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There's an odd moment in Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, his book about a 1960 roadtrip across the US, where he encounters a couple living in a mobile home an
by vonnik 9y ago
There's an odd moment in Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, his book about a 1960 roadtrip across the US, where he encounters a couple living in a mobile home and sings the praises of it. Modern, mobile, allows the inhabitants the freedom to follow their dreams and the job market. Truly another time.
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- philwelch 9y agoTrailer living used to be a lot less stigmatized than it is now. Even as recently as the late 70’s, the officers in “CHiPs” lived in trailers; something you never see heroic television leads do anymore.