What's it like to live in a mobile home park?

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My fiance and I are soon moving out west. We've looked at countless ways to live in a small and affordable living situation. The reason we're moving in the first place is for me to go to medical school in the Seattle area. I come from a small suburban city in New Hampshire. She's a country girl through and through. We also enjoy our privacy with some sort of property, and we have two cats and two golden retrievers. All that said, she's very picky as to where she wants to live. We have found however that it's hard to find an apartment that accepts so many animals. But her being picky about having privacy throws apartments out the window any way, even in the slim chance we could find one that takes animals. 
  She feels downgraded and of a lower class just thinking about living in a mobile home park, or "trailer" park as some call them. Us being engaged, she want's that higher sense of living. All I want to do is get through medical school in any living condition that's good enough to make that happen so I can then afford a better home for all of us. Us being in our late 20's get's rid of dormitory's, especially since we're together and with animals.
  We don't want to buy a full sized house, but we also feel limited with renters limits, even if we got lucky and found a good house to rent. 

  What's it like to live in a mobile home/trailer park? From pictures of homes for sale, they look quaint and simple, but I can't say I've ever known anyone who's lived in one. All I know is they have some of the most affordable houses on the market right now, even newer ones. I suppose I'm looking for a way to prove to her that they aren't as bad as she feels they are, but of course that rests on the facts of reality, the pros and cons. 
  Do they tend to be very strict with rules?

  Thanks for any help.

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Some parks are very strict with rules and how many animals are allowed.
Not all people living in these mobil home parks are "trailer trash" and many like my wife and I live in one out of desire to get away from the large city, have a one story living area with very little maintenance.
  Some thirty years ago, when living in a two story home, she took a head first nose dive down the basement steps while attempting to do laundry, and that prompted us to look for one story living, and having but a few more year until retirement, We decided to move into the park.
  As far as being trailer trash, some of these people making these remarks would like very much to have our income and life style, and owe nothing to anyone.
  I will however say that this is not always a cheap way to live, as in our northern area, heating, cooking and hot water is expensive as is summer air conditioning, plus the lot rent, and mobil home insurance is somewhat high for replacement coverage.
  When living so close to others, you can also end up with very nasty neighbors that have no respect for the rights of others.
  But, all in all, it's not a bad way to live, and in cases like ours, our home is worth more on resale than what we paid 25 years ago.
  Again, before deciding on any park, make sure to examine the area, and especially the written rules.

To the last question, Yes.

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