Appodlachia #225: Defeating a private equity takeover of trailer parks
On today's episode, Chuck and Big John talk why private equity is buying up trailer parks nationwide and how the community of Charlottesville, VA fought a buy-out to keep ownership local. We also talk about Tim Walz and why he's leaps and bounds better than ol' John Dammit Vance
Timestamps
02:29 — A brief chat about ol' TIm Walz
15:15 — Background on private equity buying up trailer parks
21:09 — PE bad practices when owning trailer parks
34:42 — Charlottesville story on community fighting back
52:12 — Beef with toxic masculinity and Appalachian gatekeeping
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