Lance 1161 Side Entrance - Your opinions

I bought my 1161 just for the side entrance.
Our previous basement Fleetwood had 12" tall step on narrow bumper and the glow steps brought several issues.
We just ended over 7000 miles trip with Lance and side entrance is great convenience when you stop often (we have 3 small dogs).
BUT the factory steps are not too good. They are too narrow when only 3 steps for us was great convenience, our dogs had trouble on narrow steps regardless carpet liner.
Also when you drop the camper the steps are the first obstacle, so our basement model was coming to the same 2 steps what side entrance does.
After the long trip we don't plan any long one for some time, so we will be selling Lance and keeping Fleetwood.
Mainly for more space in the shower and way more storage.
Comparing TC to 5th, I don't think there is going be fair comparison.
With TC we went everywhere.
Monument Valley with "no RV" signs - drove right thru.
Bridge marked 11-8" ? I roll as per my measurements 11-8" is what my camper has, but turn out safe to pass.
Narrow city streets? So what?
Parking at front door at Walmart?
Filling up downtown where diesel was $1.99 last summer?

P Colahan wrote:
We had thought about a fifth wheel but due to storage cost, registration and insurance, plus finding places to park it on the road with no reservations, we thought the camper would be a better alternative.

That was our thinking as well. We were going back and forth between a small 5th wheel and a large TC and decided to go with mobility over size.

Never owned a Lance but if you like the floorpan, tank sizes, etc, I think you will be happy.