What is the reason for rally locations?

[longdog]

I have been lurking around the rally forum for a while now, and after reviewing about 6 months of schedules, I am afflicted with the urge to ask the following questions:

Why do so many rallies take place at fairly remote, somewhat frumpy, mundane RV parks? Is it cost, capacity, availability? Am I clueless about the point of a rally? Maybe they are held in such places because the rallying type of airstreamer is there more for the group than for the setting? Is it that ralliers are a breed apart from the boondockers? Do ralliers have bigger rigs that can only be housed by a KOA-equivalent? Or is it that people like me, who believe we prefer settings like surfside, forested, mountainous, and seemingly unspoiled locations, aren't rally-oriented? (Maybe I just don't get the whole rally concept... it is about as alien to me as wanting to join the WBCCI after reading all the muck on that forum.)

Honestly, I think I'd like to get to know some of you, but I haven't yet seen a rally location that I would want to go to.