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python
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Like any of this bs makes a difference. Do you think it makes any difference by you down sizing when people in the third world are drinking out of the same stream they crap in? Get a life!
Bob1am
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Lew W
Please do a bunch of us a favor and save us a lot of research by naming the brand of vehicle you found with a 3000lb cargo load.
Michael Nielsen
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As a single, I would love to have a small house, but we don't have many here in Denmark, where I live and it's not easy to get a building permission to make one.
JG
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I've recently noticed a trend of people moving away from the McMansion and into smaller Bungalow homes or even RVs. I'm 34 and have had several RVs in my short time and am now up to a B+ motorhome. I have to say that during hurricane Ike, when we did not have power we stayed in the RV (2 people, 2 large dogs and 1 small). It was the best time I've had and was sad when the electricity in the house came back on in a way. I've always known that I will retire in an RV, but now more than ever I'm really excited about it. I mean what more could any one need? I just don't get the couples that want 3+K sqf for the two of them and the cost of upkeep and utilities. At the moment I'm very happy in my 1Kaqf bungalow... I think the world is changing and the McMansion will no longer be the desired thing.
Woo Hoo for us in RVs, we have the best of both worls and can live where ever we want...by the beach, hill country or anywhere.
Lew M
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My wife and I sold our home in Colorado in '01 and full timed 4 years in a 35 ft class A with double slides. After tons of research we bought one with over 3,000lb carrying capacity for cargo. Many expensive units don't have half that much. Do your research. We often wish we were back full timing again.
Shiela C
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Oh my goodness! I am so excited. I finally found a group of people that as far as living styles go, are exactly like me. Every one of you lovely people has just about covered everything I have been thinking over the years. Forever, I was touted as a weirdo, when I thought it was the other way around! You know our personality type: Efficiency is king! God bless you and comment any time you like...looking forward to it. And oh, you all are so well spoken that I wasn't going to mention much, but you may be interested in how I finally found my dream. A lady that adopted me as her own daughter left me her 32 foot 1974 HR fifth wheel (she called it the "Queens Castle") when she passed away last year on Mothers Day. It needs remodeling. I did get to visit her a lot and stayed one glorious night with her before she went home. Any advice would be most appreciated.
Vintagetrlrjunkie
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Barbara, if you get any responses on your question regarding supporting yourself, please email me. I'm 50 and really wanting to work camp!!! vintage56trlr@yahoo.com
Lori
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I lived in Korea for several years in what was considered a "big" apartment - all of about 250 square feet! My husband and I and our 2 small dogs are about to move out of our 3bd/3ba condo into a 37' 5th wheel fulltime. We have been conditioned in our society to think we NEED "stuff". We really only need the basics and I am much happier for coming to the realization of it.
joe
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Good you're on the right track. Now sell your house in Oregon while you still can. Soon the economy will go ka-put and the dollar will have no value.
Anderville
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My husband and I and our little Yorkie just downsized from a 28 ft fifth wheel to a 19' class B van and loving it. Snug, but we're managing just fine. We do have a lot in Arizona that we put an old RV on for a home base and a house in Oregon....too much stuff! We'll have to rethink the Oregon place.
Ruby
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Hooray for your sanity in this insane world. I am so in agreement with you! You have decovered the true secret of happiness, while all of the bigger and better bunch will never find it!!
Kellie S.
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My husband and I plan on having it all or better yet not having much when we retire in a couple of years.The R.V. life is for us.All we need is our 36 ft four slide Carriage to make us happy.
Teodor
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My Class B has over 50 storage places, some small, many larger. I have cross-indexed locations of everything, like the nail clipper is #17. You'll be surprised how much you do not need and where many things do double duty.
Jim H.
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Living our dream & loving it. Sold big house & all the 'stuff' in Knoxville, bought a 36' class 'a' motorhome & traveled several years coast to coast. Wintered in FL. & AZ. Bought park model in AZ. 2 yrs. ago, so downsizing from class 'a' to either a class 'c' or tvl. trl. After living in an RV you soon realize you don't 'need' a lot of 'things'.
Barbara
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I am interested in how you came abut your rving situation. and how do you support yourself? I have been researching for a few years now and need all the info i can get.. I am 42 and not retired..
Betty
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Our dream is to sell our house and buy a 2 bedroom 1.5 bath condo in a 55+ community. We're just waiting for someone to built such a complex. By making the 2nd bedroom a combination office/den and guest room using a Murphy bed, we certainly do not need a 3rd bedroom. Hubby likes to watch TV and I like to read at night. We'll just do like we do in our 5th wheel, he uses earphones plugged into the TV so that I can be in the same room to read. Once hubby retires we want to travel for several months at a time. We'll have no upkeep to worry about with a condo. We can't wait!
