What image comes to mind when you think of “mobile homes” and “trailer parks”? I bet it is not this:
Or this:
And I bet the $1 million price tag doesn’t match the sterotype, either.
This is the view from the Paradise Cove mobile home park in Malibu, California. Pretty neat.
These images come from a fascinating Los Angeles Times slide show study of the Malibu areas of Paradise Cove and Point Dume Club. The areas feature many double-wide and manufactured homes.
And why not? Every home is manufactured, of course. Take a look at the cookie cutter houses in the average North American suburban sub-division; and prefab houses were a popular option in the early part of the last century.
Trailer parks on the edge of our cities that look like shanty towns should no more influence our overall opinion of mobile homes than say, inner city slums should influence our views of mansions. There is no intrinsic difference that I can recognize.
So, it comes down — as it always does — to location, money, money, and location.
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