RVs and the migrant elderly workers of our times

2112 wrote:
As much as we would hate to admit it there is a group that do fit her description. I met one just a few weeks ago while he was hosting in a state park. He doesn't even own a vehicle. How he got his trailer there I do not know.

He's too young for SS, no disability, no income, working 100 hours/month for a FHU campsite. 'Food Stamps" only carried him for a few weeks so he ate by the goodness of others.. We fed him for 3 days and practically emptied our pantry to him when we were moving on.

He was a pleasant, considerate young man down on his luck. I wish him well.

We have only spent one season on the road but I was surprised how many people we ran into that were living in tents, cars, vans. Not camping like when my parents took us camping but living that way. The story far from covered all the different types of people rv'ing or their reasons but there probably are more and more people who choose this lifestyle because they cant make it on the low wages and high prices.

There can be endless jobs available but if they are $10.00 an hour and an apartment in a minimally safe area is $700.00 or more its probably survival at best.