Wake up this morning and read this thread...funny because my wife and I were discussing the exact same thing yesterday while watching one of these shows. Not only can you buy a good RV (with far more amenities) for the same or less cost, but you could also by an actual mobile home. We laugh when we drive by one of our local RV dealers because they're right next to a mobile home dealer. The RV dealer puts up a banner for a middle-of-the-road right for $39,995 but the adjacent mobile home is a 3BR/2BA 1800 SF with 2x6 walls for $34,995 LOL
The tiny home are for trendy granola crunchy kinda people (of all ages) who think there's something cool about living in an upgraded version of a 3rd world country standard home. Most of the people I've seen on the shows have either a transient job or some sort of artisan occupation. In other words, they're people that don't want to work...(get the popcorn)...