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TIL an 800 sq ft (74 sq m) trailer home in a trailer park in Montauk, New York sold for $3.75 million. This modest mobile-home park, Montauk Shores, once a working-class getaway, is becoming increasingly popular with billionaires and celebrities. Musician Jimmy Buffett recently bid on a trailer.

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