โMay-03-2014 12:38 PM
โMay-06-2014 09:57 AM
mockturtle wrote:Let me save you some money on your anthropological study. There's probably 3 million or more RV-ers in the US; so there's probably 3 million or more reasons why they picked the spot they did. So the end result of your anthropological study is "As long as they are not breaking any rules, you just have to accept their choice". We I was a kid we called that "If you don't like it you can lump it".
I still think that most are missing the point! It's not a question of anyone being antisocial. It's a question of why anyone would park right next to the only rig in an otherwise empty campground. In other words, it's not about camper number one, it's about camper number two. It does happen and I consider it a phenomenon worthy of anthropological study. ๐
โMay-06-2014 09:34 AM
โMay-06-2014 09:31 AM
โMay-06-2014 09:28 AM
0rion wrote:Crowe wrote:
what is the thought process of pulling in right next to another RVer when there would be 100 other empty sites of the exact same kind as in my example above?
Just accept the fact there isn't any and move on! Why get so wrapped around the axle about something that is so trivial? There's one thing you, Mock and the OP have to realize. It's not camper #2 that has the problem. It's YOU.
ding ding ding......we have a winner
โMay-06-2014 09:26 AM
0rion wrote:Jloucks wrote:2gypsies wrote:
Let's put it another way to try and get a definite answer.
If there's a 200 site campground and all the sites are alike - no rivers, lakes, mountains, etc. They're all the same length of site and are all in the forest - no views. Say it's off season and there are only a handful of campers there.
So the question is, why would someone in the above circumstances, park right next door to another RV?
If they did, I think the real answer is because they need the security of people. People nowdays are used to being connected to others - all the social sites, Facebook, etc. and many constantly hold their phone in their hands checking their texts and waiting for it to ring. Folks seem to need ready access to people. That's my theory.
I think it is pretty much a known fact that humans are social creatures. Funny thing is.. camping humans, on average, sway the other way. ...sometimes. Other times, they park right next to you. It really is just that simple.
So, technically, the anti-people people are the exception. ...there are just more of this exception when camping.
Look where most people work - Jammed in with other people
Look where most people live - Right next door to other people
...school...
...sports...
...movies...
So camping is a surprise?!
to explain the anti's I think you need to look at the actual act of camping. When people camp they like to think they're bonding with nature or somehow making do with less than they normally would. Of course this is after they've spent 30 minutes setting up their $40k rig and putting out all the tiki torches, entrance rugs, folding gravity chairs, awning lights, hooking up to 30amp shore power, water line, and sewer. After that though....it's all about roughing it.
โMay-06-2014 09:20 AM
โMay-06-2014 06:14 AM
mockturtle wrote:
I still think that most are missing the point! It's not a question of anyone being antisocial. It's a question of why anyone would park right next to the only rig in an otherwise empty campground. In other words, it's not about camper number one, it's about camper number two. It does happen and I consider it a phenomenon worthy of anthropological study. ๐
โMay-06-2014 05:58 AM
Crowe wrote:
what is the thought process of pulling in right next to another RVer when there would be 100 other empty sites of the exact same kind as in my example above?
Just accept the fact there isn't any and move on! Why get so wrapped around the axle about something that is so trivial? There's one thing you, Mock and the OP have to realize. It's not camper #2 that has the problem. It's YOU.
โMay-06-2014 05:16 AM
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be
Douglas AdamsโMay-05-2014 09:53 PM
mockturtle wrote:
I still think that most are missing the point! It's not a question of anyone being antisocial. It's a question of why anyone would park right next to the only rig in an otherwise empty campground. ๐
โMay-05-2014 07:36 PM
โMay-05-2014 06:49 PM
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be
Douglas AdamsโMay-05-2014 06:38 PM
2gypsies wrote:
Let's put it another way to try and get a definite answer.
If there's a 200 site campground and all the sites are alike - no rivers, lakes, mountains, etc. They're all the same length of site and are all in the forest - no views. Say it's off season and there are only a handful of campers there.
So the question is, why would someone in the above circumstances, park right next door to another RV?
If they did, I think the real answer is because they need the security of people. People nowdays are used to being connected to others - all the social sites, Facebook, etc. and many constantly hold their phone in their hands checking their texts and waiting for it to ring. Folks seem to need ready access to people. That's my theory.
โMay-05-2014 06:23 PM
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be
Douglas AdamsโMay-05-2014 06:13 PM