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Originally Posted by notanlines
"Seems like a lot of to do about nothing"
Marshall, the three major RV parks in the area we stay in Wisconsin won't even allow tents anymore. Not even to let the kids sleep in over the week-end. And RV parks all across the country won't allow any RV's over 10-15 years old. I'm not sure where we're going with this as a country. The campgrounds seem to be staying with the tents/pop-ups but the RV parks shying away from them. It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack.
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You're so right, Jim.....
In "times long past" there were RV's and places to park them (called campgrounds).. Then along came the "Airstream parks" in the 50's and the "RV Resorts" in the 60's. Those were typically in southern California and Arizona/New Mexico and catered to the snowbirds. In the 70's, many of those Resorts started marketing to "the affluent" who could afford to buy a lot in the Resort that could be "rented out when not used by the owner"...
As that "landscape changed from commercial to privately owned" the owners didn't want to be parked next to a "trashy looking trailer" so they pushed the developers to impose restrictions (strictly to keep the riff raff out)... As the years progress, the rules keep getting more stringent.
Now, we've got "classes of RV parking" that range from "organized chaos" (think about a casino parking lot on Friday night) to exclusive resorts that cater to "million dollar motorhomes" (think about Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort) in which a small lot ranges from $125K to $500K (there's one lot listed for $1 million) and include a "locked, owner's only (no renters allowed) clubhouse with an exclusive elevator to the observation deck and owner's bar located above the card rooms and private kitchen/entertainment facilities, reserved for property owner's exclusive use.....
Yep, the days of "buying a camper and mingling with other campers along the way" has changed quite a bit over the years.... I'm not so sure that it's all "for the better" but then I don't own a 2 million dollar "all electric" luxury motorhome and need to stay away from the "common people who populate the run of the mill campgrounds"....
I suppose people like Elvis, Springsteen, Pelosi and others can't just show up at Mill Creek KOA and expect to be "safe, secure and shielded from the riff raff"
So, there has "evolved" a set of "campgrounds" that cater to those people who have their "driver take the motorhome to the resort and set it up, then go to the local hotel to stay while they "fly in for the weekend (in their private jet) and on Monday, the driver returns to take the motorhome to the next "campground" for them.......
Yes, there are some "exclusive requirements in some places that simply won't let a family with a Keystone fifth wheel and a tent so the kids can sleep outside like Mom and Dad used to do when their parents took them "camping back in the 60's"...
Times, they sure have changed... I'm still unsure if it is "for the better".....