For those just retiring, there's the strong desire to pursue a retired lifestyle much differently than in previous generations.
Rather than opting for condos or condensed retirement communities, many actively pursue traditional home ownership but on a smaller scale.
This is where manufactured homes come into play.
Manufactured home parks offer the same freedom and property rights associated with home ownership but with fewer hassles of owning a traditional house.
This freedom has certainly not gone unnoticed as mobile home retirement parks have become increasingly popular with the 55+ crowd.
Many seniors are particularly drawn to manufactured home ownership because it is a dramatically cheaper option than owning a traditional home whereas you still retain property ownership that one does not get with, say, owning a condo.
Furthermore, manufactured home parks typically offer park-wide landscaping thus alleviating that burden from the homeowner.
Consequently, owing a manufactured home in a designated park allows to you maintain home-ownership but without many of the burdens retirees wish to live without.
Of course, many retirees are also looking for a specific community with like-minded and similarly aged neighbors.
The best mobile home parks have a conveniently located community center that hosts various activities and get-togethers.
Outside of the center, having similarly aged neighbors makes socializing in retirement that much easier.
Living in a manufactured home retirement community, then, comes with a general peace as neighbors are quick to be amiable.
Recent retirees, often, additionally seek a more active lifestyle and so the surrounding area is particularly important when deciding upon a place to live.
Some mobile home parks are located out in the middle of nowhere with very few activities surrounding them.
Some, however, are located in lovely areas with plenty of outdoor recreational activities available.
The very best parks, however, have the outdoors readily available in addition to the best of city life with restaurants, museums, and shopping conveniently located.
Retirement is ultimately the time to wind-down and start enjoying the details of life.
Living gives many retirees that freedom to become more active while, at the same time, at a fraction of the cost of traditional home ownership.
During this time, one shouldn't be bogged down with time-extensive or expensive household chores.
Nor should you be isolated from the best activities retirement has to offer.
For these reasons, it's easy to see why more retirees are choosing manufactured home parks to settle down.