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Trailer Park Cash

I’ve sort of hinted around the whole “Who lives in a trailer park” issue in a few posts now, and I feel the need to open up a discussion on the topic.

E! Online’s TV Diva, Kristin, did a column a few weeks back that explored some of the misconceptions about Laguna Beach. Among the tidbits was info about the House of Alex, news on J. Wahl not really graduating, and the hottest tip of all…That someone in the cast actually lives in a trailer park, thus bursting a hole in the myth of the wealthy “Laguna Bubble”. She says:

"Word is, one of the castmembers actually lives in a trailer park, and most of
the castmembers live fairly middle-income existences (at least by O.C.
standards). "

As the above postcard of a 1950’s Laguna Beach trailer park (buy it here on eBay!)shows, life in a Laguna trailer park might be slightly different than life in a trailer park in my home state of Louisiana. Both places start with an L and end with an A, but only one has an LC. But still, when the show purports to be about a group of drool-worthy kids (in an aesthetic, social and fiscal sense) I want to know which one of these kids is not like the others.

So, who could it be? Certainly not LC, Casey or Kristin—we’ve seen extensive shots of parties at their houses. Alex H. hosted the fiesta party at her casa on la playa, and it definitely didn’t look like it came on the back of a flatbed truck. I haven’t seen much of Cedric’s house, but on Overdrive on MTV.com, Alex M. mentioned that he spent $700 on a pair of Chrome Hearts sunglasses, and I’d hope that if he has that kind of cash laying around, it’s not stuffed under a mobile mattress. Alex M.’s house has a lovely two-story living room filled with instruments, as featured on Overdrive. And although her behavior may point towards Jessica as the trailer-park denizen (sex acts in cramped spaces, anyone?), we saw her house during the Worst. Candlelit. Dinner. Ever.

So, WHO IS IT??? Inquiring minds want to know. Any thoughts, anyone?

posted by Cail @ 8:24 AM