Your article is a good one, but the tone towards RV's and living in campgrounds is oddly negative.

>>An RV is basically a house on wheels and isn’t particularly inexpensive or minimalist.

Our was pretty inexpensive, is more minimalist than most US based folks and will hold its value just like the camper vans you mention.

>>If you pay to stay at a campsite, it’s most certainly legal, but then this lifestyle ceases to be inexpensive.

$25-$30 a night is most certainly cheaper than most mortgages or apartments.