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Posted: 3/29/2019 4:27:32 PM EST

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I wish the fad would've been around when I started college. I would've saved a ton of money on rent/utilities over the 5 years

30k for just rent @ 500/mo vs 10-15k for a camper/tiny home that I could sell after I graduated

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:30:01 PM EST

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Because nothing beats the smell of exhaust with your morning coffee?

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Considering it's size and the fact that I wouldn't sit there running a car in any garage, I don't think it's a problem. And yes, I love the smell of cars

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:31:19 PM EST

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not to mention heating and cooling your garage to the same temperature as your bedroom.

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Yet somehow larger commercial warehouses do.

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:31:55 PM EST

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1) Awesome new way for people to simplify, declutter and distress their live all while helping their environment.

2) Way for poor millennials with worthless degrees, massive student loan debt, and no job prospects to hide the fact that they are just living in a f**king trailer.

EDIT: I have no desire to live in a Tiny Home. Just curious as I keep seeing news articles and youtube videos about them.

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Neither. It’s a fad. People with disposable income are going to get tired of having to wash the same 3 sets of clothes twice a week because they have no closets or dressers to put clothes in. Their families are going to get tired of having to do all the cooking and cleanup every holiday because Hunter and Sloan don’t have room in their tiny vineyard house for more than 4 people at a time. Not to mention they can’t shop at Costco or Sami’s Club now or buy the bigger jar of Kalamata olives which now won’t fit in their cooler sized fridge.

The poor have already been living in tiny houses. Their’s have axles and we call them trailers.

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:31:58 PM EST

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Car garages exist for very good reasons.

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Yes, to keep cars in them and work on shit.

ETA: And to hangout in.

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:40:27 PM EST

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They're good for people that can't do anything but occupy a shelter, and maybe cook a meal. Most of them have chairs and tables set up outside for elbow room.

Forget about owning anything but bare bones minimum. Not even a good collection of books or a small tool box. I suppose it would eliminate my wife's clothes, so maybe I need to take another look.

A fad that will fade.

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:42:31 PM EST

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My wife watches some stupid Tiny House, House Hunters type show. The common theme is the ppl always bitching about not enough storage.

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My wife, too. I can’t watch them with her anymore.

I got tired of yelling “It’s a tiny home, idiot. What did you expect?” at the TV. It’s just more virtue signaling by vapid hipsters.

The ones with kids are the worst. Guess who is never going to be able to have their friends sleep over? That’s right, your kids, idiot. But that’s OK. The kids’ friends weren’t going to do it more than once anyway once they get a taste of the tofu dogs and rub their butts raw on the unbleached hemp toilet paper.

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:45:29 PM EST

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One of arfcoms favorite things to hate.

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:48:33 PM EST

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It's like all the TV shows on them have disappeared after people learned that it sucks living in that close proximity to others.

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You never see the update show where they go back and visit the family a year or two later. It’s always just a month or two after they move in.

“It kinda sucked having Christmas dinner in the meeting room at the local Ryan’s and it was tough turning down the gifts our family got for us but that we don’t have room for in our tiny house. The doctor says Paige’s scoliosis is being complicated by how she has to turn her head at a right angle to be able to see the TV and on account of her bed being so narrow she can only lie on her side. But this simple way of living is so worth it! Our mortgage payment is only half of what if was before we did this!”

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:50:52 PM EST

[#10]

Living in a tool shed doesn't appeal to me but you do you.

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:52:04 PM EST

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My folks raised three kids in an 8 ft. wide trailer in the 1950's. Didn't know they were so hip.

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:53:09 PM EST

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not to mention heating and cooling your garage to the same temperature as your bedroom.

Yet somehow larger commercial warehouses do.

don't get me wrong dude--i love the idea. it's half firehouse, half batcave. but it has some definite challenges. if you can afford the HVAC, i'll definitely come hang out, and bring some whiskey to earn my keep.

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:55:35 PM EST

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bears

Wrong.

I still say bears

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:56:46 PM EST

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Might make a good deer stand, but other than that, meh.

ETA- maybe a nice decoy front to hide the entrance to a massive subterranean lair.

Posted: 3/29/2019 4:59:34 PM EST

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Yes, to keep cars in them and work on shit.

ETA: And to hangout in.

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And to keep it separate from your living areas.

I love my garage. I wouldn't want my bedroom in it.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:01:08 PM EST

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I wouldn't mind a tiny house if a had a giant workshop.

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I'm not a master mechanic by any means, but a decent size garage would supplement a small house well if I were single. None of the 150 square foot bullshit however

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:03:40 PM EST

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They're more like large motorhomes or trailers but with more space. Some are pretty cool inside considering their size
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I've had women who might not fit up those stairs.

We'd probably crash through to the "first floor"

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:04:43 PM EST

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My sister at one time had the urge and I have looked at quite a few.

My take is most of the folks pushing them are trying to sell books and CD's.

Major problem is where you put them.

If your family has land (farm or whatever) that doesn't have zoning issues it may be something to consider but how is it really different than a single wide with wood siding?

To make it at all livable you still need water and power or you are just camping

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:13:39 PM EST

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For a young guy, or perhaps couple, I think it's awesome, if you can hack it. But then I'm a total freedom kind of guy. Part of that is my anti-ARFcom philosophy of living as cheaply as possible, and avoiding non-profit debt. Don't buy depreciating assets with debt, don't get into debt unless it makes you more than the cost of the debt service, ect. Absolutely don't buy shit you can live without with debt.

Which is strange coming from a Wall Street portfolio manager. But people really do slave themselves to debt. They end up no different than the chattel slaves, that still exist today. Except they think they're awesome and they're "free-range" slaves.

