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Old 02-20-2014, 12:21 AM
 
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Cuz I stayed in some as a kid and saw a few sites with trailers that looked like mobile home park trailers.
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Old 02-20-2014, 08:14 AM
 
Location: Colorado
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Yes, some people do.
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Old 02-20-2014, 08:15 AM
 
Location: ATL & LA
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Yes, it's not uncommon for people to live in campgrounds.
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Old 02-20-2014, 08:34 AM
 
Location: North Idaho
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The majority of campgrounds will have a time limit. You might be able to stay for 2 weeks, or some other limit to how long you can be there.

There are some campgrounds that permit full time residents, and they will be full of permanent guests.

I suspect it has something to do with zoning or local laws, how long a guest can stay in a campground.
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Old 02-20-2014, 08:36 AM
 
Location: North Idaho
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Also, OP, there are some mobile home parks that also have a section that is an RV park. The RV park people are not staying very long and the mobile homes in the mobile home park are there permanently.
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Old 02-20-2014, 09:36 AM
 
Location: SoCal
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Also, at municipal campgrounds there are typically campground "hosts" that live at campgrounds. Typically they work a position for several months at a time. And most of those positions are volunteer - the volunteers get free camping in exchange for 20 hours or so of work per week for the duration of the position.
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Old 02-20-2014, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Colorado
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Also, at municipal campgrounds there are typically campground "hosts" that live at campgrounds.
By "municipal" you probably meant, "public", right? (municipal usually refers to city-level administration) As opposed, to privately owned and possibly membership-only campgrounds. Very many campgrounds at the city, county, state and federal levels have one or more park hosts which are invited to stay seasonally or year round in exchange for some duties of camp oversight and other services. A lot of commercial campsites also have volunteer hosts who stay there for free or at a reduced rate, often for extended periods, and help work the campground in return.
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Old 02-20-2014, 07:39 PM
 
Location: northwest Illinois
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By "municipal" you probably meant, "public", right? (municipal usually refers to city-level administration) As opposed, to privately owned and possibly membership-only campgrounds. Very many campgrounds at the city, county, state and federal levels have one or more park hosts which are invited to stay seasonally or year round in exchange for some duties of camp oversight and other services. A lot of commercial campsites also have volunteer hosts who stay there for free or at a reduced rate, often for extended periods, and help work the campground in return.
True. There's actually a website which is devoted to those who wish to camp while being a caretaker for selected campgrounds around the country, but I don't recall the site at the moment. Googling campground caretakers would probably pin it down.
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Old 02-21-2014, 09:47 AM
 
Location: SoCal
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By "municipal" you probably meant, "public", right? (municipal usually refers to city-level administration) As opposed, to privately owned and possibly membership-only campgrounds. Very many campgrounds at the city, county, state and federal levels have one or more park hosts which are invited to stay seasonally or year round in exchange for some duties of camp oversight and other services. A lot of commercial campsites also have volunteer hosts who stay there for free or at a reduced rate, often for extended periods, and help work the campground in return.
I did mean public - as in national, state, county, etc. "Municipal" is usually used for city-level, but it's not restricted to any level.
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Old 02-21-2014, 01:46 PM
 
Location: SoCal desert
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True. There's actually a website which is devoted to those who wish to camp while being a caretaker for selected campgrounds around the country
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