Foo - Estates?

Last week I rode past the entrance to a community called "Crestview Estates." It was a trailer court.

Now, I have nothing against mobile homes or the people who live in them. Please do not take this post that way.

I just have to wonder how anyone, without apparent irony, could refer to a single-wide on a concrete pad surrounded by a 10 foot wide strip of grass as an "estate."

Here we go again.... :rolleyes:

Maybe they just own a piece of property without connotation.

And maybe they are just regular people without a pretense to regularity, aka "the third estate".

Here we go again.... :rolleyes:

Maybe they just own a piece of property without connotation.

And maybe they are just regular people without a pretense to regularity, aka "the third estate".

Hmmm...could be.

Or it could be yet another instance of the kind of hyperbole that passes largely without notice in our society.

I live in a suite, so I can't answer.

Perhaps an attorney specializing in the execution of wills may have a better insight into what constitutes an estate.

edited to add: Personally I think that labeling the fruits of excessive consumption an "estate" could be hyperbole.

"Having sustenance and covering, let us be content with these things."

Perhaps an attorney specializing in the execution of wills may have a better insight into what constitutes an estate.

edited to add: Personally I think that labeling the fruits of excessive consumption an "estate" could be hyperbole.

"Having sustenance and covering, let us be content with these things."

Don:

I now see the error in my thinking. You are, of course, correct.* Forgive me my folly. I can now imagine clearly the discussion that the developer (we’ll call him D.D.) and his lawyer (who shall be known as R.G.)** must have had on registering the name for this community.

D.D.: I want to name my trailer court “Crestview Estates.”

R.G.: Nice name, but, uh, don’t you think it’s a little hyperbolic or grandiloquent? People might think you are putting on “Aires.”

D.D.: Hyperbolic? Not at all! Why any fool can see that my development will be a bit of property--real estate, if you will--that a working stiff—a member of the third estate--can own and leave to his or her heirs to quarrel over after his death as a part of his or her estate. Grandiloquent? Hardly! Crestview Estates is a humble and accurate name for my trailer court.

R.G.: Yes, but what I meant was, uh, that you really can’t see a crest from there. At any rate, would you care for a bran muffin? They’re very tasty and if you eat them often enough, you will never have to pretend regularity.***





NOTES:

* I nearly said “right” but on reflection saw that there were too many ways in which that word might be misconstrued as it has connotations not only of correctness, rectitude and righteousness, but can also be taken as a direction (which sailors call “starboard”) or a conservative political leaning.

**I was going to name these two DiDi and GoGo, but feared that the snobbishly obscure reference to “Waiting for Godot” might be missed, or worse, misconstrued so as to create confusion or hard feelings.

***Gentle Reader, please feel free to insert plenty of smilies as this was written without rancor, but in a mood of light-hearted amusement.

You got it......:)

This is where I live.

Again, hyperbole. The houses are nice, but by no stretch of the imagination are they "estates." :D

Your not a republican ? I live in kettle creek estates , no trailors though , big houses one 1 acre plus lots filled with large trees . But , if I lived in a so called trailor house , I would creat my reality . If I wanted it to be a estate or something , Id do it .
peace

**I was going to name these two DiDi and GoGo, but feared that the snobbishly obscure reference to “Waiting for Godot” might be missed, or worse, misconstrued so as to create confusion or hard feelings.


I guess it's been a while since I've read that play...were those really their names?

I suppose for Crestview Estates to truly earn the name, they must follow some of the ridiculous upper class tradtions normally associated with such communities, such as CCR's that allow your neighbors to decide what color your house will be and what kind of trees you will plant in your yard. I guess what I'm trying to say is I wouldn't want the name attached my property regardless of it's attractiveness due to the yuppie association it (attempts to) suggest.

I guess it's been a while since I've read that play...were those really their names?


Their names were Vladimir and Estragon, Didi and Gogo for short.

your[/I] house will be and what kind of trees you will plant in your yard. I guess what I'm trying to say is I wouldn't want the name attached my property regardless of it's attractiveness due to the yuppie association it (attempts to) suggest.

Sorry, it is not quite so simple!

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Unfortunately, if you have a desire for a new home in our part of the country, and you don't have the desire for "property" (I HATE keeping up "property") you have absolutely NO choice but to buy into those silly covenants which I hate so much.

There is no newer home sold in any section of the Denver metro area without those covenants. If you want a new home, you have covenants - as simple as that.

So far, we have been written up for:

1. Having a wild petunia in our landscaped rock area.

2. Having a series of lights on our front walkway (they thought the lights were "Xmas decorations", which must be removed in 30 days).

3. Having an ultrasonic rabbit repeller (we have literally 100's of rabbits in the area) - which the neighbors said was too noisy.

Medically my wife now needs a one-story home, and there are few available in the metro area. I also have a son in a wheelchair who we want to be able to access our home, limiting our choices markedly. Also, we love the openness and design of the home, the closeness to bike paths and stores and restaurants (we can walk). So, we, as many homeowners do, find ourselves between a rock and a hard place.

The other unfortunate thing is that folks who like to control others generally run for and win the HOA positions. They get their jollies in life from neatness, and seemingly are folks who should be on medications for OCD.

Well, we are making a go of it. Life is full of compromises, and this is one situation we will get through.

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So far, we have been written up for:

1. Having a wild petunia in our landscaped rock area.

2. Having a series of lights on our front walkway (they thought the lights were "Xmas decorations", which must be removed in 30 days).

3. Having an ultrasonic rabbit repeller (we have literally 100's of rabbits in the area) - which the neighbors said was too noisy.

Wild petunia? A NOISY ultrasonic rabbit repeller? :roflmao:

Careful, In Mississippi ans estate can consist of your corner under a bridge if you have placed a peice of actual furniture there.

In Alabama trailers are definitely in "Estate" category. Double wides are mansions.

Here in Georgia we have a mix of all of it. Depending on where you are at your "Estate" can be an old school bus fitted with furniture which we have about 15 miles from where we live, or it could be a tent down by the river, which a friend of mines son and wife actually did for about two years in the mountains. I donated a few of my camping items to help modernize their home at one point. Or it could be a big house on some land.