Not everyone who lives in a trailer park is poor. This living style is nicer and more spacious than people think. Stories in which people residing in trailer parks live in burrows of crime and alcoholism are largely due to television and movies, where stereotypes have been exploited.

Trailer parks are, especially, an intrinsic part of American culture since the 1930s when, because of the Great Depression, people began to live by necessity in caravans designed to travel and vacation. People started parking them on the outskirts of cities and that’s when they began to associate with the working class and the poorest, producing institutionalized discrimination. But things have changed over time.

Those campgrounds of rectangular housing – similar to large transport containers – from 70 to 100 square meters are more than just an affordable option. This is mainly because the alternative of renting or buying an apartment in the city is not always attractive, since many people love to feel free. Although this homes aren’t really that mobile, it’s the idea that you can take them and go with them at any time if you don’t like the circumstances. In fact, about 20 million Americans, or their 6% of the population, live in this particular housing vehicles, but are quite popular as well in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Spain and Argentina.

15. No more hotels

Job stress has you dry and you want to take a deserved rest. Well, one of the biggest concerns when taking a holiday or travelling from one place to another is finding a hotel that is available, affordable and that allows you to be at a central point to easily travel around the city in search of new experiences. However, when living in a trailer park the concern of finding accommodation in a hotel and, especially, investing money in simply having a place to sleep, is no longer important.

Travelling is usually done as a family, so accommodation costs will be directly proportional to the number of persons travelling. The more travelers, the more expensive the hotel will be; the fewer people are in the journey, the less money invested. Or easier, get your own trailer and find a spot on a trailer park.

14. You’ve got all your stuff at the reach of your hands

Have you ever left your house and forgotten something? Of course you do. First, there is personal recrimination for being such as forgetful or disorganized individual; second, you have to go back home or ask someone to bring you what you forgot. But how about you being away from home, such as on a business or pleasure trip, or there’s no one to give you a hand? Well, anyone can lose their temper.

But living in a trailer park you will have everything at your fingertips, not only when you decide to travel but also when you are in your daily life. For space reasons, if you are spending a relaxing Sunday, watching TV and craving a cold beer or some ice cream, with which you walk a couple of meters to the fridge you can satisfy your gastronomic tastes. Leaving the living room and going to the kitchen is a forgotten subject.

13. Be part of the traditional American culture

Living in a trailer park makes you as American as Uncle Sam, football, the Ford Mustang, a Bud Light, Thanksgiving and the 4th of July. It all began in the 1930s when the Great Depression broke out, and folks initiated to live by need in campervans designed to travel and vacation.

Over time, living in a trailer began to take hold due to the high costs of housing and renting apartments and houses in large cities. People liked to live literally in their vehicles, creating a lifestyle that today has obvious advantages. Surely if you ask a foreigner what things can easily correlate with American culture, he’s sure to have among his options to say that trailer parks.

12. Low costs compared to a traditional house

By the end of 2013, about 6.4% of people in the United States lived in a caravan or trailer park. One of the main reasons is the low cost of living in these places compared to inhabiting a conventional house or apartment in a city.

Of course, living properly in a trailer park is not free of charge, since you must pay for renting the lot (or having purchased one beforehand), garbage collection and water supply, electricity, whether provided by a company or by gasoline or diesel power plants, and property taxes. However, the numbers are always smaller when compared to those paid by a family in a house in the city, for even twice the space.

11. The road is your pal

Living in a trailer requires a maximum of adventurous spirit. This type of housing is not for everyone. Only those who enjoy fresh air, driving and getting to know many places have the wood to face the challenges of living in that particular way.
Traveling by road will always be more satisfying than by air. The experience is closer, the landscapes you will find will be worthy of the best selfie in Instagram, you can explore more places for a cheaper price, the ability to improvise is at the order of the day, also you can meet fellow travelers, there are no schedules to be subject to them and it does not require any extensive paperwork.

10. Taking a job in another city and still living in your own home

Taking a job in another city and still living in your own home sounds so utopic that it’s hard to believe. But it happens and it’s possible. You just have to live in a RV.
Many times we find the ideal employment, or it doesn’t have to be ideal, but only a job that represents a good monetary income, but the problem is that the workplace is in another city, and traveling two hours from home to work is quite exhausting, so we have to reject that offer and keep looking, because renting an apartment in another place is expensive. However, everything would be easier if your house had four wheels, and you could simply move out of town without major problems and take the job you’ve always wanted, but above all, keeping your precious home.

9. Being an expert cook (especially on barbecues)

As well as the cold beer, barbecues of some good T-Bone steaks in the summer are the best friend of families living in trailer parks. Living in a trailer teaches its inhabitants to look after themselves much more than those who live in the city, because they are more independent people who know much more the value of their money, so they tend to avoid spending it on luxurious dinners that do not even fill the stomach of a 10-year-old child.

