RVs Are About To Upend American Life

Above, campers at a KOA Kampground in West Yellowstone, Montana. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Adapting to new realities is something people have always done. Right now, more people are working at home or remotely on the road and the RV is well-suited for on-the-road work lifestyles.

RV Travel publisher Chuck Woodbury says that the RV is about to upend American life.

He starts with:

In 1790, only about one out of 20 Americans lived in urban areas. The ratio had dramatically changed to one out of four by 1870, one out of two by 1920, two out of three in the 1960s, and four out of five in the 2000s.

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association predicted this past week that 600,000 RVs will be shipped to dealers in 2022. If you combine that figure with those of the past three years, it adds up to more than 2 million RVs on the road that were not there before. And if you look at the number of large, comfortable RVs being sold, it prompts the thought: “How many of these RVs will people live in full-time?”

Remote work is more common today than ever before. Living in one town, even one country, is not necessary. Countries around the world are offering incentives for road warriors to move there. At least 45 communities are currently offering incentives to attract remote workers, some upwards of $20,000, according to USA Today.

Heaven knows, the RV industry is promoting the idea of working remotely, suggesting an RV is one great way to do it.

I believe in the next ten years we will see a significant shift in how we live. We will not long define where we live as urban and rural. It will be urban, rural and mobile.

The problem with all these new RVers is that there aren't enough campgrounds/campsites to accommodate all of them. More need to be built.

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