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Just a quick update, my wife and I bought our RV finally. This will be how we do our travels for now on. I will say this its hard fitting your life into such a small space but once you do its soooo much better (at least for us). Now as we travel we don't have to pack and unpack. We don't have to worry about company housing or safe areas. Most of the RV parks are safe and cheaper, although we do have to commute further usually. My current assignment my commute from the RV park is 13 min to the hospital. Our site rental is $500/month much cheaper than our apartment which was $1300/month plus $50/month for each dog (we have 2). It does take a little more planning ahead of time to make sure there are available RV sites at a given assignment but so far it has worked out. I know this life style isn't for everyone but it works great for us and our dogs.

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

I sympathize with your difficulties in downsizing. My husband and I sold our house and are living on our sailboat. From a three story, four BR home to a 40 foot boat required significant downsizing!

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Generally speaking, RV park residents are trustworthy. However don't treat them as safe as local petty thieves think it is a park built for them to play in. More theft than you are used to in regular residential areas.

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Generally speaking, RV park residents are trustworthy. However don't treat them as safe as local petty thieves think it is a park built for them to play in. More theft than you are used to in regular residential areas.

Interesting I haven't had that experience yet, in fact the residents sort of watch everyone that comes into the park, although we are in a smaller RV park right now with lots of long term people. Thankfully my wife doesn't work so she stays around as well with our dogs.

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I have had good luck in RV parks over the past 2 years. They have been safe, i go more rural than urban though. I have stayed in the bad area of San Francisco though without issies. I keep a $1200 bike on the rack behind my trailer and it has not moved....

Planning ahead is definitely key though....

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You are a brave one Argo. I've pulled a trailer around the country for four years and twice (both times in Cali) our bikes, which were pricy, were stolen from their shackles. Both times some sort of CIA Jack Bauer cutting device was used to cut through solid 3/4 inch steel, not cable, which I can snip myself with a pair of bolt cutters. Put bikes inside the trailer when you are gone my friend. They even stole the beer from my cooler, how mean is that? Couldn't even drown my anger and sorrow. RV parks are mostly ok. But not all of them. Ive taken other precautions now, to the detriment of any future thief.

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I have an RV friend who lost three decent bicycles in California RV parks. However they were not secured as well as yours.

Some RV parks in urban or waterside locations are situated such to facilitate pedestrians/cyclists taking shortcuts through them. Those are the ones I believe require extra caution. Other parks make any strangers casing thefts look really out of place. Those ones are safer.

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I am usually in "rv resorts" but have stayed in rv parking lots, which is what the city rv parks in CA are... I actually keep the bike out there as a gauge of safety, lol. I did have my tools taken from the bed of my truck, i have a locked shell on my bed.... this was while parked in japantown a couple weeks ago.

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