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In reply to the discussion: "Trailer park trash" [View all]Warpy
(111,587 posts)"Trash with money" is the impolite one.
Old money is extremely understated, never talks about money, and is polite to a fault. It's also shockingly inbred, which is why my mother said she married a college professor's son from the midwest after she'd flatly refused the debutante circuit in New York. Oh don't look at me like that, the money was mostly gone in the Depression so neither one of us got to turn into a complete asshole.
However, no one quite manages the contempt with which "new money" is said like people with old money, not even "trailer trash" said by middle class people in stick built tract houses.
And yes, I've lived in a single wide trailer and I loved it. If I could have moved that thing onto a lot in a more convenient part of town and kept it, I would have. They're the original tiny houses, well planned out small spaces with a place for everything. Anyone who has a choice between a trailer and an apartment should definitely take the trailer.