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Trailer Living: A Displacement Phenomenon?

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The practice of living in mobile homes on a permanent basis is widespread in the US. It is a 20th-century phenomenon whose roots lie in the early 1920s and the American dream of the limitless freedom to travel in your own trailer. Over time, however, trailers, which had previously been used for camping, became a more stationary makeshift solution for homelessness in major cities.

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Neupert, P. (2018). Trailer Living: A Displacement Phenomenon?. In: Helbrecht, I. (eds) Gentrification and Resistance. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20388-7_8

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