importswim Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 We live close to a mobile home park and something my husband said has always stuck with me. "Just because the people living here may be low income doesn't make them worth any less or bad people". Bad people in this instance meaning anything less than honest and hardworking. It really started me thinking about socio-economic bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importswim Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Zombie thread. I reported the troll. ....and that's why I should read threads before reading the first post and answering! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Exactly this-people are not trash, no matter who they are or their circumstances. :iagree: People are not trash, whatever else they might be. They might be slobs, druggies, jerks, creeps or whatever, but none of us are trash. I've been called white trash before, and it's an even nastier thing to say in my dialect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 :zombiechase: :zombiechase: :zombiechase: :zombiechase: :zombiechase: :zombiechase: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I hate it when trolls bump horrible threads that I was somehow privileged to miss the first time! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Well, since it's back at the top of page one, I might as well ask if anyone has seen Luanne around lately. I hope that both she and her dd are happy and healthy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I don't think you can make generalizations about individuals by where they live. Sometimes generalizations are true, though, in a statistical sense. In this case, I would say it's related to the idea of white trash or a poor underclass, particularly one that is without prospects for social mobility, is poorly educated and uncultured, and so on. I think a lot of people would also associate it with particular political views or in some cultural/entertainment interests. Monster trucks, not live theatre, that sort of thing. What I've seen in terms of statistics gives some support to some of these perceptions. In my experience, where I live that idea of the uncultured poor is associated with public housing projects, and cheap apartment buildings and co-ops, in urban areas, and with trailer parks or run down trailers in suburban and rural areas. Trailer Park Boys is filmed in my town, so clearly that idea as some resonance for people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Oh, garg! Stupid zombies! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I know it is a zombie thread, but I was just talking about trailers last night. I absolutely don't paint someone trashy just because they live in a trailer! That is just so ridiculous I can't even.... But having grown up in tornado alley I would never ever live in one unless i had no other options. And they don't usually hold their value...they are more like a car in that they are depreciating not appreciating....but sometimes, just like when people rent, they have their reasons for choosing that at any given time in their life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 In Florida plenty of retirees live in nice mobile home parks. Some even have their own golf courses. So, no. This. My ex In laws live in one. Very nice. My grandparents did for a bit as well, and it was also a golf course community. Plus a pool, etc. I will say...we did tease MIL a bit....she also at the time had just gotten a job as a crossing guard, and talked about the "corner" she worked at. So we would tease (good naturally) that she now lived in a double wide and worked a street corner :) But really, to me a trailer park = old people neighborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I know this is an old thread and one that I missed the first time. I think WT is a horrible slur and would not use it. In different parts of the country, trailer parks and trailers mean different things anyway. As others have said, in both CA and FL, I have seen very nice looking trailer parks. Here in my city and many cities I have lived in, all the parks look bad and they aren't great places to go to neither. But even though there are generally more registered sex offenders, drug abusers, etc. in those places, some of the people there are just poor unfortunates. Individually parked trailers here are generally of two varieties- oh, and my city does not allow an individual trailer to be parked in the city limits- but outside my city, some are housing for poor people and some are housing for people who are going to be constructing or are already constructing homes. Are people in mobile homes generally of a lower class than mine- yes. But so what? That doesn't mean anyone should be casting slurs on them. OTOH, if anyone has the resources to live anywhere else- I would encourage them to live in a regular house or apartment. Trailers are not only unsafe in hurricanes and tornadoes. they are massively unsafe with regards to fires and those happen much more frequently. So I would never recommend trailers to anyone I knew. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracefor5 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I consider people white trash when I meet them and they demonstrate trashy behavior! That being said in my house I sometimes demonstrate trashy behavior. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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