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Living in an RV is like living in a tiny tiny shitty studio, plus you have to pump your own shit and piss regularly.

Yeah, I can live in a tent and hunt for food. Zero dollars per year.

Sorry, but fuck that. None of these stories are inspiring.




plus you have to pump your own shit and piss regularly.

In every RV park I've seen, people normally use the shared facilities toilet and shower facilities. Same thing with live-aboard slips at marinas. It's more like living in a dormitory than a studio.


Those common facilities are mainly intended for tourists and weekenders who would rather not have to clean their shower, toilet or deal with the pump-out station after they go home again.

Permanent residents (like we are) will have their own sewer hookup (a hose coming out of the RV which is tied into a receptacle in the septic or city sewer system), electricity, and water. So it's more like living in a small house that could technically be driven away. Every few days I have to empty the tanks which, since everything is permanently hooked up, means pulling two levers that flush the tanks into the sewer. It takes about five minutes to empty them and I can go and collect my mail while that happens.




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