Which is worse: an apartment or a trailer park?

[desura]

trailer parks have bad reputations, but I've been in a few which were pretty well maintained, with ownership being evident. Apartments have less of a stigma but to get one you don't really need much money at all, maybe less than a trailer?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Apartments are viewed as either temporary arrangements for young people who can't afford a house or as the only reasonable solution to living in a large city where there isn't land to build normal houses.

Trailers are viewed as non-temporary situations for people who are in areas where houses are plentiful and not all that expensive, yet still can't afford one.

 

[x26]

You should see the "Trailer Parks" in Rancho Mirage, CA.
They break all the Stereotypes--For the Most part.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

trailer parks have bad reputations, but I've been in a few which were pretty well maintained, with ownership being evident. Apartments have less of a stigma but to get one you don't really need much money at all, maybe less than a trailer?

Depends on each, I've seen apartments that looked like they wanted to just kill you off directly to save the inhabitants the trouble, and others that looked like resorts. I've seen trailer parks that looked as though there was an active tornado passing through them, and others that looked like pristine micro-communities of OCD tiny-house-inhabitants.. akin to some kind of keebler elves I suppose.

So really, living in a bad area where nobody gives a flip is worse.

 

[cbrunny]

I'd definitely consider living in a trailer park if it was not a shit hole. But Canadian winters make that tough.

 

[BudAshes]

You should see the "Trailer Parks" in Rancho Mirage, CA.
They break all the Stereotypes--For the Most part.

In general trailer parks on the coast in CA are pretty nice.

 

[skyking]

Not sharing a wall, floor, ceiling = priceless.

 

[BudAshes]

Depends on each, I've seen apartments that looked like they wanted to just kill you off directly to save the inhabitants the trouble, and others that looked like resorts. I've seen trailer parks that looked as though there was an active tornado passing through them, and others that looked like pristine micro-communities of OCD tiny-house-inhabitants.. akin to some kind of keebler elves I suppose.

So really, living in a bad area where nobody gives a flip is worse.

Unless you are a bad guy who doesn't give a flip. I'm guessing you aren't though since you used the word flip.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

two trailer park girls go round the outside

 

[IronWing]

Not sharing a wall, floor, ceiling = priceless.

Yep.

 

[Ruptga]

Apartments are viewed as either temporary arrangements for young people who can't afford a house or as the only reasonable solution to living in a large city where there isn't land to build normal houses.

Trailers are viewed as non-temporary situations for people who are in areas where houses are plentiful and not all that expensive, yet still can't afford one.

Yep. That's perception though, the reality is that it's often a wash. It doesn't matter what your home is made of, if your landlord is trash the place will be trash too.

 

[Fritzo]

Trailer park. You get people storing crap outside of their trailers, then it ends up looking like you live in a junkyard.

 

[mindless1]

If both are in decent shape, the apartment is better living near others and the trailer better if NOT in a trailer park. Really though if you're talking low rent areas then there's going to be riff-raff either way when you live around others.

 

[sdifox]

Traiiler park.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

You're almost always better off to buy, like 99% of the time. If I could go back in time I would have bought a trailer/prefab home I had the opportunity to buy 25 years ago.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I've lived in both.
I HATED apartment living.
I didnt mind trailer park living, had a driveway and a small yard and a tree and a nice deck.
I also lived in a townhouse for a while, hated that too, had a small yard, but the shared wall meant that I always heard neighbor kids running up and down stairs in the morning, always awakened by banging on the walls when neighbors on the other side slammed their bed into the wall whilst ... playing on the bed.

I much prefer living in a detached home, but, if I couldn't afford the house and had to move out, I'd be quite content with a trailer since I hate shared walls and trailers have none.

 

[lxskllr]

I've seen some very nice trailer parks, and damned few apartments at any price range I consider inspiring. My preference would be a trailer in deep country, where you have to pipe sunlight in, and you couldn't tell if you have neighbors or not.

 

[skyking]

our first place was a single wide on a lot in a rural park. I think we paid 9000 for it and sold it for 6000 5 years later. it was the early 90's and lot rent was under 300.
It served a purpose, and was far better than throwing away rent money. We had a two car carport, 8x20 locking storage in front of the cars and most importantly a place for the big dog outside.

 

[lxskllr]

and most importantly a place for the big dog outside.

Did you keep it chained to the rusty bumper of a truck up on blocks? :^P

 

[dainthomas]

Not sharing a wall, floor, ceiling = priceless.

For real. No jackwagons banging on the ceiling/floor and I can crank my surround sound as high as I want.

 

[TwiceOver]

They both can be horrible or great.

My town has made it illegal to move a trailer house into city limits now, so eventually the trailer parks will disappear.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

They both can be horrible or great.

My town has made it illegal to move a trailer house into city limits now, so eventually the trailer parks will disappear.

None are really tailors anymore they are all prefab houses

 

[DaveSimmons]

I'd vote trailer park.

My apartment is in a downtown tower within walking distance of everything and with a nice 12th-story view. If something breaks I go to the Avalon website and maintenance stops by later that same day. I sleep late instead of mowing the lawn.

I've thought of getting a condo but why? Pay condo fees, property taxes, and have my equity tied up in a mortgage. I put the money into index funds instead.

 

[Red Squirrel]

If I had to pick between the two, I'd take a trailer. At least it's something I own, I can make changes to it, I have somewhat of a yard. (though often you don't really own the property) while an apartment is basically a slight upgrade from living in your parents' basement. On the other hand some of the nicer apartments do have a nice view and there's a certain "coolness" factor to being in a high rise. But I imagine that gets old fast enough when you realize you can't even put a hole in a wall to run cabling or can't fix basic electrical stuff, etc.

It's crazy how expensive trailers are though! I always figured one perk is that they are cheaper than a house but I see some go for like 100k sometimes. Most of them are at least 50k. So while it is cheaper than a house, it's not by a very big magnitude.

One of the nice things of "trailer trash" places is that if people are actually allowed to leave cars on blocks on their front lawns and stuff and nobody bats an eye, then it means you have more freedom to do whatever you want without some bylaw officer giving you trouble. You can probably put up a wind turbine, garden, solar panels etc... whatever and people probably won't bother you for it.

That is the one thing that pisses me off is ridiculous bylaws that dictate what you can/can't do on your own property, or simply the fact that you don't even truly own your property. Being able to own land+mineral rights (most land does not actually come with mineral rights, if you find gold you can't keep it) and have control over it should be a right. As a person or even a business if I want to build a big garage or a warehouse or front lawn garden etc I should be able to do so without getting hassle for it or having to go through tons of red tape like permits etc. My city is now requiring to get a permit to erect temporary car shelters. This kind of red tape is ridiculous.

 

[skyking]

Did you keep it chained to the rusty bumper of a truck up on blocks? :^P

I tried that, but some fellas came 'round and said I had to put him back in the kennel on acounta having all my teefs.