That is... shocking. Especially considering that it's way cheaper to buy in Santa Clara than in Mountain View. I've checked out trailer parks in the area, too

That is... shocking. Especially considering that it's way cheaper to buy in Santa Clara than in Mountain View. I've checked out trailer parks in the area, too... (I'm totally the kind of guy who would live in a mobile home if it was a good deal) but we're talking like $800+ per month for space rent, then you have to buy the mobile home on top of that. Add to that, well, most mobile homes are not particularly mobile, and you have all the problems you expect from owning a building on land you rent. (Note, not lease, rent. Most of the time, they can jack up your rent year over year as much as they like. I have locked-in rackspace for my servers for five years... as far as I can tell, I could not lock in the space rent for more than one.) But yeah, I would totally have bought into a mobile home park if it had more of a 'condo' ownership model where the land was owned in common.