RAE2059
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Small IS planet friendly!! I don't understand why everyone doesn't agree. I lived in Atlanta for 58 years and it just got bigger and everything got worse. The roads the pollution the water. I bought a 26' motor home and now I live where I want and how I want. I don't regret getting rid of anything and my life is better than ever.
Corrine H
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I can't really buy into the idea of proudly downsizing. Most of us are collectors and fill up the space we have with stuff. Much of it has memories. When we became fulltimers we had to reduce all of the things we'd collected over the years but it wasn't easy and parting with things means parting with memories. That's the only thing I regretted about going fulltime and I still wish I'd had more space available and didn't have to part with so many things.
Teodor
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The best of two worlds! 22 ft deluxe Class B plus a park model in a Texas RV resort. Space and time to write, paint, photo-shoot or whatever. Many storage places discovered in both but only the best and interesting is kept.
wordworrior
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Lived in a Key Workers Hostel-My room in a flat shared with 6 other/was tiny 6'x10' and I was the happiest that I had ever been. Had to move and went into a 1 bed flat which I can't settle in despite a luxurious outlook/situation.
Doing-it-Our-Way
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My wife and I had our 1st travel trailer 20+ years ago and we came to hate Sundays ... Sundays meant that the week end was over and we had to return to our home. Nice as our home was, it was not the same as camping in our 22' trailer that we could sleep 8. Anyway, we have been fulltiming in a 40' class A for 6 years and love it. Not for everyone... especially those that need things. After the 1st year we found out just how much we didn't miss any of the stuff we gave up.
Bob
faithfuljem
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Being "middle aged", I am now sorting thru stuff that consumes my small bungalow, and when I got my 28 ft rv, I filled it with stuff. Funny how ya reach an age where your space, no matter how small is soooo much better when clutter free. I'm working at it, and getting there! It really makes one realize how much unimportant stuff I've spent $$$ on over these years. What a tremendous waste!
rainbow dancer
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I sold my 4 bedroom 2 bath house to live full time in my 26ft class c motorhome. i have never been happier! I still have to get back to my storage locker and give the rest of the stuff away!
Warrior Widow
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I believe that our country has become pathologically addicted to consuming more & bigger of everything. But not me anymore! This month is my 14th month living full time "chronically ill but ferociously free" in my 19' Type B van. In bed at night I often feel like a kid again: I'm in a treehouse! No, I'm in a spaceship! And on windy nights, the best of all . . . I'm in a covered wagon. With my little dog & my tiny budget I have stumbled upon exactly the life I never knew I always wanted!
Happy Trails!
Oldman
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We have an 18 ft. Alpenlite 5th wheel, which is just right for my wife and I. I like the 5th wheel because the bed is always made up and you don't have to take it apart to have couch to sit on when you move on.
It's much better than "moteling" it as you don't have to haul suitcases in and out every time you stay over night. I hate living out of suitcases. And you don't have to worry about getting off the road early to ensure getting a room for the night. Also you can stop wherever you want to stop, whether there is a motel around or not. 18ft. is not all that big, but is plenty adequate for two people.
Judith Reif
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I have a book by Claire Woolf that my son gave me when we decided to go fulltime. This is one quote: "To live successfully anywhere outside the mainstream of life you must have an unconventional spirit coupled with down-to-earth practicality — a combo that can be hard to find and harder still to balance." I think this sums up many of the fulltime RVers I've met.
Amir
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I have been a fulltimer since 86 in my 25ft Apollo motorhome, mostly anchored in one place at a time. Bathroom,toilet, basin and a full sized shower stall which I put a bifold door on. My bed serves as office chair for work on the computer. Built in speakers/sub for surround sound. TV on movable arm. Fully automatic espresso machine. Removed the carpet. DC compressor fridge. Small trailer for storage. AC+DC lights. All in 187 Sqft!
Marcia Kemp
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What a great idea we're all living in bigger houses than we need and it takes energy to heat and cool.
Shawnlee M
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Prison cells are tiny spaces, they are punishment. I have to rethink my rv in terms of being a tiny space. Actually it is not so tiny, it is 40' and has 2 slides. There is not enough storage space though. Or maybe I don't need to have so many things to store. I have to think about this.
Vivian
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We stayed in a hotel room in London once, that was so tiny that the shower was in the shape of a narrow tube. If you dropped the soap there was no way to bend down to get it.
John K
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I love the IDEA of living in a small space but the reality ...? Where do I put all my STUFF? Nevertheless I really do believe this is a good idea. Fulltimers have learned to deal with it and I guess this is why I'll never be a fulltimer.
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