Tent City in the IE

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This article on a Tent City in the Inland Empire sounds like it should be in a third world country.

It does not sound like it is totally a result of sub-prime melt down but the writer is trying hard to make it a connection.

While no current residents claim to be victims of foreclosure, all agree that tent city is a symptom of the wider economic downturn. And it's just a matter of time before foreclosed families end up at tent city, local housing experts say.

"They don't hit the streets immediately," said activist Jane Mercer. Most families can find transitional housing in a motel or with friends before turning to charity or the streets. "They only hit tent city when they really bottom out."

This is a tough one at Christmas time.

Be thankful!
 
Not all people who lost their houses in foreclosures have lost their income. What about all the people "walking away"? They sure can afford to rent an apartment. Maybe not a fancy one, but far from living in a tent. And what happened to the trailer parks? Aren't they considered to be the next step down from an apartment? Does anybody know how much it costs to live in a trailer?
 
I heard a trailer cost around 100k in OC. Might be more now. I think owners have to pay some kind of registration fees to CA since the trailers are on wheels.

Umm, I have always wonder. Does it gets really hot in one during the summer months? And also, when the Santa Ana wind comes through town. Does these trailers hold up well?

Oh, since trailers are on wheels and the land is not attached to it. If the owner of the land kick the residents off. Do the residents just pull these trailers to another park?
 
In Florida, there are trailers that really trail behind a car, and trailers with an "R" sticker on them meaning they count as real estate. Those are generally a mission to move, and need a professional mover. Trailer parks are really stupid in Florida and a regarded as hurricane/tornado magnets. Trailers in the Keys can be incredibly expensive. About a decade ago, Monroe County, where the keys are, decided it wanted to greatly reduce growth, which is a good idea, because as it stands now, the Keys can't be fully evacuated, even when you get a great deal of warning when a hurricane is coming. The result is, all real property is incredibly expensive, and that happened well before the bubble. I doubt that the Keys will deflate much, as demand is so high and supply so low. Very, very few permits are given out. It's the same with Martin County--growth on either side.

So local govt really did have the ability to limit the bubble by limiting permits. They mostly declined to do it because they think that the growth will more than pay for itself. Hah. So Martin and Monroe county will not suffer as the rest of Florida does.
 
I read somewhere. I believe it's Malibu where the trailers were going for a million plus. Hahaha! No, kidding. Supposedly, alot of retirees lived at this trailer park. And during the "hot" real estate market. The younger buyers wanted to buy these trailers for the ocean view.

And the buyers or owners of the trailers were on borrowed land.
 
I thought mobile home is not on the wheels, it is just that it can be lifted and moved on a platform. Same for manufactured homes (one step up from the mobile home). And trailers are a lot like RVs, it is just you need a vehicle to haul them.
 
Ok, then I misunderstood. The 100k is for the mobile homes not the trailers. I have no idea what those trailers cost. I do remember on Polo.com they had those vintage trailers for sales. Does anyone know how much those cost? I can't believe we're discussing this. Hahaha!
 
You might be able to put wheels under some of them. And in Florida there are a few really tarted up mobile home parks. Even 15-20 years ago they went for a pretty penny and you could certainly get a nice CBS small house for their price. Never understood why the owners didn't buy a house. No ocean view either. Some Keys trailer parks have been there forever and do have water/ ocean views or ocean access thru canals.

Some of them forbid the building of regular houses. Don't know why that is either.
 
You know you are a REDNECK if your richest relative buys a new home and you are invited over to help remove the wheels!

Jeff Foxworthy

Also a question: What do tornadoes and old hookers have in common? answer: Eventually they both end up in trailer parks!

Lawyer Liz How is that for redneck humor??????? LOL

Have a fantastic day!
 
Getting back to the Tent City article.....Steve, 50, who declined to give his last name, moved to tent city four months ago. He gets social security payments, but cannot work and said rents are too high.

What a load of crap. I deal with homeless on a daily basis. If I was to guestimate, based on my experience, I would say 80% are gaming the system, 20% are mentally unstable. Get me the address of this Tent City so I can direct some of L.A.'s homeless that way....
 
Trooper,

What do you mean they game the system? How so? You never hear about that of course, from the MSM, and I always like to hear things from perspective of those working in the trenches so to speak.
 
Most of these people are fully able to work, but since they get handouts and free "lodging", they decide...why bother working. Your tax dollars hard at work. FYI, the shelters in downtown L.A. are "drug and alcohol free" . Many nights they go with open beds b/c the narco users and alcohol abusers refuse to live under the no vice rule....so they sleep on the sidewalks on cardboard boxes and piss on the business door stoops. It's like a freaking 3rd world country. No kidding....go by 5th and Wall around 2 AM sometime...you'll see about 1000 of 'em huddled around barrel fires while the warm bed in the shelter is available.
 
Yikes! Doesn't sound like it would be too safe for me to go to 5th and Wall (I assume that is the infamous Skid Row you always hear about?) At least you have a gun
 
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