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Monsignor Martinez
@Monsignor Martinez

Secondary market enthusiast. Repurposing champion. Simple life, family and food.

Repurposed a dead meme account for me to share a little piece of my IRL world with those interested. Real people living real lives.

Also considering participating in the circular economy. Might later I dunno.

I hope silicon valley falls into the ocean.

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atyh · 4w
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Got a conversion van. Got a black PVC pipe shower on the van. Got an awning on the side of the van. Got a nice roof rack on it. Got a portable AC so it can be a "spare room" when parked at home or in someone's driveway, of course when out on the road there will be no AC. I have a folding table, a camping stove and propane adapter hoses so I can use big tanks. I have a pop up shower/crapper tent, need to put together a DIY composting toilet. Once thats put together which won't be long, I'll be ready to take my family out on the road.

I probably should've documented progress on this and posted it, but I don't usually think of social media when doing things. I'll post pictures when I'm close to finished.

I'm also overhauling some electronics, this thing is from the 90s. It has 2 car stereos in it with tape decks, replacing that with 1 aftermarket that has a rear view camera, running some AV cable and speaker wire, and replacing some lights with LEDs.
Josh · 35w
Man you are describing my heart for all of this exactly. I’ve said verbatim the problems young people will have and seeking alternatives to owning a home. My wife and I did full time rv life for alm...
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I'll test it out and tell you my thoughts, no problem. Just let me know when you've got some type of update you want me to look at.

I know most RV parks target older people. Snowbirds and the like. Only the ones that pivot to the coming market condition will do well.

They don't want to mess with more than a website usually. Every one of them does things their own way, so flexibility is key if this system requires onboarding of owners or management. If it's too rigid, and requires too much setup, and requires continuous maintenance, they're not going to want to use it. This is pretty hard. Letting them just list their park, or letting anyone list a park or something like that, as a bare minimum feature without requiring additional stuff, but allowing for it of course, would probably attract quite a few parks to say "why not."

If there's a social communication aspect for RVers that doesn't require onboarding of parks, that allows for it of course but doesn't require it, that makes it easy to share experiences and weird resources like map files and repair guides and boondocking resources and stuff like that in an easy to find way, that thing can become the go to place. Nostr is great for this because it doesn't allow for exclusivity, too many people have tried and they wind up making forums that are silos and some RVers like this one and some that one, so the resources are fragmented and difficult to search unless you already know where to find them. People want to review places, find interesting places, learn how to fix things, find good deals on parts and things, share tips and tricks and experiences somewhere and there's not really anything like that except YouTube for influencers, that's it.
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Well, I got into the full time RV thing a few years ago and love it, but my biggest issue is you're reliant on google to find parks, resources for where good places to go are all on obscure no longer active forums, random websites talking about RV products and what not, there's just really no social RVer resource that is easily searchable or that most RVers use. I've seen some attempts but they're all some website, which means some guy controls it, and they usually devolve into shilling products. I think this mode of living is only going to increase in popularity for younger people as time goes on and if someone could come up with something resource rich they'd really have a big opportunity as long as they aren't short sighted, and it would help people who are interested feel comfortable taking the dive.
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Josh · 35w
Man you are describing my heart for all of this exactly. I’ve said verbatim the problems young people will have and seeking alternatives to owning a home. My wife and I did full time rv life for almost 2 years and it was one of the best experiences of our lives. I’ve never considered the social ...
1776 · 35w
Hipcamp and iOverlander have some community and can sometimes point to some off the beaten path places to stay. I’ve used them in the past, not sure about lately.