 30 yrs, now all we pay is property taxes ($800 per yr), electric, gas for heat.. Our costs are no where close to insane levels.
The city local to me it is no issue finding 1 bedroom apartments for $500-$600 per month, granted there may be places where you might have to pay $1,000 or more in certain cities but, but, you have a choice..
You can choose to continue to live in that expensive city or move to other places with lower cost housing and perhaps find a better paying job at the same time (I have had to change jobs multiple times over the yrs to get better pay). Absolutely no one is locked into staying in a place that is not affordable or even a bad or low paying job, they have the option to move where cost of living is lower.
Choosing a RV is a very poor decision if you are looking for a cheap alternative place to stay but for some reason folks seem to think all RVrs live for cheap or free.. It is far from that and I am sure you fully understand that.
