<prompt> Human: My wife and I live in Southern California, and pay 1475 a month to rent for a two bedroom near the beach. For where we live, this is an insanely good deal.However, I am looking to cut our expenses down some so we can save a bit more. The housing market here is completely insane. Its impossible to find a home in an area we want to live in for under 450k, and even those homes arent in very nice areas. Even with our high earning potential 130k, these home prices seem out of reach...unless we were to buy a mobile home. I know theres a negative stigma against mobile home parks, but Ive never understood why. The areas we would be looking are nice areas, low crime, great schools, wealthy communities. If youre in the ghetto and living in a mobile home park, I can understand why people might look down on you, but not in the towns were looking at Torrance and Redondo Beach CA. Yet the mobile homes in these cities still sell for 60k and sometimes less. What gives? Im considering buying one in a nice part of town so I can still have a two bedroom thats not in the ghetto, but pay approximately 200 a month on the mortgage instead of 1475 on rent. It seems like the ridiculous savings along on living cost would be worth it.Thoughts? I feel like Im missing some information here about why I wouldnt want to live in a mobile home park. My wife and I could care less about social stigma and just want to live somewhere reasonably safe.Assistant: 200mo is a great deal, but are you factoring in the cost of renting the landspace in the park also? The cost of the mobile home isnt just the home but also the space and hook-up fees. And unlike a regular home, you dont own the land your mobile home sits on. They also dont age very well. Reselling them seems harder also. That said, if you do the math and its a good deal, and youre happy with the neighborhood and the amenities, it could be a perfectly fine decision to live in one if it allows you to save a lot of money that you can apply to other financial goals. I just dont think its a simple apples-to-apples comparison in terms of the financial benefits. Human: Yeah, after some google-fu it looks like you have to rent the space it sits on too. In my area that seems to be another 600-ish. So not as good a deal as I had thought at first. Still, might be worth looking into and could still save us 700 a month or so.  <response>: Probably also want to factor in maintenace. 