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Old March 11th, 2013 #3
Olesia Rhoswen
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I've seen 5-10 acre lots with water, electricity and a beat up mobile home go for less than $14,000. She probably looks down her nose at people who live in trailers work part time at the walmart.
Yeah, a lot of people would not even have a thought in their head to consider that sort of simple life, they're so used to living beyond their means. That option doesn't even exist in their world.

As for the tent cities that seem to be all over the place now, I'm surprised that no one has come up with some sort of program to make semi-permanent homes out of adobe bricks, for example. All the people living there think that they're going to be leaving any day, but the reality is they've been there for years and are likely to be there for more. A trained group of unemployed tent dwellers could build trailer-sized buildings with salvaged materials for roofs, windows and doors. A lot healthier than living in a damp tent, and easy to demolish when things get better.