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Nice Folks. It takes a heap o' claustrophilia to make a trailer a home, but more than 3,500,000 Americans are addicted to what they fondly call Wheel Estate. There are nearly 1,500,000 trailers on the road or lodged at some 18,500 parks in the U.S., and trailer living has gotten so popular that Michigan State University offers degrees in trailering (engineering, design, park management, etc.). It used to be that trailer living was the sole preserve of the unwanted and the rootless. Today, although trailerites have their share of spoilsports, mobile home promoters eagerly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home: Immobile Mobiles | 5/12/1961 | See Source »

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