At twice the price, and half the plumbing: Teeny house, big lie
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I lived briefly in my 33 foot Airstream. Despite all the romanticism attached to this brand I enjoyed it most when I left it for the comforts of my own regular sized house. My rule of thumb is at least 400 sq ft per person as he bare minimum for a healthy outlook on life. Those that try for any less will likely go loony after awhile or are already in moonbat mode.
People need rlbiw room. Like my friend Ewen says, where would a man go to hide if he didn't have a bush?
there is something to be said for living within your means. debt is a mother F@#ker that i have learned to shun. We have land on 140 acres paid cash. this summer we are going to build a one room cabin 24*24. will be in cash. going to make improvements as we go, again all cash. As we need room we will build on, again all cash. we will have a family compound of several of these cabins for us and our children, on the water and in the bush. couple of composting toilets, wells in the kitchen. All the peace in the world knowing we do not owe one single cent to anyone else. We will still have our home in civilization to go to while we build, but that's paid for and is going to be a part of our retirement income. Little houses do mean little space , but they also mean little bills and no debt. I wont have a sunroom with a fireplace and two leather couches but i will have the outdoors and peace of mind.
Property taxes are like rent in some towns, you might have built that, but you don't own it...
I have one of these , off the grid 33 years in the making. Solar, two gensets, composting toilet , difficult to see from the road even in winter. Eldest son is starting the first out cabin. I add on every so often but it can sleep 15 now. Latest addition was a telescope tower/watch tower. Has a green house that self waters, vents, and controls all solar but without heat .
A prepper forever with the current gubmints in Alberta and Ottawa it may all ring true
When the kick down your front door how're you gonna come, with your hands on your head or the trigger of your gun
It's not a tiny house. It's a shack.
You're not 'downsizing'. You're poor.
A pig with lipstick on it is still a pig.
The best part of the article is how long the hipsters last in their shacks. Those morons who endlessly drivel on about how houses are too big and downsizing is RightSizing, they get down to it and walk their talk, they last about a year or so.
LEFTISTS simply HATE big, comfortable, American homes. Leftists believe forced equality ... which for housing means that EVERYONE must live in the average floor area of a Tijuana Tin shack. I hear numerous Planning Commissioners, Design Review Commissioners, City Council, and Planning Staff make the comment "... why does anyone NEED that much square footage ..." My typical response is to ask them how large their own homes are ... they usually don't answer. Because Politbureau members always live well ... at the expense of the commoners.
This reminds me of Dr Zhivago.
having watched a few minutes of this on tv, I wondered why someone would not just buy a nice two bedroom trailer.
I have this picture in my mind of me standing on my porch, with my shot gun.... " I saaaaaaaaid get off of my land........" :O)
There is so much truth to that statement, see it all the time people being taxed out of their homes.
How they calculate property taxes:
1. How much is there?
2. How much of it can we take?
3. Well, that's a start...
I lasted 2 years off the grid with no plumbing until the government shut me down.
Next time, I do it on unincorporated land.
You can keep pouring money into state and union coffers coffers all you like.
I choose not to.
You know Mike, indoor plumbing was invented for a reason other than mere comfort. There's nothing like a nice case of necrotizing fascitis or dysentery to really drive home the value of running water and drains that work.
Also, I bet your shack was bigger than 10x10. It ain't just the amenities, it's the physical size that drives people nuts.
Finally, I'd react badly to somebody trying to make me do what you're doing voluntarily. You want to be Grizzly Adams, go for it. I like my hot tub and my HUGE friggin' heated barn. Rolling under a vehicle in the snow hurts my hands these days.
Your implied inability to avoid disease without indoor plumbing is a testament to our pussified society. My shack was 12'x16'+ a 12'x2.5' closet.