The film reminded me of South Padre Island as it was in my youth -- mostly beach/fishing shacks used in the summer and by intrepid teenagers in the winter -- and of the seaside communities in the Tampa Bay area very much like Inlet View. These trailer parks/camp grounds were populated primarily by hard-working, usually low-wage workers a…
The film reminded me of South Padre Island as it was in my youth -- mostly beach/fishing shacks used in the summer and by intrepid teenagers in the winter -- and of the seaside communities in the Tampa Bay area very much like Inlet View. These trailer parks/camp grounds were populated primarily by hard-working, usually low-wage workers and self-employed mechanics, carpenters, etc., who'd saved enough money to buy a small retirement trailer to put on a rented plot in a park owned by someone else. Then, in the early '00s, came the developers who swooped down on the hapless retirees and not only bought out the park from underneath their only homes, but destroyed the mangroves surrounding them to build waterfront mcmansions. Result: natural fisheries gone; natural flood protection gone; housing and flood insurance skyrocketing.
Thanks for the film and thanks for another interesting interview that spurred me to watch a film I would have missed.
The film reminded me of South Padre Island as it was in my youth -- mostly beach/fishing shacks used in the summer and by intrepid teenagers in the winter -- and of the seaside communities in the Tampa Bay area very much like Inlet View. These trailer parks/camp grounds were populated primarily by hard-working, usually low-wage workers and self-employed mechanics, carpenters, etc., who'd saved enough money to buy a small retirement trailer to put on a rented plot in a park owned by someone else. Then, in the early '00s, came the developers who swooped down on the hapless retirees and not only bought out the park from underneath their only homes, but destroyed the mangroves surrounding them to build waterfront mcmansions. Result: natural fisheries gone; natural flood protection gone; housing and flood insurance skyrocketing.
Thanks for the film and thanks for another interesting interview that spurred me to watch a film I would have missed.