Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Speaking of Mayberry: http://sonc-hegr.tumblr.com/post/20121965537 On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:57 AM, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> wrote: > and in today's news - > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertynews/9173111/Britains-cheapest-house-sold-for-bargain-8250.html > > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:12 AM, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > same here in massachusetts because of the terrible cost of housing. > > trailer parks are where the middle class and the retired live. > > they are clean quiet welcoming places with a nice sense of community. > > lots of flags and flower gardens. > > the culturally low class live in poor inner-urban areas. > > bharani > > > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:22:09 -0400 > > From: Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] McArthur Estates > > To: "Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>" <lug at leica-users.org> > > Message-ID: <CB997534.11097%chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ http://sonc-hegr.tumblr.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA