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The Case for Trailer Parks
The Atlantic ^
| October 24, 2014
| Alana Semuels
Posted on 10/27/2014 3:02:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
“For some reason trailers do not attract decent renters.”
It is the owner’s or manager’s fault, not the type structure.
Same for any other piece of rental property.
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posted on
10/27/2014 5:34:19 PM PDT
by
wrench
(While not "airborne" at this moment, Ebola is a Snot-Borne virus)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We lived in Jax, FL once and had a neighbor who wouldn’t take his dog in at night or during the day. Nice young chocolate lab who needed love and attention. At first, He kept the dog in a cage 22 hours a day and it barked its head off all day long until until I bitched at them so they let it run loose in the back yard. Even after that, life sucked because of a constantly barking dog...had to sue for injunctive relief.
All I could think of was that if I lived in a trailer park, I wouldn’t have to deal with all this sh!t.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Manufactured houses are too expensive. Compressed earth blocks and other more natural materials are much less costly and more durable.
83
posted on
10/27/2014 5:52:53 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A small, traditionally framed house is also much less costly and can be much more well built (experience).
84
posted on
10/27/2014 5:54:40 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: familyop
85
posted on
10/27/2014 5:57:38 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: familyop
Have you read up on straw bale houses?
86
posted on
10/27/2014 5:58:17 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: suijuris
What do a tornado and a West Virginia divorce have in common?
87
posted on
10/27/2014 6:01:05 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Have you read up on straw bale houses?"
Yes. Even less straw can be used as insulation in CEB (compressed earth block) construction without the enormous quantities of concrete.
Here's a short story of a professional construction job. Some folks had a manufactured house installed on a cheap lot not far from here--a house considered by most to be small (only slightly larger than an old tract house). Their costs totaled over $300,000, and they've been trying to sell it for about $200,000 for years. There are no power lines for several miles, and the heating system there is forced air (no-go for a PV solar plant) with a propane generator for backup (another no-go for an area that see winter temps below -30 F and winds over 100 mph). There were other mistakes.
I can do better than that for much less. Most folks these days don't like to learn to build, though.
88
posted on
10/27/2014 6:21:28 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Yeah, up to about 1976."
I've built, off and on, since before 1976. Learning to build a house makes much more economic sense now than then despite the requirement to learn codes (not so hard).
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posted on
10/27/2014 6:35:02 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: familyop
I couldn’t build a bird house when I was healthy, much less now. LOL
90
posted on
10/27/2014 6:35:54 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Shipping Containers are pretty Sweet!
91
posted on
10/27/2014 6:36:47 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
( - William Diamonds Drum - can You Hear it G man?)
To: Eagles6
What do a tornado and a West Virginia divorce have in common? OK. I'll bite?
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posted on
10/27/2014 7:08:33 PM PDT
by
suijuris
To: 2ndDivisionVet; Tainan
If your condition allows, you might be interested in some of the articles of Jeffrey Yago (PE) on small, do-it-yourself energy projects. His latest is a “Solar suitcase” for tiny power uses (cell phone, laptop, radio, etc.).
http://backwoodshome.com/
I really liked his trailer project a few years ago.
Solar power trailer (Jeffrey Yago)
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/yago108.html
One pretty good source of components that includes some how-to and other info (included here because of the easy-to-understand tech. info around the site). Readers should also seek other, more basic PV solar information that’s available on many sites around the Net.
http://www.solar-electric.com/
If it’s of no interest to you, that’s understandable. People in various places live under different conditions and have different needs. Some people in some places will benefit from the knowledge. I like tech. stuff.
[This comment was powered by the sun and a low cost, homebuilt, mobile system with averaged monthly cost being very low.]
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posted on
10/27/2014 7:11:24 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: suijuris
In both cases someone loses a trailer.
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posted on
10/27/2014 7:18:17 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: Eagles6
LOL!
95
posted on
10/27/2014 7:37:56 PM PDT
by
suijuris
To: GraceG
What we really need is actual modular houses built like LEGO blocks, with no more than 20-30 different types of parts that can be assembled into houses of any size/configuration. It's been done. His name was R. Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller and the modular in question is his geodesic dome home.
Geodesic dome construction could not be more simplistic, as they are made of simple triangles bolted together.
The dome is itself the structure and no internal load bearing walls are required, so the rooms can be where and how you want them to be and then are relatively easy to change, especially when compared to traditional structures.
Plus, unlike a trailer in a trailer park, a dome is a challenge for tornadoes as their shape and robust structure handle wind very well, same for snow loads.
Aesthetically, they have a love it or hate it appeal and can be an acquired taste, sometimes never acquired.
But with low material requirements and simple construction, they are fairly cheap to build and can be very energy efficient. Not a bad compromise.
If unique is what you seek, Bucky Fuller had it.
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posted on
10/27/2014 8:36:09 PM PDT
by
GBA
(Can we play follow the Leader now instead of follow the lemming?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The design and construction quality of manufactured homes has come a long way. Manufactured homes are not trailers. They are built in sections on jigs in a factory environment The walls are straighter the fit better than on many stick built homes
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posted on
10/28/2014 4:00:45 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
98
posted on
10/28/2014 10:27:23 AM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: GBA
I love these tiny houses, in fact if I could I would ‘take two they’re small!” lol
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posted on
10/31/2014 7:02:02 PM PDT
by
Kackikat
(Two wrongs do NOT make a right.... unless you are a Democrat!)
To: Kackikat
I love these tiny houses, in fact if I could I would take two theyre small! lol You are right about that! I've been day dreaming about a getaway location somewhere in the western part of the state and a tiny house fits well in my day dream. Not sure how well living the dream would go, but I wouldn't mind finding out one way or the other.
Tumbleweed has some interesting designs:
Tiny Texas Houses is another company with day dream quality pics.
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posted on
10/31/2014 10:16:23 PM PDT
by
GBA
(Hick with a keyboard.)
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