I noticed MO has more of these...any reasons? (Nevada: how much, mobile home)

[northbayeric]

I succeeded! Maybe someday I can give you four at a time! Out here I think our MH park and its homes would be most at risk from a large earthquake. At least it's situated on many concrete blocks.

It's interesting how the media always reports on how twisters destroy mobile homes as if they're akin to cruise missiles locked and on target or something! Today's modulars are built pretty sturdily.

[River Wood]

Heck everyone has been soo friendly that I've been stuck here. I'm not even living there (yet) I'm just a Minnesooooootan.. Hope you all don't mind.

[ajf131]

The trailers I have seen in Missouri are generally only in the Ozark region, and that is because the landscape is quite poor...the soil is not rich for growing crops like the rest of the state, and I guess the lifestyle is more laid-back and slow since it is hard to make a living in those regions. People living in those areas generally don't have much money and are dirt poor. In the parts of Missouri that are not in the Ozarks and in the cities, trailer parks are pretty uncommon. I've never seen any around St. Louis except just past Six Flags in Franklin County along Interstate 44. That is technically the beginnings of the Ozark foothills.

[mrsgenealogy]

Originally Posted by ajf131

The trailers I have seen in Missouri are generally only in the Ozark region, and that is because the landscape is quite poor...the soil is not rich for growing crops like the rest of the state, and I guess the lifestyle is more laid-back and slow since it is hard to make a living in those regions. People living in those areas generally don't have much money and are dirt poor. In the parts of Missouri that are not in the Ozarks and in the cities, trailer parks are pretty uncommon. I've never seen any around St. Louis except just past Six Flags in Franklin County along Interstate 44. That is technically the beginnings of the Ozark foothills.

Ahhh, ajf! You do seem to have a penchant for sticking your foot in your mouth, don't you?

[mrsgenealogy]

Originally Posted by River Wood

Heck everyone has been soo friendly that I've been stuck here. I'm not even living there (yet) I'm just a Minnesooooootan.. Hope you all don't mind.

Hey, River Wood! Of course, we don't mind!
Heck, most of us are transplants...and the rest of us are hangin' OUT with transplants! Sheesh! You fit right in!
Come on in, grab a glass of sweetened iced tea and post to your heart's content!

[befigard]

I live in a manufactured home...its NICER then half the stix built ones...in the area. It is NICE, clean affordable living for someone like me, who is raising a grandchild on disability pay. My home isn't exactly 'little'...I have 1280 square foot of living space....situated on 1.1 acre of wooded land, in a very very very safe environment for my child to go out and play in. With LOW taxes...and no pollution or crime. What more could one ask for?

[Ciaerin]

Originally Posted by befigard

I live in a manufactured home...its NICER then half the stix built ones...in the area. It is NICE, clean affordable living for someone like me, who is raising a grandchild on disability pay. My home isn't exactly 'little'...I have 1280 square foot of living space....situated on 1.1 acre of wooded land, in a very very very safe environment for my child to go out and play in. With LOW taxes...and no pollution or crime. What more could one ask for?

here here befigard. i have 1280 ft as well. 5 acres of wooded land. some of the best darned neighbors ever, im not poor... but im not rich either. we get by. i have 2 children aged 8 and 6, they both go to great schools and like you i love the no pollution/crime thing... oh yeah and im only 1 mile from the lake

[MoNative34]

Originally Posted by ajf131

I've never seen any around St. Louis except just past Six Flags in Franklin County along Interstate 44. That is technically the beginnings of the Ozark foothills.

The zoning limits them. Most of the remaining parks have been sold over the years due to rising land values.

[mrsgenealogy]

Originally Posted by befigard

I live in a manufactured home...its NICER then half the stix built ones...in the area. It is NICE, clean affordable living for someone like me, who is raising a grandchild on disability pay. My home isn't exactly 'little'...I have 1280 square foot of living space....situated on 1.1 acre of wooded land, in a very very very safe environment for my child to go out and play in. With LOW taxes...and no pollution or crime. What more could one ask for?

Originally Posted by Ciaerin

here here befigard. i have 1280 ft as well. 5 acres of wooded land. some of the best darned neighbors ever, im not poor... but im not rich either. we get by. i have 2 children aged 8 and 6, they both go to great schools and like you i love the no pollution/crime thing... oh yeah and im only 1 mile from the lake

Right on, you two! Oh! Welcome to the forum, Befigard! I am so happy to see people living within their means. This world is heading in a wrong direction and there are going to be a lot of people who will lose their homes because they didn't do that. It has become "the fashion" to work so hard to get all the stuff that you haven't got time to actually enjoy the stuff! But you two have chosen a great life for your families. Hooray!

[christina0001]

I have noticed that too. Back east, there was a strong emphasis on having a big, fancy house, and often those houses are on very little plots of land. Here, people seem to take more pride in owning a lot of land.