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If anything it would increase the demand for trailer parks. The average rent of a trailer now if I read that article right is $400-$500, that's already half of
by tinco 11y ago
If anything it would increase the demand for trailer parks. The average rent of a trailer now if I read that article right is $400-$500, that's already half of your basic income. The income of someone who lives there is also around $1000/mo, so the only thing that would change is that there'd be more of them, so demand would increase and the rent would go up.
I can't tell you why trailer parks are a thing in the U.S. In The Netherlands poor people simply live in apartment complexes. Though those are equally depressing. I can't remember ever seeing a serious apartment complex in the U.S. though. Only downtown with rich people in them. Perhaps I'm biased and have only seen richer parts.
- learc83 11y agoYeah, there are plenty of apartment complexes for lower income people. Trailer parks are a thing mostly because they allow for more privacy than an apartment--no upstairs neighbors.
- jpindar 11y agoThe vast majority of low income people in the US do live in apartment complexes. There are apartments in almost every town in the US, except for the most wealthy or the most rural places. Trailer parks are just a picturesque (for lack of a better term) stereotype. Apartment complexes are so ordinary that discussing them isn't interesting.