Curious on the social aspect of rv'ing

Can only speak for myself but we enjoy meeting people.
I think it depends a lot on the kind of place you are camping.
We usually stay at state parks or corps of engineer campgrounds and most people are very friendly.
We always try and wave and speak, I think you just have to play it from there to see how people react.
We try very hard not to be standoffish or overly friendly, again it is something you just have to feel.

We have found most everyone while out camping to be nice with differing degrees of social interaction. We will tend to keep to ourselves but do a lot of waving while walking around.

We play it by ear and go with the flow. Generally, most people are content when RVing and tend to be a friendly bunch. It really depends on your closest camping neighbors, some like to keep to themselves while others are more outgoing in terms of getting to know their fellow campers. Either way we are pretty flexible and enjoy ourselves whether it is just a friendly wave or actually spending some time getting acquainted.

We watch the chair position at each site. If the people there are facing the street and return your wave, they are usually wiling to chat.

If they keep their chairs or picnic table facing away from the street, we leave them alone unless invited.

Most are friendly.

Personally I have had more social contact and interaction in a month than I did in a year at my regular house.

Here's my observations regarding social aspect in any situation.

My DW and I are opposites when it comes to being around unknown people like in a campground. She is the type of person that starts conversations with anyone. She always has a smile and an "open" demeanor so people gravitate towards her. It's amazing to watch. We will be in a store or at a restaurant or in a campground and within minutes she will be in conversation with people to the point where folks will hug her before they walk away.

I on the other hand tend to go about my business have a "closed" demeanor and acknowledge others but not try to start a conversation. If I choose to be friendly I can, all it takes is a smile and a comment about something the other person is doing, wearing or something they have... "Nice Motorhome"

In campgrounds it doesn't take long to build friendships, common interest in RVing is the ice breaker and it takes off from there.

Thanks mostly to my DW we have many long time friendships that began in a campground. It seems each time we go camping we end up with more friends...

People from all walks of life go RAving, some do and some don't chat. You could ask the same question about a neighborhood or bar or restaurant or even work, no one or no place is the same.

korbe wrote:
We have found most everyone while out camping to be nice with differing degrees of social interaction. We will tend to keep to ourselves but do a lot of waving while walking around.

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And there are extremes both ways:

One time a neighbor next campsite over asked if us if cigar smoke would bother us, we said no. So every evening he would fire one up and then go back inside his RV. That was the only time we saw him the entire time we were there over a week. One morning he is hooking up and says "Your the best neighbor I had yet, you didn't bother me once"

Another time when out for a stroll, I just waved and said 'Hi" at this lady sitting under her awning. 1/2 hour later she is walking 3 dogs on a leash by us. She waves as she walks by, I wave back and say nice dogs. She makes a turn into our lot and gives me the entire life of her dogs for about an hour.

Neither one is good or bad, just different people.

We tend to keep to ourselves but if someone stops to talk to us we are good with that will spend the time.

It is different trip to trip but we wave, say hi etc to everyone. Sometime we talk to people walking or the neighbors but sometimes they seem to keep to their selves. We generally don't invite people to campfires or get invited. If we are in a group then we tend to stay more to ourselves.

We have met several 'lifelong' friends at various campgrounds and see each other regularly when away and when at home. Hope to meet many more.