Everyone in the household works. It's not a theory. I see it daily. And if one or two lose job the family gets replaced or the throw another in the living room.

Nowhere to put a manufactured homes (where I'm at anyways)and even then you have to rent the land and that goes up annually as well.

Also, most these people work in a variation of service industry. They will always have work cleaning houses, taking care of children, fixing cars. And that work at this price point is just not possible if they move 1 hour outside of the city in a manufactured home.

I'm in Cali, so I know this ain't the norm, but it's what I'm seeing here. Think about it, how is it different than 4 college kids renting a 3 bedroom and two splitting the master.