I’ve seen some real nice “mobile homes” So what’s the big deal? A mobile home is not an indicator of poverty. I’ll bet most of these folks actually WORK for a living and pay TAXES. I wonder what percentage of “mobile home” dwellers voted for the current president whose name and racial preference escape my mind. Bottom line...people gotta live somewhere. How about they live where they want, in what they want, in the manner they want. Is this not a free land?
Agreed. Nothing wrong with living within your means. It is widely recommended on this site. I own one, and I LOVE it. Way more house than I could have afforded without leveraging myself to the gills.....
True. Lots of retirees live in mobile home parks as an alternative to garden apartments that have stairs and less square footage to boot.
The whole "trailer trash" reputation comes from the fact that, in larger metropolitan areas, they are often the cheapest form of housing other than public housing. There were also a series of pulp novels in the 1950s that further spread the reputation of mobile homes as filled with promiscuity and crime.
Was until about 8 or 9 months ago. As I said, I sold "mobile homes" about 10 years ago, and many of them were much nicer than a site-built home costing twice or three times as much. We had one model specifically configured for a home theatre room, another with a NASCAR theme (the company had a car back then) and even a very nice triple-wide that'd make almost any family happy.
I agree with your post. The article bothered me because it seemed to disparage people who choose to live in mobile homes inferring that they are poverty stricken, rural Southerners, hence less intelligent than the editors at CNN. Mobile homes can be very charming as can any living quarters if they are clean and attractively decorated. What a snobbish assertion CNN Money is making when it looks down its liberal nose at hardworking people and their homes.