Suburban Nomads

Montreal, Quebec, August 14, 2009-Jacques Bertrand sits down with a good book at his RV in the Parc Mont Laval in the Ste-Dorothee district of Laval north of Montreal Friday August 14, 2009. The park which is threatened by zoning change is one of two five-star such parks in Canada, and is full of Quebecers who spend six months and a day in Quebec and six months less a day in Florida and Mexico. Photograph by: Tyrel Featherstone, The Gazette

From The Montreal Gazette:

Even though he has lived in the same home for 10 years, retired schoolteacher Jacques Bertrand didn't know how big it is until he took out a measuring tape yesterday and did some calculations.

"Let's see now," he said, starting with the bedroom with the queen bed in it, then working his way up to the bathroom, the living room and adjoining kitchen, and then the area around the two plush leather seats at the front of his 37-foot motor home.

Final tally for this recreational vehicle that serves as their principal residence: 374 square feet.

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My Comment: This is something that I would like to do for at least 4 months of the year.