Could you live in your camper?

Luvoutdoors · 08-31-2010, 09:16 AM

Could you live in your camper...permanently? We have a friend that has a pop up camper and has been living in it full time for over a year after he lost his home. I think you could do it okay with one person maybe two but more than that and you would lose your minds!

Gracy · 08-31-2010, 09:38 AM

We have a popup trailer.... hahaha I don't think we could live in it. But if that was all we had, I'm sure we'd make due

CFlyer · 08-31-2010, 12:10 PM

Necessity is the mother of invention as they say. If there is nowhere else to live besides the camper then I'm sure that I will make do with it. Some, if not many, people are living on their campers because they have nowhere else to go.

northernbushape · 08-31-2010, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CFlyer

Necessity is the mother of invention as they say. If there is nowhere else to live besides the camper then I'm sure that I will make do with it. Some, if not many, people are living on their campers because they have nowhere else to go.

Well put. When I look at people in distressed communities living in shanties and old tattered tents, I think a camper would be the lap of luxury.

Would I do it by choice? Probably not. I think the constant turning sideways to move around in it would drive me nuts. Maybe a bigger trailer I could, but I would most likely build an outdoor shelter to go with it so I could have alternative space to stretch out a bit.

If I had no choice though, I would be grateful for a decent trailer or camper for sure and would make do.

SallyA · 08-31-2010, 02:21 PM

I don't think it would be so bad to live in a camper in the warmer months when you can get outside and do things. Living in a camper in the colder months when heat would be an issue and you wouldn't be outside as much would be a real challenge.

lbean · 08-31-2010, 04:31 PM

I could live in it. I would too if I did not have kids. Once they grow up and go in to the world I would consider living in my camper and traveling for a few years.

Fox38 · 08-31-2010, 05:07 PM

I would not want too but I could if I had to. There are people that are far worse off than living in a camper as the other poster noted. It's sad really! As I said, I don't want to.

Paige · 09-06-2010, 07:23 PM

I don't see that happening for me-I hope with all my heart. I feel sorry for those who have had to do this. We met a couple who were living in an old abandoned school bus and had put a wood stove in it and were doing OK. It was a shame though that they had to do that.

But if you have to do something like this, then you make do.

Stoker · 09-07-2010, 02:08 PM

I think I could do that. I might have to migrate south for the winter. But if I had to, most definitely. The one I have is so small though, it would just be me.

Linda · 11-07-2010, 03:49 PM

Yes ,you could live full time in an RV.Me and my husband do and we have been for 4 years now and we both love it.Our kids are all grown and married with families of their own.We live in a fifth wheel with one slide out and saving to get a bigger one with maybe 2 or 3 slides.We have lived on the river,for about a year, in an rv camp where we met a lot of very nice full timers.We now live on private property,in the country, by a huge pond overlooking beautiful country pastures.Very private and quiet.I work in the small town close by and my husband is a truck driver.We don't live this way because we have to---we choose to.In the summer we just hook up and go on vacation where ever we want to.It is cheap living and an easy way to save a lot of money.