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In The Netherlands mobile home parks are bought at a rapid rate by (oftentimes foreign) investors to be replaced by cheaply built, uniform and boring rental hom
by rapnie 4y ago
In The Netherlands mobile home parks are bought at a rapid rate by (oftentimes foreign) investors to be replaced by cheaply built, uniform and boring rental home vacation parcs. It is attractive for municipalities who are strapped for cash, and thinking about future tourism income for their town or city, and who also generally don't like the original dwellers of these places: Local low-income residents who can't afford expensive vacations abroad. They occupy leased municipal land 'unproductively' in their eyes, causing incidents now and then. Troublemakers. But with the disappearance of these mobile home parks a unique and important social culture that is present there, also disappears. I think it is highly likely that by taking away the passtime for commoners in this way will create a lot of social problems in the long run. I haven't heard much about organizating as co-operatives, but the idea is very appealing.
- bramblerose 4y agoNote that "mobile home parks" in The Netherlands exist in two forms: holiday homes ("vaste staanplaats") and permanent residences ("woonwagenkamp"). It seems you're describing the first, while the article describes something closer to the second.
- wil421 4y agoBoth look the same as the US ones when I goggle them. I think it’s a lot less common for them to be holiday homes in the US but it’s not unheard of. My family owns a vacation condo across from what you would call vaste staaplaats and they actually look very nice. A lot of people may not know they are trailers. Both types seem to attract interesting types of people that’s for sure.