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Posted By: ignorance breeds, well, ignorance on 2005-08-03
In Reply to: trailer parks and low level housing is where criminals generally go. - Statistics Prove

I love it when someone uses that word because they think it makes them sound like they know something....

Statistics are merely neatly correlated lies, usually commissioned by political parties to make themselves look good, but occasionally spouted by average, or below average, individuals in a blatant effort to make it look like they actually researched something..

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My rant re: "a match made in trailer heaven - two skanks in a crud" - Oh, no you did not!
- I don't blame you for your rant, but here's how I feel about it. SM - Becky
  - live and let live - Bonnie
- Trailer's and trailer parks - nanna23
- Trailers selling for $1M+ in Malibu now. You go, G/F. -sm - Lady Parker-Huffington
  - Anything in Malibu is more expensive. But you know that. I doubt there are rednecks too. - Stop the madness
  - I saw that place on TV (sm) - anon
- Speaking of trailers, what exactly does - naive and confused
  - Trailer Fabulous is on MTV tonight at 10 where they makeover trailers. - Looks fun.
- Trailer "trash" - Pat
  - Live and let live - Bonnie
  - Trailer park dwelling - Passin' by
    - START paying property taxes?!?!? Honey I HAVE BEEN all since I got this place!!! - OP
- Some neighbors are child molestors, some neighbors are drug dealers and - yen2772
  - trailer parks and low level housing is where criminals generally go. - Statistics Prove
    - Puhlease.. you can create quite a nice living with your meth lab - in your 500,000 home. n/m
      - okay, i create a nice living with my meth lab. now what. i move to a trailer? - huh?
        Drug dealers live in nice houses, too. - au contraire
        those are exceptions to the rule and those are KING-PIN drug dealers, not the middle men who run - stats.
    - I do not live in a trailer park, but you are one snobby B- - word.
      - hey, how come you don't live in a trailer park? if i'm a snob, there are millions of snobs w - snob? okay.
    - *statistically* - ignorance breeds, well, ignorance
      - okay neatly correlated lies. and the trailer parks are really neat little hideaways the statistics - Googler!
        Trailer parks - Passin' by
        I have to disagree with you. Banks will finance - passing by
        I agree. I used to finance mobile homes. - ex bank lender
        The trailer I had was not on a permanent foundation, - passing by
    - What statistics? - sm
- that one surely has both feet in their mouth right now. - gotmesteamingnow
- regarding most of the posts below - sm
- Do not ever be ashamed of who you are. - fg
  - i know the price and value of most things. i am NOT a bigot. i know if you live in a place that is - Poppycock
    - Gee, I guess all the college kids who live in - A
      - college kids in trailer parks? where? - just curious
        Auburn, Alabama - passing by
        well now there's a trend. doesn' t everyone in auburn, alabama live in a trailer? - just curious
        No, everyone in Auburn, Alabama does not live in trailers. - passing by
    - I repeat, the price of everything, the value of nothing.nm - fg
    - I'm sorry, but education level or type of dwelling has NOTHING to do with the caliber of a person - Oh, no, you don't!
    - why in the world would you have to defend - where you live...who cares! (nm)
- The insult was probably not directed at you then. - semantics
- A trailer would be an improvement over my house. - mtathome
  - it's not about "quality of trailers" it's about quality of people drawn to trailers. - live with it
    - I have just one question. Does the air breathe better up there in Snobville? - passing by
      - why yes the quality of air where i live is quite different than where the city people live. - Yes, the air is better.
        Nope I don't live in one of "those" areas. - passing by
        nobody looked down on you that you know of specifically but there is that "trailer trash" - just sayin...
    - The "quality" of people? - mtathome
      - quality as in ethics/morals/education/parenting/will to do one's best and set examples for others - stats
        I know exactly what you are talking about. - mtathome
    - Who monitors this site? - Confused
      - What comes around, goes around. I imagine one day this person will find - themself living in a trailer. You never know, espe
      - The truth will set you free and the truth is more low level income people w/o education or proper - Me
        So you live in Snobville, too. - passing by
        why no, i don't live in snobville. did you think you knew me? i live in heritage hills a suburb - a large city.
        Those are not facts. Those are your opinions. - living in your own reality?
        low level, low income, low education, low coping skills. - stats
        Trailer Parks - NN
        why is that? - give me a break
        I came from low level neighborhood. I know the effects low level people have on a child's - stats
        First of all - give me a break
        if you live among trashy people, low income people, people w/o goals or direction, - Ex-low income neighbor
        AMEN!!!! - mtathome
- trailer parks have long been the but of jokes about the people who live in them. - The other side.
  - I agree 100% about the stigma however... - OP
    - Good luck on teaching your kids but it's a hard lesson to swallow - My idea
- Home is where the heart is....no matter what type of structure! - Home Sweet Home
  - Okay home is where the heart is but if you live in trailer park next door to red neck grits - Rowdy and uneducated.
- You go girl!! - typing fool
  - Where in Missouri? - JC for this gal! nm
- I am right there with ya (sm) - you go, girl!
- VERY WELL SAID!! Totally agree with you!! - nm
- You are a very lucky person.. - what can I say.
  - lucky to live in a trailer park where she has to defend her way of living? - Wow!
    - I certainly hope no one in your family ever needs defending. You might pack up and leave them too. - passing by
    - again I must ask, to whom must one defend where one - lives? sm
- Well said! - A
- I cannot find the post you are speaking - sm
- Obviously in whatever was said about trailer parks, - another MT
  - Bad things? what bad things? people's being petty and small? - n/m
  - I think it's the generalization that is so - A
    - The generalization is the real picture. There are exceptions to the generalization but - Trailer parks are trailer parks
- Lived in a trailer for years - I replied to her yesterday

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