> Living in a mobile home is actually pretty decent. It's generally going to be nicer, and much more private, than living in the type of apartments that would be within range of someone at that income level.
It often isn't, but you're right that it definitely can be a nice place if set up properly. There's a mobile home community near me that is strictly for retired people with no juvenile children in the house; it's safer and cleaner than even some of the "nice" subdivisions in the area.
There's also a great place I stayed at on vacation in Florida several years ago. It's set up as a combination mobile home community and beach house rental business, where owners can lease their mobile homes via the management company to weekly beachgoers. Some owners live there year round (mostly retirees), others live there seasonally, and yet others just use it as a vacation home for a few weeks a year, and lease it out the rest of the year.
It often isn't, but you're right that it definitely can be a nice place if set up properly. There's a mobile home community near me that is strictly for retired people with no juvenile children in the house; it's safer and cleaner than even some of the "nice" subdivisions in the area.
There's also a great place I stayed at on vacation in Florida several years ago. It's set up as a combination mobile home community and beach house rental business, where owners can lease their mobile homes via the management company to weekly beachgoers. Some owners live there year round (mostly retirees), others live there seasonally, and yet others just use it as a vacation home for a few weeks a year, and lease it out the rest of the year.