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In reply to the discussion: Anyone on DU live in a 'tiny house' . . . [View all]Warpy
(111,174 posts)33. It's certainly about diminishing expectations
but the old time Rom people used to live in similar accommodations without any real problems, clutter affixed to the outside on hooks and nails. Frontier America lived in small cabins with sleeping lofts.
Short term, people with paid for tiny houses will be able to save after they pay off any student debt, something people trying for the American Dream with the house in the burbs and the hour long commute to work won't be able to do. Long term, the inability to store things like a professional wardrobe might limit their career opportunities.
Personally, I find the tiny houses to be an introvert's dream, the entertaining capabilities limited to 2 or 3 people, max.
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I have big trouble with the idea that people who seek to make everyone else be migrant wokers
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#71
I've had three people in the neighborhood ask me recently--when out walking my dog--
mnhtnbb
Dec 2015
#84
That's worth inheriting, I love Catalina particularly the little visitied interior.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#72
Yes, tool lending libraries and shared shop spaces are great. I wish my community had one.
LeftyMom
Dec 2015
#65
I rented a tiny bungalow type place for two years..maybe 300 _ 400 sqr feet
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2015
#34
When I was single and had no kids, I lived in a little 1920's style bungalow.
Sheldon Cooper
Dec 2015
#68
For the past three years, I've lived in a 34 ft Class A motorhome with three slides, by choice.
SammyWinstonJack
Dec 2015
#69