On the other hand, the camaraderie between the residents of a trailer park is considerable, as it is very easy to find people of the same tastes and be able to correlate in a positive way. Living in a trailer is the perfect excuse to have a high-end grill and be the center of attention during the summers while preparing the best hamburgers.

8. Mastering the art of opening a beer

Opening a beer with a bottle opener is for amateurs. Living in your own trailer, your best ally in the hot days will be your fridge full of sparkling beer. That is why in time you will learn to master the forgotten and undervalued art of opening a bottle without using the tool designed for that purpose. Feeling like a bartender and opening your beer in style can be the beginning of a great conversation when you have a visitor, or simply to have fun yourself. Imagine opening the beer by hitting it against a table or unclogging it using another bottle, a lid, a key, a spoon, a lighter, the buckle of your favorite belt, your wedding ring or with the help of a metal fence. In this art, the possibilities are only limited to your imagination.

7. No shared walls

The walls in the apartment towers are thin. The noise is hard to isolate and listening to your neighbor in a phone conversation or even when he feels naughty at night with his date, it can make you spend a sleepless night or at least give you a real headache. Let us not leave aside those neighbors who celebrate until dawn, with loud noise and scandal, disrespecting the sleep of others.

And that’s just the aspect of noise, because you also have to bear in mind that there are neighbors with pets who leave their traces in the elevator or the stairs, with their unbearable and continuous barking or meowing.

On the other hand, you can finally play the music louder and don’t have to worry about disturbing our neighbors.

6. Desperate to move out of your parent’s house

There is always a time in every man’s life when he will truly reach adulthood. And no, I’m not talking about losing her virginity, but the day she finally makes her way out of the waterfall, which is her parents’ house. But no, sitting on the sofa in a friend’s house doesn’t count.
Why spend so much time visiting floors, waiting for a builder to design and construct a house, when you can buy a trailer, which is basically a prefabricated house? Remember, time is money, and you want to get the hell out of your parents’ house so you can live your live as you always wanted to be: stylishly, and with style we mean not having to bathe every day.

5. Feel like a superstar

Have you always wanted to feel like a Hollywood stud or a pop star? For many of our idols, they had a stage in their lives when, for one reason or another, had to lived in trailer parks.
For example, Britney Spears, when she was just Britney Jean, lived for a long time in her aunt’s trailer to hide from her parents; Ryan Gosling lived with her mother in a trailer park in Florida while starting his career at the Mickey Mouse Club; before pursuing her modeling career and dropping out of college, Demi Moore lived in New Mexico in a trailer park with her parents; Hilary Swank also lived in a trailer park before moving to California and chasing her goals in Hollywood; and before the age of 23, when her career as a rapper took off, Eminem lived in a trailer park in Detroit with her mother and brother.

4. Living in a community with similar tastes

How difficult it is to find people who say that their neighbors are people they normally share or have a good relationship with. Living in a house neighborhood or apartment building is very difficult to find anyone who has similar tastes as you do. The range of ways of being and thinking is as wide as the colors of a peacock. But when you live in a trailer park, you immediately find a peculiarity with those who share the camp: they like to live outdoors. This makes it much easier to live together, and usually the trailer parks are places where you live in a community with which you share various tastes such as types of music, outdoor activities, gastronomy, and many other things. Just remember that if you don’t feel comfortable, just pick up your house and leave. Just like that.

3. Fear of nature

Natural disasters such as fires, hurricanes or tornadoes are something many Americans grow up with. However, after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf of Mexico, particularly the southern U. S., in the states of Louisiana and Florida, and left more than 1800 people dead in New Orleans, people really understood at first hand the harshness of Mother Nature.

Living in a trailer park can be a scary matter if we talk about the power of nature. As mobile homes, even though many of which are fixed on the ground, they are more likely to be affected by a tornado or hurricane. Fortunately, agencies that constantly monitor weather conditions are very effective, so it is best to take the necessary measures when faced with the first alarm of a potential disaster.

2. Have your own yard

I still remember how many times my mother told me that her dream was to have a large garden or backyard to grow her own vegetables. The idea of having your own garden just a few steps away is incredible. For those who love horticulture, this will be their way to de-stress and get lost from the daily routine.

Having a garden of your own allows you to plant your own veggies and fruits, gives you space to enjoy the outdoors, and a place for the dogs to have their own area.
Just make sure you collect your pet’s junk frequently or the odors will enter by your window first thing in the morning. And for no reason, please don’t grow “things” that the police might confiscate. You know what we mean.

1. Changing costs of parking lot rentals

One of the nightmares of people who live in trailer parks is having to mediate with the owners of the lots where they park or implant their trailers. Over time, owning lots in trailer parks is a business that has become round. While purchasing a lot is expensive, buying it for rent is a good way to make money without doing much. The problem is that many of these owners turn out to be somewhat greedy and play in changing ways with the rental prices of their lots. Those who live in a trailer park have often had to face sporadic cost overruns for the lots they live in.