RVs and Motorhomes in the 1930's - Homes on Wheels

Don't you just love the variety of motorhomes in Trailer City in this video? 

The narrator mentions the homemade RV created by the farmer in Iowa (or, I.O.wayyy, as he called it) and then  the deluxe model (although he pronounced it "delooks model") which was $8,000 in 1937. I assumed that must have been a LOT of money to spend on an RV back in those days, so I looked at an inflation calculator to see what the price equivalent is today: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

That's more than $118,000 today! Zoinks! 

Nearly 75 years later, RV-ing is still popular in America and there are still people who live an RV lifestyle. The narrator mentions how you could go to bed one night with one set of neighbors parked next door. Then,  the next day, those neighbors have moved on to some other place and new neighbors have rolled in. I think that's part of the appeal to some people - meeting a variety of people from all over the place.  Also, the excitement of living in different places draws people to RV-ing. Plus, people who live an RV lifestyle can live in a climate where they feel most comfortable. If they love cool summers, they live up north in the summer. 

In the U.S., the history of the RV goes back to the 1920's and 30's. These homes on wheels, or "house trailers" as they were called, gave people the opportunity to experience different places while still waking up in the same home every morning. You can't beat home sweet home... on wheels.  

Thank you to backobeyond for posting this 1930's RV video on YouTube.