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    Trailer Parks Decidedly More Terrifying Places After Today

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    Image of cyclysm cyclysm
    08/30/09

    In reply to Trailer Parks Decidedly More Terrifying Places After Today
    They're white, so you make light of their murders and socio-economic status. Class act, Foster.
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    Image of Maulleigh Maulleigh
    08/30/09

    In reply to Trailer Parks Decidedly More Terrifying Places After Today
    There are nice mobile home parks. My cousin lived in one for a couple years in Northern California.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    08/30/09

    In reply to Trailer Parks Decidedly More Terrifying Places After Today
    I'm not interested in perpetuating stereotypes of people who have not had the educational advantages they should have, according to the pledge of allegiance that we are all raised to recite. One of my favorite artists, Iggy Pop, grew up in a trailer park. And there are potential little Iggys among the trailer parks of America today too.

    "The nature of arbitrary, extreme violence," Foster? This is not the Georgia of Flannery O'Connor. People are killed everywhere all over this land because it's way too easy for evil people to get guns, period.
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    Image of Forgetitjake Forgetitjake
    08/30/09

    In reply to Trailer Parks Decidedly More Terrifying Places After Today
    Oh bullshit bullshit, children. Tiny thought bubbles full to the bursting of your sheltered-child bullshit. ("... they've crossed the threshold into killing groungs." Why not: "... they've crossed the threshold separating them from post offices or suburban high schools."? And never mind the weirdly strained preposition. -- It sounds like the most proudly stolid editorial page of the smallest town.) I grew up in a trailer park, somewhat, and I live in Westchester County and it is not altogether clear to me which is worse. I take it back. It is altogether clear to me.

    Gawker should maintain a higher clues:views ratio.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/30/09

    @Forgetitjake: which part of westchester are you comparing unfavorably with trailer parks? good one.
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    Image of Forgetitjake Forgetitjake
    08/30/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart:
    The part of Westchester where people bring up their children to go around thinking, "If I were God, what would I buy?"
    -- But then a lot depends on which decade the trailer park is in.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/30/09

    @Forgetitjake: that's most of westchester except for the lower parts, also, most of the us with above median income. also the rest of the us, see credit card debt

    i agree with you ... the values are all screwed up pretty much everywhere
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    08/30/09

    In reply to Trailer Parks Decidedly More Terrifying Places After Today
    The lack of detail is indeed dehumanizing. And I'm not too sure about the stereotype aspect, but given laws against certain ex-cons or folks on parole living X distance from schools and such, trailer parks will inherently attract these kind of issues.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/29/09

    In reply to Trailer Parks Decidedly More Terrifying Places After Today
    the meth lab explosions. the damaged kids. the alcoholism.

    what the fuck is wrong with white people anyway
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    Image of chelseabill chelseabill
    08/29/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: I can't wait for the day you are finally banned for being the racist hypocrite you clearly are. Oh, and the day you die in a fire too.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/30/09

    @chelseabill: oh dear
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    08/29/09

    In reply to Trailer Parks Decidedly More Terrifying Places After Today
    "Lisa Vizcaino, who has lived at New Hope for three years, said the management works hard to keep troublemakers out of the mobile home park."
    By troublemakers, that's to say, Kenyans. And by Kenyans, that's to say, Kenyans lacking round-the-clock Secret Service protection.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    08/29/09

    In reply to Trailer Parks Decidedly More Terrifying Places After Today
    Homicidal maniacs can appear anywhere, be it a university or a trailer park.
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