akrvbob said:
We've covered this all in great depth before. I'm reluctant to type it all out again.
https://vanlivingforum.com/Thread-Becoming-a-Nevada-Resident
Bob
Hi Bob,
I’m taking the time and trouble to type this reply for you, but also for others who ponder when and how to get information from this forum. I do it with respect for all of those who contribute answers, but also for those who seek answers to questions that are important to them.
You have done a lot of work to explain this and many other topics. All appreciated by many people, including me. If I was you, I'd be reluctant to type it all again as well. And I wouldn’t. Luckily, no one asked for that. I’d just handle the repetitive, and seemingly repetitive questions a different way.
That said, a few things that you have no real way of knowing, but should know:
1. I have a long history of dealing with people using computers, some in forums such as this, IT work experience, help desk, more. I know that a lot of users are either lazy or stupid or both. However, it isn’t a good idea to assume that that applies to everyone, especially when there’s evidence to the contrary.
2. When I ask questions, they are of a higher caliber than “
Ain’t there some sort of forum thingee around here somewhere?!?” If you look
carefully at my question this time, you might see that is the case now.
3. As a long-time interviewer and investigator, I know that people, generally, are pretty bad at answering questions. They don’t think so. They think they've answered wonderfully, but in fact, they did not. Often things are left out or something mildly related is substituted for the real answer that actually fits the question.
4. Unless it is just casual conversation, I do as much searching and reading on my own as possible before I start asking questions. I was raised on
RTFM.
5. Before I posted in this thread, this is what I did previously, mostly in this order:
a. I searched online to find all relevant information from the DMV in NV. The answer is not there.
b. I’ve read every thread and post in CRVL and watched every Enigmatic Nomadics video that I could find related to this topic. In fact, about a month ago, I read the very thread that you just provided the link again for - "Becoming a NV Resident". However, it is hard to remember the existence of every thread I’ve read. In any case, the answer is not there.
c. In that same thread, after very carefully reading it and thanking the contributors, I posted some questions there near the end of the thread. For the most part, those questions are still unanswered in that thread, though a couple are not directly related to this current question.
d. In the last day or two, I did several specific searches within the CRVL forum, on numerous related search terms: Nevada; NV; residency; proof of residency; documentation; in various combinations. Don’t recall them all. Not to puff up, but I am pretty good at searching. Oddly, at the end of that process, the only applicable thread was this one. That’s right … the thread that you just provided was not in my search results. Had it been, with a title like that, I would have noticed, remembered it, and used it.
Now, I don’t know what will happen if I do that search again now (I won’t), but I have noticed over the last few months of use that the search function connected to this forum is, let’s just say, buggy. It behaves in weird ways and does not return results that I know, for a fact, exist. But that’s a topic for another day. Moving on …
e. Being aware of the information in your suggested thread (though not remembering the thread itself), I carefully created a post to ask a specific question related to residency documents (Post # 5 here). That question can be seen here, so I won’t repeat it now. However, Wayne49 mostly answered it in Post # 8. I wanted and asked for confirmation, didn’t get it, and then you posted.
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Some concluding thoughts:
* I put in a lot of effort on my own to get this answer before I asked, respectful of the work that you and others have put into this topic. I am probably not unique in this way.
* One of the duties of a forum administrator is merging similar threads. These two threads are great candidates for a merge. That hasn’t happened in this case.
Another admin task is creating "sticky" threads where it is obvious that the topic is popular and persistent. If ever I saw a thread that needed to be sticky, I'd say that "Nevada residency" ranks high up there. That also has not happened in this case.
As you know, sticky threads are good to do for the forum members, of course, but also good for the administrator and long-time contributors who get tired of answering the same questions all the time. Had either of those things been done, this situation would be closer to resolved and less annoying and time-consuming for all concerned.
* My question was carefully tailored, using all other information as a foundation. It should not have been reacted to as if I asked a basic “how do I get ____” question.
* Although in the thread you referenced, people including you, talk around the answer to my question (Posts # 33, 73, & 75), no one actually answered it anywhere, nor provided any firsthand info about taking the RV park receipt to the DMV immediately. And it is no small point or technicality. It is crucial to doing this process correctly, impacting time and money. So, I noticed that that one piece of info was missing, from an otherwise excellent conversation, and that is why I asked.
The posts related to this topic are a small subset of the 1000’s of posts I’ve read in the last couple of months in preparation for vandwelling. While I’m happy that all of those posts exist, and see them as a great resource, sometimes it becomes a bit overwhelming and I forget what I know and where it came from. I’m sure that you can relate.
Maybe this will help to shed a little light on the stuff happening on the other side of the forum fence.
Vagabound