Slide vs no slide

I prefer no slides. But in reality that's kind of like trying to buy a new car with manual windows and three on the tree. My Creek Side was carefully selected as it has a walk around queen bed and a big back wind with U-shaped dinette and no slides. We pay for that...small bathroom That's what is important to us. Slides make the framing weaker on whatever side it is on. You can't have a hole that big in the side of a trailer and not expect it to have an affect (effect?) at some point in it's life span. I would say, the longer the trailer, the more that hole in the side will weaken the coach. If it is a stick and tin coach, then it's going to be exponentially more, 'specially if you travel off road and back country roads much. As I get older and retire, I might find that my cute little 20fq is getting small for my bride and I and may have to go to a larger rig....it will probably have a slide. I'll do a lot of looking and asking prior to buying one and it will likely be 26 feet or less in length. My own opinions. Others will chime in. Or Gong me off the post!