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Encyclopedia > Trailer park
Trailer park

A trailer park is a neighborhood consisting of an area of land where travel trailers rest. The term may also be used in a derogatory manner to refer to mobile home parks or manufactured home communities. Trailer Park is the solo debut of British singer Beth Orton. ... Trailer Park Boys is a popular Canadian mockumentary television series focusing on the misadventures of a group of ex-convicts living in fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park, located near Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 486 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Sunnyside Trailer park in West Miami, Florida. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 486 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Sunnyside Trailer park in West Miami, Florida. ... A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city or suburb. ... A travel trailer or caravan is a small trailer in which people can live and travel simultaneously. ... A modern double-wide manufactured home. ...


In the United States, tornadoes and hurricanes often inflict their worst damage on trailer parks, usually because the structures are not secured to the ground and their construction is significantly less able to withstand high wind forces than regular houses. However, most modern manufactured homes are built to withstand high winds, using hurricane straps and proper foundations. A tornado in central Oklahoma. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ...


In the United States, the derogatory manner in which trailer parks are discussed is stereotypically assigned because of the belief that people who live in trailer parks are closer to the poverty line and sometimes viewed as lower on the social class ladder. With the advent of bigger and better manufactured homes, trailer parks are no longer only a home to not-so-desirable folk. Despite the advances in manufactured home technology, the trailer park stereotype still survives.


In some countries living in a trailer is the cheapest independent living accommodation, only a step above homelessness. As a result many stereotypes have developed regarding people who live in trailer parks, which are similar to stereotypes of the poor or people espousing certain political beliefs in general. A homeless person in Paris. ... For the 1996 Blur single, see Stereotypes (song). ...


On the other hand, it has become more socially acceptable in recent years to live in a trailer park. Substantial improvements in the size and amenities of trailers and other recreational vehicles, together with the development of the internet, have made a semi-nomadic lifestyle more popular among retirees, writers, consultants and others whose income is not dependent on a fixed location. The increased popularity of these vehicles for recreational use has also led to the improvement of many of the parks themselves.


In Europe, particularly in Germany and Spain, there are several disputed trailer parks mostly forcefully or unlawfully placed on squatted land in the midst of urban centres (Berlin, Hamburg, Barcelona). Names for such phenomena include Wagenburg, Wagendorf or Bauwagenplatz (all German, meaning: "trailer castle", "trailer village" and "trailer place" respectively) and people living there are often associated with the punk movement and do it yourself (short DIY) punk ethic. On the whole, however, trailer parks are much less common in these countries than they are elsewhere and in North America and are much less emblematic of a distinct lifestyle and membership to a certain social class. The Chien Rouge in Lausanne, a squat held in the old hospital. ... The DIY punk ethic refers to the idea of doing it yourself, i. ...


See also

  • Shanty town
  • Nomad
  • The future of the Suburb? Could the Trailer Park make an ideal ecological village?

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CBC News Indepth: Trailer Park Boys (1333 words)
Only one thing is certain: Trailer Park Boys will rise or fall based on the trio of foul-mouthed misfits at the heart of the program.
He compares Trailer Park Boys to Ken Finkleman's The Newsroom, saying that a "great hallmark of good Canadian programming right now" is the absence of a laugh track.
Trailer Park Boys began as a short film, One Last Shot, which debuted at the Atlantic Film Festival in 1998.
Trailer park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (338 words)
A trailer park is a neighborhood consisting of an area of land where trailers rest.
In the United States, tornadoes and hurricanes often inflict their worst damage on trailer parks, usually because the structures are not secured to the ground and their construction is significantly less able to withstand high wind forces than regular houses.
In Europe, particularly in Germany and Spain, there are several trailer parks on squatted land in the midst of urban centres (Berlin, Hamburg, Barcelona).
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