To B or not to B

Papa O wrote:

....Is this faulty thinking for a couple who would describe themselves as big city and scenic tourists and not so much as campers?...

I'm going to throw in a slightly different perspective, perhaps even a little extreme from your prospective. I have an RT170P, one of the smallest and stealthiest Class Bs made. You are about as far from Boston as I am from NYC, and I like touring/camping the Eastcoast shoreline which we both know is the probably the most crowded place in the US for that. My footprint is about the size of a Chevy Suburban so I can pretty much go/park anywhere including travel on the restricted parkways around the tri-state area (I have passenger plates). I always seem to be able make it into all those "no RV" parking lots in the center of tourist destinations and which are invariably ~ 18 ft.

Sure my 170 can be a little tight if stuck inside with bad weather for prolonged periods, but, on the flip side...what are you going to do with your RV when you are NOT camping/traveling? Can you park on your driveway? Will you put your RV into LT storage mode? Would you feel awkward taking it for a grocery/mall run, a simple half/full-day road trip? Use it haul junk to the dump? Etc. etc.

I use mine as a second/third car (except for when the roads are a salty mess) all the time. Great "base station" for half/whole day trips. A nice little climate controlled "house" to take my dog with us wherever we go. A second home to hang out in for a few hours when I get sick of the mall or when my kid needs to be somewhere (cuts the drive down to a single round trip). A utility vehicle to haul large items, move my kid to/from college, etc.

For me, a Class C, would be in storage mode if not specifically used for camping trips, and I'd even feel awkward using the larger Sprinter based vehicles as a second vehicle.... But that's just one perspective from a fellow suburb dweller on the crowded, and sometimes image conscious, Eastcoast ;).