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Originally Posted by Grunt 1946
We retired in 2001 and purchases a 40' diesel pusher towing a Jeep Wrangler. Traveled the country for a year and found there are two types of people that travel around as we did. Those with money that do it for fun (20%), and those without money that do it because they have to (80%). I couldn't tell you how many times I was approached by someone wanting to polish my wheels, wash my rig & car, or just give them some cash/food. It was sad on one side and dangerous on another. You best carry sidearms in the rig. We didn't care for it, and sold the Rig. Today I would just fly, rent a car, and stay in a Hilton.
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That is like a small example of most of life. If you stand out with a luxury home, or RV, or even wearing a gold chain, you open yourself up to people that are jealous of what you have and hassle you. When you are on your home turf or neighborhood you probably are surrounded by neighbors of equal wealth and display equal luxury - so, you feel safer, not perfectly safe, but somewhat safer. The younger you are the more you are prone to dangerous adventure, lifestyle, or travel. When you travel in a RV, you are more exposed to ALL the masses of society - the adrenaline of adventure is intensified along with greater danger. You at less bored than at home with the same old like-minded and economically equal people. As we age we have a greater need for stability and boredom can be better tolerated. .......happy trails to ALL