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Living in a mobile home is actually pretty decent. It's generally going to be nicer, and much more private, than living in the type of apartments that would be

by javert 11y ago

Living in a mobile home is actually pretty decent. It's generally going to be nicer, and much more private, than living in the type of apartments that would be within range of someone at that income level. And the article mentions this---there is a reference to children who prefer the mobile home park over apartments. I also know this because my aunt and cousin used to live in one. I wouldn't mind living in one myself, as long as the neighbors are decent (and that can very well be the case). I get it. That's not good enough either---you want to force wealthy Americans to subsidize "really nice" housing for everyone. Unfortunately, that would significantly decrease net production, because you're diverting resources that would be used for producitve purposes to housing that is merely consumed. In the long run, everyone's standard of living would go down---most of all, the poor, who depend on cheap products and marginal jobs that have a low productivity level. You can't have your cake and eat it, too. You can't have more guns and have more butter. Resources are limited. I get it. You've already heard this, but it's not how you want reality to be, and for some reason, you think you can put your wishes over the facts and get away with it. There's no way I can talk you out of that since persuasion presumes a mutual acceptance of reality.

btdollar 11y ago
It's pretty hypocritical to talk down like that, "it's not how you want reality to be," while at the same time asserting that the resources of wealthy Americans are used for purely productive purposes. Somehow putting money into houses is "consuming" it whereas letting the wealthy get richer from finiancial instruments is "productive purposes." Maybe you should join the rest of us in reality someday.
morganvachon 11y ago
> Living in a mobile home is actually pretty decent. It's generally going to be nicer, and much more private, than living in the type of apartments that would be within range of someone at that income level. It often isn't, but you're right that it definitely can be a nice place if set up properly. There's a mobile home community near me that is strictly for retired people with no juvenile children in the house; it's safer and cleaner than even some of the "nice" subdivisions in the area. There's also a great place I stayed at on vacation in Florida several years ago. It's set up as a combination mobile home community and beach house rental business, where owners can lease their mobile homes via the management company to weekly beachgoers. Some owners live there year round (mostly retirees), others live there seasonally, and yet others just use it as a vacation home for a few weeks a year, and lease it out the rest of the year.

by javert 11y ago

btdollar 11y ago

It's pretty hypocritical to talk down like that, "it's not how you want reality to be," while at the same time asserting that the resources of wealthy Americans are used for purely productive purposes. Somehow putting money into houses is "consuming" it whereas letting the wealthy get richer from finiancial instruments is "productive purposes." Maybe you should join the rest of us in reality someday.

morganvachon 11y ago

> Living in a mobile home is actually pretty decent. It's generally going to be nicer, and much more private, than living in the type of apartments that would be within range of someone at that income level. It often isn't, but you're right that it definitely can be a nice place if set up properly. There's a mobile home community near me that is strictly for retired people with no juvenile children in the house; it's safer and cleaner than even some of the "nice" subdivisions in the area. There's also a great place I stayed at on vacation in Florida several years ago. It's set up as a combination mobile home community and beach house rental business, where owners can lease their mobile homes via the management company to weekly beachgoers. Some owners live there year round (mostly retirees), others live there seasonally, and yet others just use it as a vacation home for a few weeks a year, and lease it out the rest of the year.