One thing to consider if you are serious is the political climate in the city you are considering. Here in Denver, any licensed vehicle can park on a city street for 3 days (unless it is in a neighborhood that requires a parking permit, has meters, etc). There are TONS of RVs now parking on certain streets for much longer than 3 days, with crap (lawn chairs, shopping carts, furniture, bikes) cluttering the sidewalks. It’s awful. I work in an area that is single level businesses, not a lot of ‘shopping’ traffic, and there are probably 15 or 20 RVs in various states or repair there. The business owners are asking the city council to make changes, to ban the RVs. I have to walk by these RVs on my way to work and I don’t feel safe. And it smells.
So make sure RVs are allowed on the streets of the college town.