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Kawasa

496 posts since
Aug 14, 2007

Dec 4, 2007 2:57 PM

Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

Around here when I run I get to see a large variety of housing, business, farming, etc. and today I wondered this question to myself. I started my run in town and ran into the mountains(if you can really call them that) and made a loop back into town. On this run I passed a trailer park outside of town and I also passed a lot of houses with "Apartment for rent" signs on them closer to and in town. This is not a "let's be d*cks to people who live in trailers" thread but I wondered why you would want to live in a trailer park when you could just as cheaply live in a nice apartment inside of town and closer to where you need to be. You either need to buy a trailer and then rent a lot or rent a trailer then rent the lot. This gets to be expensive. Heating and cooling also becomes a HUGE issue in poorly insulated trailers. I know not everyone can live in an apartment but with so many open apartments it's odd that people chose to live in a trailer. The weirdest part for me is it is a nice town and the rent is (relatively) cheap. My question for you is with all this taken into account would you rather live in a trailer or in an apartment?

Personally I wouldn't be able to afford(on budget anyways) to live in a trailer park but I live comfortably in an apartment.

monster2077

41 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

1. Dec 4, 2007 3:03 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

That is a good question. Is is not possible to own the lot, and the trailer, though? I suppose I might actually pick a trailer, you could have your own yard, you can be almost as loud as you want, you can paint whatever you want... I lived in appartments and it was nice, but in the end I couldn't paint the walls, I didn't have a yard, I had to hear the neighbors next door, I could only park in certain spots and all that hooey.

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Kawasa

496 posts since
Aug 14, 2007

2. Dec 4, 2007 3:14 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

quote:<HR>Originally posted by monster2:
That is a good question. Is is not possible to own the lot, and the trailer, though? I suppose I might actually pick a trailer, you could have your own yard, you can be almost as loud as you want, you can paint whatever you want... I lived in appartments and it was nice, but in the end I couldn't paint the walls, I didn't have a yard, I had to hear the neighbors next door, I could only park in certain spots and all that hooey.<HR>

It is possible to own both but I was looking at a trailer park and the set up looks temporary. As in when one tenant hauls their trailer off in comes another. I just know that trailers are not nice to be in during the more extreme months. This is small town PA we're talking about, I mean I have a yard to use. I suppose the yard would be a good thing but at a place like I was running by their yard would be the park lawn just like I would share mine with other tenants. I've been lucky and the other tenants want nothing to do with their lawn. There are a few different places I can park and I've not had trouble with that. This town is very laid back and nice.

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hysimmonds045

24 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

3. Dec 4, 2007 3:15 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

I think it depends on how much privacy is involved.

I wouldn't dare live in a trailer park, because I don't like being that close to neighbors....I also wouldn't enjoy an apartment for the same reason, although the bonus of being in town is nice.

I'd chose the trailer on my own piece of land...with nothing but woods around. Oh wait, I did.

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Kawasa

496 posts since
Aug 14, 2007

4. Dec 4, 2007 3:21 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

quote:<HR>Originally posted by hysimmonds:
I think it depends on how much privacy is involved.

I wouldn't dare live in a trailer park, because I don't like being that close to neighbors....I also wouldn't enjoy an apartment for the same reason, although the bonus of being in town is nice.

I'd chose the trailer on my own piece of land...with nothing but woods around. Oh wait, I did.

<HR>

My eventual goal is to find a reasonably large piece of land with a house already built onto it. That'll probably be d@mn near impossible to find by the time I'm ready but that's besides the point. I don't care for living in close proximity to lots of people but I can't imagine paying all that money to live in a trailer park. Compared to prices of rent, trailers, heating etc that I've seen I get a steal in my apartment and I'm very comfortable.

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sophielarue

56 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

5. Dec 4, 2007 3:24 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

There are some nice, cozy trailers out there. I would live in one if I owned a nice piece of land. I would prefer that over an apartment. I wouldn't want to live in a trailer park, though.

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danadear

376 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

6. Dec 4, 2007 3:27 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

I think that trailers in trailer parks are very often rented to people who have bad credit and can't get an apartment rental.

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hysimmonds045

24 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

7. Dec 4, 2007 3:27 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

yup, I'd probably go for the apartment too... perhaps the top floor in the corner -if possible- so I could be the noisy one

I've never even looked at prices for a trailer park, so wouldn't know the comparison.

We decided to spend the majority of our money on land and a smallish amount on the house since it can be upgraded easier.

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Lintu

257 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

8. Dec 4, 2007 3:34 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

Apartment. There is a stigma against trailer parks.

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BonitaApplebum

382 posts since
Aug 14, 2007

9. Dec 25, 2007 1:38 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

There is a certain amount of social stigma involved in living in a trailer that doesn't come with living in an apartment.

:: Bonita

ETA -- um, yeah. What lintu said.

http://This message has been edited by BonitaApplebum (edited Dec-04-2007).

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Kawasa

496 posts since
Aug 14, 2007

10. Dec 4, 2007 3:42 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

quote:<HR>Originally posted by danadear:
I think that trailers in trailer parks are very often rented to people who have bad credit and can't get an apartment rental.<HR>

Yeah that's true as well. The thing is though in this town I haven't heard of a landlord who checks their potential tenant's credit. It's one of those deals where you tell them you have a job, you give them a few references, pay the security deposit and sign the lease.

I agree, there is a social stigma with living in a trailer park. I was just trying to make the connections without taking it into account though, just looking at it from a purely economical and comfort standpoint. Although I suppose you could argue that the stigma could figure into the comfort. I honestly just think it would be more expensive to live in a trailer park around here than to rent an apartment. Land around here is insanely expensive so that would be a non-option from the start for most people. That's why I'll be moving either back to where I'm from or to a cheaper area when my myself and my g/f have our teaching certificates. I already have more than enough for a down payment on a piece of property, it's just going to be a challenge finding it.

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bburgoyne26

306 posts since
Jul 9, 2003

11. Dec 4, 2007 3:43 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

you're in grad school right?...just keep it cheap, simple and comfortable...you won't have time for anything else...

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Kawasa

496 posts since
Aug 14, 2007

12. Dec 4, 2007 3:45 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

quote:<HR>Originally posted by bburgoyne26:
you're in grad school right?...just keep it cheap, simple and comfortable...you won't have time for anything else...<HR>

Oh no, I wasn't thinking about moving into a trailer park. I'm just fine in my cheap, comfortable, but still nice apartment. I was just trying to understand someone's motivation in living in the trailer park while so many similarly nice and cheap apartments were left uninhabited.

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bburgoyne26

306 posts since
Jul 9, 2003

13. Dec 4, 2007 3:51 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

quote:<HR>Originally posted by Kawasaki500:
Oh no, I wasn't thinking about moving into a trailer park. I'm just fine in my cheap, comfortable, but still nice apartment. I was just trying to understand someone's motivation in living in the trailer park while so many similarly nice and cheap apartments were left uninhabited.<HR>

oh, that's simple then...you don't have to listen to the upstairs neighbors or the neighbors with a common wall when they are bumping uglies....

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NYCross

191 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

14. Dec 4, 2007 3:58 PM

in response to: Kawasa

Re: Would you rather live in a trailer or an apartment?

I've considered renting a trailer that's out by itself on a nice couple acres of rural property, and I may still do so. It has a large, grassy yard bordered by forest. I'd greatly prefer that to living in a crowded apartment complex.

But, no, I wouldn't live in the local trailer park, mainly because there's a lot of junk in people's yards, they haven't kept their trailers nice, and the whole place is generally dirty and too close together.

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