A trailer IN the dump here will still run you close to $1000/mo. PLUS utilities.
Quite true, matter of fact a year round camp ground with all utilities for people living in TENT cost more then that.
Amazon Camp Grounds up your way has year round camping and is in the news every week or so. I Goggled them but can not find the rates on line.
1995 we got a seasonal camp site with electric and water, no sewage had to pay $25.00 every 2 weeks for the honey wagon, for $150.00 a month. Had we spent more then 2 days a week if that then it would have been a Great deal, but, we closed the camp up for the season in October and had to still pay for storage at $50.00 a month until May so the owners were not loosing money.
Year round camping is necessary for family's that subcontract or work for utility company's that need to haul their whole family about to disaster areas. Modern day Gypsies that home school the kids and survive in small spaces.
I can see why renting with all utilities is desirable, 1985 we rented a 3 bedroom apartment for $600 a month all utilities included. The kids went off to spend the summer vacation with grandparents and had so much more fun with them they decided they all wanted to spend the next school year with them. So we moved into a 2 bedroom house, had to put deposits on all utilities, no air conditioning, and the $500.00 a month turned into almost $800. The wiring was so old it had a fuse box that blew out if I had an electric coffee pot on and used the electric can opener. We bought a window air conditioner but could not run it if the TV was on. Worse place I ever rented by far.
Smartest thing we ever did was to come home to New England, and buying our double home on leased land. Were we to rent out our home today we could get $1,500 a month without utilities.
Next on the bucket list is to buy land in Maine in an UN Incorporated area, on a lake and live in a big 5th. wheeler. I like the idea of being able to pack up at a moments notice and not be trapped by neighborhoods gone to hell or have to answer to anyone else but myself.