This book will help you learn so much people and all the problems that some face that others do not even know about. Everyone does not live with sunshine and rainbows. This book will help you understand the lower class and all the issues they face daily.

A look into America's trailer park communities, with the main example being one trailer park that has been neglected by the owners and eventually closed down. The book describes the history of trailer parks and highlights the communities who live there. Some of them have no other option, some would not choose to live anywhere else. I appreciate the personal stories, it makes you relate more to how and why these people live in these conditions and even don't leave when water is cut off.

The main focus is the Syringa Park case. If you are more interested in the general trailer park "culture", I suggest looking for another source, as this is a specific case study.

A look into the new working class America. And what it consist of . It was very eye opening. I learned a lot.

This is an important book for anyone interested in poverty, american issues, sociology, or even community. It should probably be required reading for people interested in housing issues.
I will admit to feeling unsettled while reading it but that should be the point. They did shut down a trailer park here in our county recently and displaced the entire community. And it feels like no one was bothered, but I definitely was.

2 star
Premise is interesting. I even agree with her philosophy on housing. However, she quickly devolves into political tangents . I get enough of that from the news I do not want it in my books as welI. I did not finish.

I really enjoyed this book. Interesting situations the author found herself in. I'm not sure I would have the guts to deal with her situations as well as she did.