I did my camping professionally. I've been chewed on by bugs and soaked with rain on 4 continents, 2 deserts and 6 islands with my only shelter a poncho and occasionally a canvas sleeping bag if there was going to be snow. I've never used a tent before, but that sounds bad too. There's bears and shit walking around trying to eat you and you can't see which way they are coming from. I'm protected by 2 layers of heavy steel, rubber gaskets at the doors and a huge air conditioner. All the bugs put on their parkas and haul ass when the big Carrier cycles into action. You can keep the bugs and patter of rain.
The funny thing about camping--when we go to campgrounds, it's crowded. We're used to 15 acres of isolation and campfires all the time. I'm not sure why my wife drags me out. To look at people I guess.
To me, the whole point of camping is being in the outdoors.
I have tent camped in just about all the climates in North America, 100+ hidious humidity, 0 and below with snow, Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas and at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.
IMO, if I am going to sit and watch tv in front of the A/C I could save a ton of money and do it at home in my lazy boy. I am out there do something outdoors anyway (usually fish anymore) And if I want somewhere secure to stay, instead of dragging my hotel room around with me it is a lot cheaper to just get a hotel room and not have to do deal with setting everything up, and loading it back up or hammering down the fuel dragging a small house to get wherever it is I am going.
I ain't trying knock on anybody, but that is why I do what I do.