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Liberty Belle

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6. But many probably bought decades ago, at much cheaper prices.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:05 AM

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Now they have nothing. Nobody wealthy is likely to be living in a mobile home. The article cites one elderly couple that paid $120,000 for their home. These are folks we should have sympathy for.

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A Rare Middle-Class Paradise in L.A. Was Swept Away by Flames [View all] question everything Saturday OP

Really good read ribrepin Saturday #1

Why don't you cross post to General Discussion so more people can see ribrepin Saturday #2

How sad for all of those residents in the Bowl. CaliforniaPeggy Saturday #3

Middle class? Average cost of a mobile home in Pacific Palisades is $733,464 JoseBalow Saturday #4

In that area, a mobile home park would definitely be looked at as middle class. Dem2theMax Saturday #5

There are mobile homes in parks near me that sure as hell don't cost $750,000 MichMan Sunday #7

Location, location, location. So what's a mobile home cost where you are? And what's the climate like? Hekate Sunday #8

If the $750k mobile home owner owns the land it is sitting on, sure. MichMan Sunday #11

But many probably bought decades ago, at much cheaper prices. Liberty Belle Sunday #6

That's what my parents did. Bought in the early eighties. Dem2theMax Sunday #9

Prop 13 in the 70's made it possible for the Buddyzbuddy Sunday #10

Prop 13 was a huge mistake. n/t CoopersDad Wednesday #12

At the time 13 passed Buddyzbuddy Wednesday #13