SDR, certainly there are more folks wanting the type of house you mention but then again there are a lot more of those types of houses in SD county! All I am suggesting (and I could be wrong of course) is that apparently there is at least enough demand for PL and MH to keep it a supply constrained market and thus keep the prices up there. This really isn’t an issue of my own personal preference, it is a numbers game. Those of us that choose to raise our families in a place like MH may indeed be statistical anomalies. In my case, I lived the suburban dream. I had a big new house in Encinitas with a 180 degree ocean view. Frankly, I didn’t like living there as much as I thought I would. I personally like to be closer to what San Diego has to offer and am willing to deal with the associated issues. Certainly, MH isn’t for everyone and for us it certainly wasn’t our first home (we started with a condo in La Jolla). I can imagine that getting a starter home in MH big enough for a family can indeed be a daunting proposition and that could be another reason the demographic you mention is not interested in MH or PL.