On Sat, 09 Sep 2017 08:41:22 -0400, J. Clarke
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On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 22:58:55 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:19:27 -0400, J. Clarke
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On Wed, 06 Sep 2017 22:11:00 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 22:45:54 -0400, J. Clarke
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On Mon, 04 Sep 2017 20:25:51 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 16:46:01 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
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On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 4:02:09 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 08:10:10 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
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On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 10:36:16 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 21:15:55 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
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On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 10:54:05 AM UTC-4, dpb wrote:
On 02-Sep-17 10:37 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
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Yep, $4000 grand and it's sitting on your lot, ready for you to move into.
I guess they come with delivery. Water's hook up, sewer, electricity, all
up to whatever lenient code the city allows during this stressful time.
...

None of the above will be in the $4K except perhaps trailering to your
location. It's not likely the city will allow one to put it on the lot
even in these circumstances, though, altho it makes common sense that
rarely has any place in government, particularly in code enforcement.


I assume you realize that that was a sarcastic response to Clare's $4K housing
solution. I sure wasn't being serious.

I was.
When my kid broyher's house burned down that's excatly what he did.
He picked up an old RV and parked it in his yard untill the new house
was built. Her used a camping sewer cart to take the effluent from the
trailer to his septic tank.

...because he could afford to.


Stoll lots of cheap RVs for sale in Florida - might not be something
you want to park in a fancy trailrt park beside some guy's 2 million
dollar rig - but it's dry, warm, and enclosed, with a kitchen and
head.


...if you can afford to buy one, transport it, hook it up, etc.

I have no argument with the practicality of using a trailer as temporary
housing. My only issue, right from the start, is with those that make it
sound like it's so cheap (and practical) that every displaced person in
the Houston area should just do it.

There's theory, then there's real life. $4K for you may not be a hardship,
but $4K for a impoverished person might as well be $4MM.

OTOH, an "impoverished person" wouldn't be parking an RV in his back
yard while his home was being rebuilt.

My point exactly. They wouldn't be parking an RV in their yard becasue they
can't afford it. Some folks around here make it sound like it's the solution
for all.

They have no back yard to park one in if they had the $4000. I don't
believe the last sentence is true at all. I guess I have a higher
regard for the folks here.

(1) who said anything about "back yard", and why a yard at all?
Haven't you people ever seen a driveway?

Isn't that where the tradesmen park and where supplies for the rebuild
are delivered?

That's what the _yard_ is for. And the tradesmen park in the street.

Do you block your driveway when contractors show up? I sure don't.

So you move your boat and your camping trailer into the street when
workmen show up so they can park where those are normally kept? Most
residential driveways don't have enough space for the entire crew that
builds a house to park.

It probably wouldn't be a good idea to constantly be
in their way. Perhaps you like someone living in the middle of your
workspace, though.

If you're in their way then start the damned thing up and drive off.
You clearly don't grasp the conept of "RV".

"RV" can also be a trailer. I don't imagine you could buy much of a
class-A motor home for $4000.

So? Who said anything about "class A". You're looking for an
alternative to a motel room, not an alternative to Versaiiles.

(2) If they don't own property then what the Hell are they supposed to
be rebuilding? (hint, if your apartment is destroyed, is isn't _your_
responsibility to rebuild it).

Duh! That was my point. Genius!

No, your point was something about people who have houses but are too
poor to obtain an RV.

No, that certainly was *not* my point. I never said anything of the
kind.

Then you should learn to write more clearly.

For people who don't have houses to begin with, rebuilding is not an
issue.

Except that they have nowhere to live.

Which has what to do with rebuilding a house that they do not own?
Renters aren't tied to a particular property. They aren't going to
rebuild the landlord's house for him and they don't have any need to
live near a particular property while someone is building more rentals
or rebuilding existing ones. If they have skills that are in demand
they may just move somewhere else. After Katrina, a lot of people
moved to Texas. Now they may move back to New Orleans.
Or if they are smart somewhere where Hurricaines are not an everyday
fact of life - and forget Kansas or Oklahoma where Tornadows can be
just as bad. For the "poor" - retired, unemployed or on welfare there
is nothing stopping them from movng to somewhere where housing is
cheap and jobs are scarce. Detroit mabee??