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WhiskeyGrinder

(27,229 posts)
1. The city doesn't provide those, actually; it appears they're just a prototype and have been for years.
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:23 PM
Aug 2025
https://ulmernest.de/faq

As there are only two Nests existing right now, which are mostly hand-crafted prototypes for evaluating our concept, we are neither able to give you a proper quote at this point, nor can we sell readymade Nests. We are still optimizing the construction also in terms of cost, with the goal of pushing the total material cost below a sane number, as well as being able to serially produce the shelters at some point in the future.

applegrove

(133,112 posts)
2. Well it is a good idea. In Canada the homeless
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:31 PM
Aug 2025

we're using portable ice fishing huts in the winter.

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