But his vacation plans were canceled when he was diagnosed with cancer and couldn't work. But trailer living can be a hard life. Tensions sometimes flare in an area with so many people crammed inside trailers and so many trailers crammed inside a small park. Some residents have come close to blows. Others have waged petty court fights over dented fenders.
Neighbors can go decades without speaking to each other.
McCauley refuses to wallow in complaints. Space, too, is a nagging problem. Because he doesn't have a yard, much less a garage where he can work on his motorcycle, Bob Krug had to bring it inside his trailer. His home is littered with parts, he said. The day I moved in, I was giving away stuff on the sidewalk.