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Subject: Full-time RVers opt for cheap and friendly
NANAIMO, B.C. -- With summer over, all but the diehard campers have packed up and gone home, allowing a peace to settle in for Nanaimo's permanent RV park residents.

Resort living became a legitimate form of housing in Nanaimo about 10 years ago when city council passed a bylaw creating specific zoning for the purpose.

Today, RV residents make up an entire subculture of mostly retirees and some blue-collar workers for whom home ownership is an unrealistic dream.

With housing now costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, people are turning to RV life as an affordable option. RVs can be bought second-hand for less than $10,000 and pad rental is typically less than $500 a month, including electricity, sewer and water services.

The lifestyle also offers the freedom to pick up and go whenever and wherever a person wants. Still, it's not a secure form of housing since landowners could sell or redevelop a park.

Nanaimo has three RV parks zoned for permanent residency: Resort on the Lake, Brannen Lake Campground and Jingle Pot RV Park. A fourth, Living Forest Campground, allows temporary residency for up to eight months of the year, allowing snowbirds to travel south for winter.

The lifestyle means a closeness to neighbors often unknown in suburbia, even though RV park life can sometimes carry a social stigma. For those who embrace their permanent RV homes, it's a viable alternative to urban living.


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