That old trailer reminds me of the fishing camp my dad and his brothers had on Lake Kissimmee for decades. They said: "If it was any worse, we couldn't stand it. If it was any better, the women would want to come.".

There are tons of those in Florida. When I worked for the mortgage company (from 1986 to 2000), we would have people come in and try to borrow money using these frankenwides as collateral. Almost invariably the can-owners were real indignant that we didn't want to put loans out on trailers, which are basically vehicles (you have to get them registered and tagged just like your car or truck).

My father moves us into a trailer in the early 80s. I've never quite recovered from those horrible years. At least it didn't have a house-shaped thing built of plywood attached to it, though some of our neighbors in the trailer park had added decks and concrete patios. Classy!

Give B. Hussein, Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the gang a few years, and that will be a picture of a McMansion.

Oh hell, my taxes are going up!

Wonder how that house is appraised on the property tax rolls? The trailer would depreciate while the house would appreciate. I like it. Anything to piss off the neighbors.

Is it a ‘hailer’ or a ‘trouse’?

Not uncommon in our part of middle Georgia.

I'd take it. Everybody's foreclosed on where I live. At least this is paid for.

It may not be pretty, but it makes perfect sense. The trailer is wired and plumbed and provides kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room at much lower cost than site built. The shack provides living room and bedrooms and space for kids to play. The roof sheds rain and keeps the flat top of the trailer from leaking.

No, I don't own this thing, and yes, I'm from North Carolina.

I like it. I want one. Can't have one inside the Beltway, but maybe I shouldn't be inside the Beltway, or anywhere near it.

The American dream, of owning your own home.
That species is indigenous to the deep South,
and Texas.

Bubba has the right of it. It's practical and economical.

In Montana you at least have to put a roof over the mobile to keep the snow off it...I'm thinking that's how it starts.