Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With house prices that low it looks as though we should move to Indiana, but the trouble is that we would have to spend the money we make on the change of houses to pay for our medical needs. The thought of ANY house for $30,000 here is just unthinkable. I live in a city of a quarter of a million people, and I live in a pretty modest 3 bedroomed semi-detached house which is probably worth around the 360 to 400,000 dollar mark. Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com On 29 Mar 2012, at 07:22, Chris Crawford wrote: > It depends on where you are in the USA. In Florida, a lot of retirees live > in them, and in places where housing is outrageously expensive, a lot of > middle class people live in them. I saw that a lot in New Mexico, because > houses in the Santa Fe area started at $300,000 for a dump in the barrio > (the bad section of town) and averaged $600,000 for houses that middle > class people in Indiana buy less than $100,000. > > Here in Indiana, where housing is really cheap (you can buy a VERY nice > house for $90,000 here in Fort Wayne, and housing is cheaper in Indiana's > small towns than it is here in the city!), only really trashy people live > in trailers. People here refer to trailer parks as "The white man's > ghetto". The people who live in them are not necessarily poor, many are > not, but they are culturally low-class, if that makes sense. A lot of > rednecks who have good factory jobs or jobs as skilled tradesmen > (plumbers, electricians, etc) will live in a trailer and spend their > middle class wages on beer, cigarettes, and a bigass expensive pickup > truck. Most people in trailer parks are poor though, and generally always > white. Poor blacks here live in houses in the inner city, which can often > be bought for less than $30,000. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > > On 3/29/12 1:45 AM, "Gerry Walden" <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > >> Interesting shot Chris, and it is always interesting to look at your >> locale. >> >> I get the impression that 'trailer parks' are considered the lowest of >> the low in the US when it comes to housing, whereas here in the UK they >> are quite often retirement settlements. In fact my wife and I have >> considered moving into a double trailer (i.e. about 20ft x 20ft) and >> selling our house as it would release a lot of capital to enable us to >> enjoy our retirement more. We still haven't totally ruled it out. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> www.gwpics.com >> >> On 29 Mar 2012, at 05:31, Chris Crawford wrote: >> >>> Mayberry of Trailer Parks! Haha Thanks Ken! Actually the whole Waynedale >>> area has kind of a Mayberry quality, but with more rednecks. Waynedale >>> used to be a small town, before it was absorbed by the growing city of >>> Fort Wayne in the late 1950s. Even though Waynedale has been part of >>> thecity now for more than 50 years (which is longer than the town was >>> independent!), it still looks and feels like a small rural town. >>> >>> -- >>> Chris Crawford >>> Fine Art Photography >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>> 260-437-8990 >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >>> >>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >>> Become a fan on Facebook >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3/28/12 7:33 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: >>> >>>> On 3/28/2012 5:53 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: >>>>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=987&category=13 >>>>> >>>>> I shot this one yesterday evening. I find it amusing how many trailer >>>>> parks >>>>> have the word "Estates" in their names! >>>>> >>>> That is excellent. It looks sort of like the Mayberry of trailer >>>> parks. You are getting your money's worth from the 5D MkII. >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> Gerry Walden >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> www.gwpics.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information