We have stereotypes about "trailer trash" and kids from the ghetto etc. Some of the stereotypes stick because the reason a person lives in a trailer or in a poor neighborhood is because they are poor, and sometimes the choices poor people make reflect badly on them.
Now I am not insulting, just trying to explain. My father lived in a trailer park for years because he was a working class man trying to make ends meet and couldn't afford a house. As he advanced in his job and got a better salary he eventually moved on to a house.
While there are many, many cases like my father, his case also illustrates something else common. Those who work hardest and are most ambitious usually end up leaving the poor neighborhood, and the people who stay frequently are those who have less ambition, less talent, and less work ethic. It is called "brain drain"--the best and the brightest don't stay in less opportune circumstances. Those who can leave, those who can't, or don't care, stay.
Again, don't get me wrong, because I am not judging. I am actually offended when I hear people say things like "trailer trash" because my father lived in a trailer and I lived there with him for a while too.
So there is no reason to be ashamed of where you live. Good, honest, hard working people often live in poor circumstances, or perhaps circumstances different from those who live in fat houses with two or three car garages. This doesn't make the people in the houses any better, and it doesn't make the people in trailers or poor neighborhoods any worse. Just do your best to make sure your behavior doesn't match up with the stereotype many people associate with living in a less affluent neighborhood. Being high class or low class isn't about money, it is about how you behave and how you carry yourself. There is no shame in not being rich, and it is not uncommon for the rich to behave shamefully.
Not at all, darlin. You will find as many amazing, inspirational and heroic people living in trailers as living in mansions.
It's just another form of bias, prejudice and hate that others would judge anything about you based on where you live. And, that, my friend, never leads to anything good.
It's not about where you live that matters, it's your overall attitude and impression that you give people. Some people associate trailer parks with uncleanliness and trashyness, but if you are hygenic and respectable, then no one will care. My one friend lives in a trailer park and she is hilarious, clean, and has a lot of friends. No one even cares that she lives there, it's whatever. Then I know at least one "popular" person at my school lives in a trailer park. She's actually pretty cool, and obviously no one cares where she lives. I honestly don't even know where most of the people at my school live, so it's not really a factor in how I feel about them. If I already knew someone and liked them and then found out they lived in a trailer park, I'd be perfectly fine with it.
So in short, it really doesn't matter where you live. Anyone who would hold that against you isn't worth your time.
I can understand how you would be embarrassed. Growing up, my parents were manual workers (washing dishes, etc.) and I went to a school where all the other kids' parents were doctors, lawyers, politicians and whenever anyone asked me what my parents did, I lied. I was embarrassed but I hated myself more for being embarrassed because I knew that my parents were doing their best in a new country. They didn't have educational or language skills. But I learned that most people judge you for YOU, not your financial situation or things that you have no control over.
You shouldn't be embarrassed. If anyone judges you, they're not worth your time.
I may not be the best person to answer this since I lived in one from age 5-10 but even to this day I'm not ashamed to tell people that I used to live in a trailer park. Honestly I loved it. Same with my boyfriend. He lived in one until about 6th grade when he moved but even he still talks about how much he loved it. He even took me back to his old trailer park to show me where he grew up. Personally, I don't think it's anything to be embarresed about and I hope you come feel the same way. Hope I helped a little bit (:
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I don't think you should be at all. As long as you are hard working and going to school, you have a reason to. It's really hard to have lots of money now days to live in a nice place.
If all you do is sit around all day drinkin beer and watchin TV and live in a trailer park then yeah, I might be alittle enbaressed.
a few years back I actually lived in a mobile home park. I was extremely embarrassed but when we moved out I realized I had the best of times there and the friends that I actually let come over enjoyed it more than their own "regular" home. so don't be embarrassed you are who you are, you live where you live. =]
Nothing to be embarrassed about. Yes there is a stigma about it, but people who judge you are judgemental and need something (no matter how trivial it is) to make themselves feel better than others about. It is where you live. It doesn't say anything about you as a person so don't let it define you or make you feel ashamed!
I don't think it's anything to be ashamed of. A lot of the mobile homes today are nice, and you've got a home. A lot of people aren't so fortunate.
No I mean I see why you would feel embarrassed, but don't! if I found out any of my friends lived in one I would never ever judge them or think any less of them, I would care less.
I'd be embarrassed. But I'd also be proud that I am doing as much as I can to help my family out in these harsh economic times.
no...you shouldn't...
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