There is a single-wide trailer about a mile from where we live. It is used as a vacation home, and it’s on riverfront property. A couple of days ago I saw a for sale sign in the yard. I knew it would be way out of our price range, but I decided to look into it just for kicks. I wouldn’t mind having the piece of land it’s on, and thought maybe I would be pleasantly surprised.

Boy, was I wrong. For 3/10 of an acre, with a very old single-wide, they are asking almost $100,000. Holy cow!!!! I know it’s riverfront, but come on! A person could buy a respectable house with an acre or more for not much more than that. I don’t doubt that it will sell- this little mountain county is crawling with people from Florida in the summer, and many of them would give their right arm for a getaway by the river. But it seems that the real estate market around here is geared more toward people from more affluent areas, leaving us locals who can’t get a decent job around here out in the cold.