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The new middle class..... trailer courts

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It is said that the new middle class will and have been moving to the mobile home, preferring the trailer court life style.
Single wides, double wides, the luxury of out right ownership of the dwelling itself vs the expensive 30 year mortgage.
And... the much preferred and more affordable lot rent vs the ever rising property tax burden.
This is the new middle class.

Small yards, minor upkeep, simplicity, down sizing, plus greatly reduced property taxation.
A trade off eliminating higher and higher property tax rates for a more stable lot rent expense.
Naturally, the inability to deduct those lot rent expenses on the old tax form as compared to those property tax deductions for some home owners could be a deal breaker. However, for that everyone knows it is just a short matter of time until that property tax deduction will be completely taken way altogether.
If republicans could care less about people having affordable healthcare, we all know they will care even less if the property tax deduction is taken away allowing uncle Sam to keep more of your money in his pockets.
It's coming.
You now it and they know it.
But enough of that....

The news here is with the migration from that large family home to the simplicity of the mobile home.
The pre-fab home, the manufactured home, along with the trailer court living.
Yes, this is and will be the middle class of tomorrow.
Affordably, simplicity, communities isolated from crime and riff raft.
Pools, club houses, neighbor hand in hand with neighbor, strict rules, regulations, clean streets, well kept yards, pet limits, and much reduced crime.
And everyone, especially in todays world, wants to see their crime exposure reduced if not eliminated.
Enter the trailer court lifestyle.

The new middle class of tomorrow, happening today.
Doubt this trend?
Just check out your local trailer courts, especially the very well kept courts.
You will find not only the seniors living there, but the young middle class working couple as well.
The families.
Where the child can play on the swings, and the parent need not fear for the safety of the child.
And you will find that a nice available mobile home is very hard to come by at any price.
When vacancy does come up, expect a buyer with cash in hand ready to pounce on the opportunity.
Home ownership at a fraction of the cost of your typical 30 year mortgaged home.
Out right cash purchasing, or at worst a short affordable ten year loan.

Think of a well kept mobile home court as your gated community of tomorrow.
Low crime, clean streets, kept yards, biking, walking, kind of your Stepford wives scenario minus the robotic housewife.
The new middle class of tomorrow, here today.
 
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Thebobo

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Most of the home trailer parks around here have been sold to the dismay of the home owners and developed into office parks or sing family homes. Most of the parks you don't own the land just rent it so they can sell the land right under your house. There has been a lot about this and trailer park living in the news lately. Houses do look nice and they are cheap. Perfect for low income retires if you don't mind the part about not owning your land.
 

Jaskalas

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OP sounds like a promotion for a company or stock that he owns. Would love to see some stats or articles on it. Speaking of which... trailer and mobile home talk got me thinking of one thing. You really do not want to do this east of the Rocky Mountains.

As tornado approaches, flee mobile homes in favor of vehicles or ditches, experts say
Nationwide, statistics from 2001 to 2010 show that people who live in mobile homes die in tornadoes at a rate 15 times higher than residents of permanent homes
 

cbrunny

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Would gladly move to a mobile home for pretty much all of the reasons stated here if the weather didn't vary by 60+ degrees celsius in a year in my area. Is everyone going to do it? Shit no. Trend? Shit no. Appealing? Yeah, if you aren't a materialistic jack wagon.
 

Londo_Jowo

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OP sounds like a promotion for a company or stock that he owns. Would love to see some stats or articles on it. Speaking of which... trailer and mobile home talk got me thinking of one thing. You really do not want to do this east of the Rocky Mountains.

As tornado approaches, flee mobile homes in favor of vehicles or ditches, experts say
Don't you know that's due to aluminum being a tornado magnet, so the higher the quantity of aluminum the greater the chance a tornado will strike.
 

glenn1

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Trailers are too much house for most of the 'middle class', they need something more like this:

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Trailers are too much house for most of the 'middle class', they need something more like this:

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Don't get me started on this tiny house craze. I think a lot feeding it is Millanials can't afford a proper sized house for various reason so they're being told or justifying why a tiny tricked out house is better.

Sorry to divert
 

Jaskalas

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Don't get me started on this tiny house craze. I think a lot feeding it is Millanials can't afford a proper sized house for various reason so they're being told or justifying why a tiny tricked out house is better.

Sorry to divert

Same reason as the mobile home talk... it's better than being homeless.
Americans are becoming poor as !@#$.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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Don't get me started on this tiny house craze. I think a lot feeding it is Millanials can't afford a proper sized house for various reason so they're being told or justifying why a tiny tricked out house is better.

Sorry to divert
What exactly is a "proper sized house" in your estimation.
 

IronWing

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Proper sized is proper sized. This rarely includes a house someone can build inside a large one car garage.
If all one wants is a crash pad, the tiny houses are fine. As soon as one has a project to work on, "crap". I think the ideal would be a tiny house in a nice garden next to a 50'x100' or larger workshop.
 

IronWing

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I'm not. All land and all expectations are unique. However something without plumbing or that can be built in the previously mentioned garage rarely qualifies as proper.
All the tiny house plans I've seen have plumbing. I ain't giving up the best technology humanity has produced to date just shave a few square feet.
 
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If all one wants is a crash pad, the tiny houses are fine. As soon as one has a project to work on, "crap". I think the ideal would be a tiny house in a nice garden next to a 50'x100' or larger workshop.

Yes that's reasonably fine and I'll agree if you have some land in the woods this could be a fun weekend home but living in something like that long term is silly, just rent a studio apartment a tiny home will never carry any resale value and if you just want a crash pad why do you want to fix stuff or go to the gym to shower or cart you trash off somewhere because you have no room
 
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All the tiny house plans I've seen have plumbing. I ain't giving up the best technology humanity has produced to date just shave a few square feet.

Yeah we're talking about different stuff. I'm referring to the tv show tiny homes. Theirs tend to be 28-50 sq feet. I'm not talking about a manufactured/mobile home.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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If all one wants is a crash pad, the tiny houses are fine. As soon as one has a project to work on, "crap". I think the ideal would be a tiny house in a nice garden next to a 50'x100' or larger workshop.
Not a bad idea. Of course, it depends on how big your projects are. I just think attitudes like fanatical meat's are silly. Sometimes I watch those shows where a family is looking for a retirement home and every time I wonder wtf? They 'need' 4 bedrooms and 3 baths for guests. Oh and, at 'least ' 3500 sq ft. "We'll have to totally gut the kitchen because it's not white like I want." How the heck did these people get to retirement age without people on the street pointing and laughing?