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RVs have destroyed campgrounds (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's pretty much impossible to go to a public campground these days and just tent camp, without being sandwiched between giant RVs. They block views and also, often, the sun itself, and they are constantly running their generators so they can watch TV or whatever they do in there. Brightly lit strings of poorly aimed 5000K LEDs are common at night, so if you wanted to enjoy your flickering campfire or watch the stars, good luck. Often they have a whole living room set up outside with artificial turf, a huge canopy, chairs, etc.

If I wanted to camp in a semi truck parking lot I'd go pitch a tent in a truck stop. Camping as many of us knew it growing up, is pretty much gone.

Public parks love these types of campers for some reason, so nothing will ever be done about it. You would think they would designate part of their campgrounds as tent only but very few do.

Can't speak to private campgrounds, I assume it's even worse.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Its been awhile since I've been camping, but I've camped at spots that required you to hike into the woods a bit. Since there's no roads there, those would be pretty immune to RVs. I'm thinking in state and national parks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

From California, been going camping since toddler, RVs have always been an issue when camping. Nothing has really changed it's just that the RVs have gotten cheaper.

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