Everything about Trailer Park totally explained
A
trailer park is a
neighborhood consisting of an area of land where
travel trailers rest. The term may also be used in a derogatory manner to refer to
mobile home parks or
manufactured home communities.
In the
United States,
tornadoes and
hurricanes often inflict their worst damage on trailer parks, usually because the structures are not secured to the ground and their construction is significantly less able to withstand high wind forces than regular houses. However, most modern manufactured homes are built to withstand high winds, using hurricane straps and proper foundations.
In the United States, the derogatory manner in which trailer parks are discussed is stereotypically assigned because of the belief that people who live in trailer parks are closer to the
poverty line and sometimes viewed as lower on the social class ladder. With the advent of bigger and better manufactured homes, trailer parks are no longer only a home to not-so-desirable folk. Despite the advances in manufactured home technology, the trailer park stereotype still survives as graphically evidenced in a quote by Presidential adviser
James Carville in the course of one of the
Clinton White House political
scandals, "Drag $100 bills through trailer parks, there's no telling what you'll find"," regarding
Paula Jones.
Emergency trailer parks
This perception of trailer parks wasn't improved by
FEMA's creation of emergency trailer parks for the displaced victims of
Hurricane Katrina, the quality and temporary nature of which was disputed.
Many stereotypes have developed regarding people who live in trailer parks, which are similar to
stereotypes of the poor.
On the other hand, it has become more socially acceptable in recent years to live in a trailer park. Substantial improvements in the size and amenities of trailers and other recreational vehicles, together with the development of the internet, have made a semi-nomadic lifestyle more popular among retirees, writers, consultants and others whose income isn't dependent on a fixed location. The increased popularity of these vehicles for recreational use has also led to the improvement of many of the parks themselves.
Outside North America
In
Europe, particularly in
Germany and
Spain, there are several disputed trailer parks mostly forcefully or unlawfully placed on
squatted land in the midst of urban centers (Berlin, Hamburg, Barcelona). Names for such phenomena include
Wagenburg,
Wagendorf or
Bauwagenplatz (all German, meaning: "trailer castle", "trailer village" and "trailer place" respectively) and people living there are often associated with the punk movement and
do it yourself (short DIY) punk ethic. A somewhat similar phenomenon exists in Britain, in the form of communities established informally by
New age travelers,
Irish travelers, and
Roma. On the whole, however, trailer parks are much less common in these countries than they're elsewhere and in
North America and are much less emblematic of a distinct lifestyle and membership to a certain social class.
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