Tiny Houses
Would tiny houses, you know the ones people tow behind their truck, be considered an RV? Has anyone on this forum had any experience with tiny houses?
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westernrvparkowner wrote:qtla9111 wrote:You may believe it is very popular, but the fact is there are not communities of these tiny homes as pop culture would have you believe. Yes, downsizing is becoming popular, but for most people that means 1500 square feet instead of 4000. Cramming yourself, your wife, your kids and your bull mastiff into 250 square feet just isn't going to be the next big thing. Those tiny homes aren't mobile, they aren't street legal, they just sit on a plot of land where they are unloaded. Nothing about them screams "freedom", they just scream "cramped".
Actually, it is the minimalist movement that is very popular with Millennials. There will be more and more. People are downsizing and eliminating the cost and maintenance from their lives. Life's to short to be painting and cutting grass when you have more freedom to move around at intervals.
Sounds more like personal opinion. One thing that stands in the way are city ordinances. They want you to have big land and big houses so that you pay big taxes.
Many types of tiny homes can be moved. I never said they were moved like an rv. They can be moved from place to place for longer stays.
Maybe to you they don't scream freedom but to many it does. Remember, the latest generation is more mobile and has less to no children. Smart people who want to break the paradigm of American dream lifestyle.
r in the burgeoning tiny house movement. (MARGOT/AP)
BY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, November 29, 2010, 3:21 PM
As Americans downsize in the aftermath of a colossal real estate bust, at least one tiny corner of the housing market appears to be thriving.
To save money or simplify their lives, a small but growing number of Americans are buying or building homes that could fit inside many people's living rooms, according to entrepreneurs in the small house industry.
Some put these wheeled homes in their backyards to use as offices, studios or extra bedrooms. Others use them as mobile vacation homes they can park in the woods. But the most intrepid of the tiny house owners live in them full-time, paring down their possessions and often living off the grid.
"It's very un-American in the sense that living small means consuming less," said Jay Shafer, 46, co-founder of the Small House Society, sitting on the porch of his wooden cabin in California wine country. "Living in a small house like this really entails knowing what you need to be happy and getting rid of everything else."
