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Who owns the boats?
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Boats aren't even that expensive everywhere. In America they're priced as luxury objects for the richest of the rich from what I've heard. Sailing as a way of traveling is actually a kinda cheap and rough activity, like camper vans. Not very "rich" stuff at all. My grandparents had a 30 footer and it wasn't exactly luxurious, definitely camper van vibes. They'd sailed it all over around Europe though.
My dad got a relatively seaworthy one for around £5000. It's the maintenance and marina fees that cost.
A new camper van in the US can easily cost 6 figures.
And a used one can easily be had for less than 15,000
I once bought one for less than $1000... Granted it needed a lot of work to get roadworthy, but about another $2500 later, it had good tires and could drive without overheating, and more importantly, stop too. Girlfriend I had at the time made me give it up, I still resent her for it.
I can't even get a used car with less than 100,000 miles for less than $15,000.
I bought a used car several years ago. I put 70k miles on it. It is now worth $4000 more than what I paid for it. This shit is ridiculous.
Uhh you're not looking hard enough. Hell there are pickup trucks for less than 15k with less than 100k miles.
Where I live used pickups are the worst, costing almost as much as buying new.
Yea that seems to have calmed down a bit recently though.
Yeah, everyone's got a camper van everywhere because of how cheap they are
Have you been to southern California?
Nah I'm uncultured swine and have never left Canada
Actually not everyone has a camper van everywhere because not everyone desires or has the use for a camper van.
Where I live, I've heard lot fees and utilities or what ever are so expensive, may as well rent an apartment
Camper vans, mobile homes, small sailboats, all wall street rich guy shit, right? Even a CEO is lucky to afford a used camper van.