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Infamous Redneck Mansion…not really
Milo Plurnbottom 5 months ago // Subscribe Hardworking Folk Gibber-gabber

Infamous Redneck Mansion…not really
Infamous Redneck Mansion…not really
Infamous Redneck Mansion…not really
Infamous Redneck Mansion…not really

In case you are somehow not on someone’s comedy email list I just had to share this with you all.

The general caption and rumor circulating with this image was Redneck Mansion, which has led to a variety of humorous discussions around the internet (such as here, here, or “here”: ).

kyshutterbug on Flickr wondered

I wonder if it’s photoshopped. How on earth would someone stack a bunch of trailers like this. I can only hope this isn’t located somewhere in Kentucky if it’s real.

RavenHull on the snopes forum conjectured:

My best guess? We are looking at some kind of roadside attraction.

And pissedoffsoutherwoman at stonerguy.com was none to happy about the title and resulting discussion:

The “South�? is not the only place in America where people live in mobile homes you morons. And the term “redneck�? is not universal to the Southern states. Get a life Idiots! Now that’s a universal term.

And the folks at Reddit had a whole lot to say about the photo.

But of the redneck mansion…

This photo is not the vision of a rich trailer park fan. Nor is it some kind of apartment complex.

As we learn from the snopes.com Redneck Mansion entry and sonnyradio it is in fact a theatrical set for a 2005 production of Chekhov’s Ivanov in Amsterdam at the Theatre het Amsterdam Bos.

And there you have it. But I still think this is a pretty neat structure and found myself almost disappointed that it wasn’t “real”.

Some other unique habitats

In case you hadn’t got enough check out the Habitat 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (learn more about it at the Wiki and see another photo here from alamedainfo.com ).

And you might also enjoy some of these experimental housing concepts using shipping containers at zigloo

The images shown here are mostly available all over the internet and it seems impossible to pin down a photographer. However the photos shown are specifically borrowed from:

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