what is exactly wrong with living in a double wide?

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Anonymous wrote:There is absolutely nothing wrong with it at all.

I live near a place with some trailer park communities, though, and the reason they get a bad name around here is that they are filled with racist scum. The kids are exposed to that, and my neighbor's lovely adopted black kids have had a hard time in their local public school from harassment from the trailer park kids. I won't send my kids to those schools because I don't want them to pick up that way of thinking. So there is that.

I am this PP -- and to be clear, lots of nice people live in those trailer parks too, but there is a reason they have a bad reputation. People like those picking on my neighbors' kids cloud the perception for all the perfectly lovely people who also live in double wides. If you look at the crime map in my area, for example, the trailer parks are hotbeds. Doesn't mean there aren't lots of really nice people there or that trailers aren't just fine, but if needed to live in one I would try to get one out in the country near real houses and not in a park.

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I first went in one during college (there were many in my college town) and was shocked at how nice it was. It had a fireplace, jacuzzi tub, washer, full kitchen, etc. Certainly nicer than the dorm and apartments I lived in!

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I prefer living in a van down by the river

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There is nothing wrong with living in a double wide trailer orr even a yurt if that is your thing.

If you are renting it is about the same as renting a house. But if you are buying then you need to realize it does not appreciate in value as much as a "real" house because the double wide is built with cheaper, less-durable materials.
The land may appreciate in value but the double wide, not as much and may actually depreciate in value.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have two cousins who are retired and travel the world this way. They are from flyover country, and are much happier than me, with my fancy pants upbringing.

How do they travel the world in a double wide?

[Anonymous]

This is the most pleasant, non-judgmental thread I've seen on DCUM in a long time. I think I'll stay here for a while.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with you OP.

It's not the same as those trashy trailer parks like in the movie "8 Mile."

I love double wide trailers. I would much rather reside in one of those than my crappy apt.

At least I would have no shared walls and it would be detached from my neighbors. I could have my own washer and dryer and front porch and private parking area.

The trailer parks around here even have a swimming pool, playground and community room.

There is nothing wrong with them. Just don't try to pass them off as an upscale home in the inner suburbs. You know, like those additions that look like double wides. Bad idea.

[Anonymous]

There is nothing wrong with them. They do seem to attract natural disasters though.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing. Unless there is a tornado.

+1

Seriously. Well, that and the insulation.

[Anonymous]

I think a double wide in the middle of nowhere with an amazing view sounds lovely. I do not think high density trailer park sounds enticing in any way. I don't judge the trailer itself.

Word association for me: trailer park.... sex offender

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/17/trailer.sexoffender/

It's increasingly hard for sex offenders to find housing because there is often nowhere for them to live legally in city limits. Outskirts often = trailer parks, thus the link.

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My parents have a place in a retirement community in Arizona where all the homes are technically trailers. They bought a nice double-wide model and they split their time between their very nice (non-trailer) home in the midwest and the AZ place. Dad's a retired exec with a masters degree.

They like to mess with me because they know the image trailer parks have in some parts of the country, so they'll joke about how their double-wide is my legacy. I just roll my eyes.

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I remember Vanity Fair ran a feature a few years ago on a trailer park in the fanciest part of Malibu, oceanside. It was there through some weird zoning thing. It ended up being a super nice community with rose gardens etc. and some Hollywood people (ex. Minnie Driver) owned trailers there.

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http://www.today.com/home/malibu-mobile-home-lists-3-75-million-1D79930658

[Anonymous]

how many sq ft is the average double wide?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is absolutely nothing wrong with it at all.

I live near a place with some trailer park communities, though, and the reason they get a bad name around here is that they are filled with racist scum. The kids are exposed to that, and my neighbor's lovely adopted black kids have had a hard time in their local public school from harassment from the trailer park kids. I won't send my kids to those schools because I don't want them to pick up that way of thinking. So there is that.

I am this PP -- and to be clear, lots of nice people live in those trailer parks too, but there is a reason they have a bad reputation. People like those picking on my neighbors' kids cloud the perception for all the perfectly lovely people who also live in double wides. If you look at the crime map in my area, for example, the trailer parks are hotbeds. Doesn't mean there aren't lots of really nice people there or that trailers aren't just fine, but if needed to live in one I would try to get one out in the country near real houses and not in a park.

May be filled with racists where you are, but not where I grew up. and I think "trailer trash" is one of the most offensive, classist phrases in the world. Literally calling people trash because of their financial limitations. Disgusting.