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DontTreadOnMe

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21. I think these are a great idea

Fri May 23, 2014, 03:13 AM

May 2014

$20K is affordable to most everyone, especially college students just entering the job market.

These would be fantastic in very rural areas, like on lakes or in the deep woods or mountains.
Provide electric and internet connection, and you have an inexpensive cabin.

This is not "poverty living".. what a foolish comment.

How about "save all your money and travel the world".. and when you need to go "home", this is a inexpensive as it gets.

Think of it as.. I don't need to collect "things" to put in my "home"... I would rather save as much money as possible for the future. This allows you to have a roof over your house and get to your work.. or work self-employed.

If you took a mountain area in the Catskills Mtns - just an hour north of New York City.. and built 100 of these.. they would sell out in 30 days.

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Can These $20,000 Houses Save the American Dream? [View all] eridani May 2014 OP

Super cool Samantha May 2014 #1

Houses are outrageous. Rod Beauvex May 2014 #2

Depends on where they are.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #8

looks very nice to me.... chillfactor May 2014 #3

No solid foundations-I wonder how they do in tornadoes or earthquakes ErikJ May 2014 #4

They probably do as well as houses built pier and beam style. kentauros May 2014 #20

Put down hurricane straps, too, along the sides Aerows May 2014 #36

and a tornado shelter. dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #45

Cool, I've looked into Martin and Tiny Houses that can be made permanent. freshwest May 2014 #5

another factor lowering the living cost here in Ala dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #46

Have loved tiny houses for 10 years or more.... alittlelark May 2014 #6

I find these articles trying to sex up shanty living deeply disturbing. LeftyMom May 2014 #7

Side by side & you got a shotgun shack grahamhgreen May 2014 #9

Indeed Fearless May 2014 #11

No kidding. It feels like an effort to get us to expect less.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #12

Good point, I think that often, less and less, squeezed more and more, mass re-education to RKP5637 May 2014 #29

Hell, they used to pay enough to support a family.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #33

You find it disturbing because you see so much aimed at us middle classers ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #14

It's a movement trying to get away from McMansions alittlelark May 2014 #15

I don't know who you're lecturing, LeftyMom May 2014 #17

Tiny houses are also quite popular among people with more than modest incomes eridani May 2014 #35

They were on smaller parcels... Blanks May 2014 #38

Same here! (Seattle) Suich May 2014 #19

Maybe you should see what they WERE living in before the school built these houses for them. Elwood P Dowd May 2014 #18

That's the key... Blanks May 2014 #39

Consider me ambivalent then, I suppose. If this project actually improves some people's living nomorenomore08 May 2014 #41

You've got posters telling us that we're going to have to give up our cars and move to the cities. X_Digger May 2014 #44

Houses cost three times what they should. weyes2013 May 2014 #10

Houses cost three times what they should. Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #13

Do houses cost three times what they should? My Good Babushka May 2014 #23

But but but... where does the 19ft sectional go? SoCalDem May 2014 #16

you forgot to mention the 90" flat screen tv. KittyWampus May 2014 #27

Where's the granite kitchen and baths? n/t RKP5637 May 2014 #30

I think these are a great idea DontTreadOnMe May 2014 #21

I live in a rural county with some really poor people gwheezie May 2014 #22

I like this. We have inflated what a "middle class" home is now, making it unaffordable Lee-Lee May 2014 #24

House prices are so high because we bid them up in a panic to absurd levels. reformist2 May 2014 #25

I think they would be great here and worldwide BUT TBF May 2014 #26

Ain't that America... Little pink houses for you and me... nomorenomore08 May 2014 #42

Yup, little pink houses for 99% of us TBF May 2014 #43

Appear to be well constructed, clean and comfortable liberal N proud May 2014 #28

I've lived in smaller places... TreasonousBastard May 2014 #31

I find this all very encouraging..wonderful the possibilities and considering the impact Jefferson23 May 2014 #32

It's good for someone at the median of SS or above. whopis01 May 2014 #34

That looks like "The Rent is Too Damn High" mayoral candidate there Aerows May 2014 #37

Where's the bathroom? Ilsa May 2014 #40