As a baby boomer, approaching 60 and a West Coast US resident, my perspective may be a little different than my younger peers (isn't that the point of a BB, to get different view points?). I'm a semi-retired full time RV'er, that is, I live in a 37' 5th Wheel trailer that I haul with a med.duty Intl "semi". My 2000 Triumph Legend rides nicely behind the cab (thanks to an electric boom), which I've put 37K miles on.
In other words, I left the concept of "home" as a specific geographic location 3 yrs ago subsequent to a divorce.
I work seasonally selling RV campground and/or timeshare memberships to support my travel jones. I've found having access to condos and private campgrounds to be the safest, most cost effective and convenient way to live the gypsy biker life. Beats eating all of your meals out and staying in motels. Camp somewhere 1-2 weeks, do a different ride everyday and move on!
The down side is that, while your cost is down to fuel and food, you have to buy everything upfront: your rig (RV), bike and membership(which is still less than mortgage/rent plus utilities) and this, obviously, only works in the States, altho' one of my best rides was from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas (1,000 miles solo 1 way) with 2 weeks in primo condos @ $35/night when I got there.
There is a growing subculture of folks leaving the ball and chain of job and mortgage for something freeer. And like MC's, there's a whole range of price, quality, configuration and size of RV's and memberships.
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