They're slaves that can move anywhere they want, and do any job for an employer, that pays those who own them.

The only income that's really yours, is what's left after you pay the government and your lenders.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:17:59 PM EST

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don't get me wrong dude--i love the idea. it's half firehouse, half batcave. but it has some definite challenges. if you can afford the HVAC, i'll definitely come hang out, and bring some whiskey to earn my keep.

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Fans, lots of fans. Also, open those top windows. LOL

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:19:25 PM EST

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And to keep it separate from your living areas.

I love my garage. I wouldn't want my bedroom in it.

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At least a motorcycle?

It's basically artwork.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:19:55 PM EST

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I've had women who might not fit up those stairs.

We'd probably crash through to the "first floor"

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Posted: 3/29/2019 5:21:30 PM EST

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Globalist sponsored bullshit to try to reduce American lifestyles.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:24:09 PM EST

[#24]

I can wedge myself in a 6'8" door opening.

I can't fly coach.

There are my thoughts on tiny houses. Tiny people, go for it. Rock on with your bad little selves.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:25:19 PM EST

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Globo-Marxist plot to accustom the serfs to living in the amount of space that “suits their station”.

Tyranny is so much more efficient when there is very little distance involved.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:25:36 PM EST

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At least a motorcycle?
https://www.xbhp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMGP6882.jpg

It's basically artwork.

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That's badass.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:26:02 PM EST

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1) Awesome new way for people to simplify, declutter and distress their live all while helping their environment.

2) Way for poor millennials with worthless degrees, massive student loan debt, and no job prospects to hide the fact that they are just living in a f**king trailer.

EDIT: I have no desire to live in a Tiny Home. Just curious as I keep seeing news articles and youtube videos about them.

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No, would not be interested.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:26:11 PM EST

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Globalist sponsored bullshit to try to reduce American lifestyles.

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Do you want to know the real trick the globalist are playing?

...it's convincing you that your awesomely successful when your revenue is great and your net is nothing, after taxes, interest, and depreciation.

Stay awesome!

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:26:48 PM EST

[#29]

Essentially mobile homes.... So whatever your thoughts are on them.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:28:09 PM EST

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At least a motorcycle?
https://www.xbhp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMGP6882.jpg

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It is.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:29:18 PM EST

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Globalists are behind tiny houses.

Learn something new every day.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:33:10 PM EST

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"Fuck it, consume, waste, get in debt to feel good, buy cool depreciating assets, snap chat it, go instagram, buy more, mortgage your life, make me money, I own you."

-globilist.

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:39:47 PM EST

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"Fuck it, consume, waste, get in debt to feel good, buy cool depreciating assets, snap chat it, go instagram, buy more, mortgage your life, make me money, I own you."

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Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
Trash it, change it, upgrade it...

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:45:54 PM EST

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"Fuck it, consume, waste, get in debt to feel good, buy cool depreciating assets, snap chat it, go instagram, buy more, mortgage your life, make me money, I own you."

-globilist.

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Globalists are behind tiny houses.

Learn something new every day.

"Fuck it, consume, waste, get in debt to feel good, buy cool depreciating assets, snap chat it, go instagram, buy more, mortgage your life, make me money, I own you."

-globilist.

"okay"

-RoG

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:49:56 PM EST

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**stubs toe** "Damn you, globalists!"

Posted: 3/29/2019 5:57:52 PM EST

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I agree, basically a high priced per square foot fad.

Single wide trailers and RV's are probably cheaper per square foot, have more room and the ability to be easily relocated or towed without destroying the house.

Hell those conversions of those Connex containers are pretty nice and you can get the basic can pretty cheap.

Another option if you are in the UK is to purchase and live on a narrow or wide beam canal boat.
I watch some You Tube vid's of several persons or couples who live and cruise the UK canal network.
Sort of tiny houses on the water, kind of neat as you can even cruise some rivers and no sea sickness.

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:02:06 PM EST

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Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
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"Fuck it, consume, waste, get in debt to feel good, buy cool depreciating assets, snap chat it, go instagram, buy more, mortgage your life, make me money, I own you."

-globilist.

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
Trash it, change it, upgrade it...

It makes the world go around, and makes the select money.

Working is cool, doing something constructive and productive is awesome. Just don't do it to pay interest, don't buy shit that will end up worthless, and won't make you feel good in the long run. Short term finacial masturabation is just going to leave you messy. Get off the wheel. Don't be a slave. It really is butt simple.

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:04:54 PM EST

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It makes the world go around, and makes the select money.

Working is cool, doing something constructive and productive is awesome. Just don't do it to pay interest, don't buy shit that will end up worthless, and won't make you feel good in the long run. Get off the wheel. Don't be a slave. It really is butt simple.

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"Fuck it, consume, waste, get in debt to feel good, buy cool depreciating assets, snap chat it, go instagram, buy more, mortgage your life, make me money, I own you."

-globilist.

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
Trash it, change it, upgrade it...

It makes the world go around, and makes the select money.

Working is cool, doing something constructive and productive is awesome. Just don't do it to pay interest, don't buy shit that will end up worthless, and won't make you feel good in the long run. Get off the wheel. Don't be a slave. It really is butt simple.

So basically downsize and live in a real small place well within your budget instead of living in a Mcmansion?

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:06:26 PM EST

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So basically downsize and live in a real small place well within your budget instead of living in a Mcmansion?

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I call it rightsize.

Do whatever it is you want to do, just don't enslave yourself.

Your real income is what's left after taxes, interest, and consumables. I've seen people with eight and seven figure incomes who are worthless. I've seen people with five figure incomes that are free.

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:06:43 PM EST

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I think they're neat

Keep it on wheels and you avoid paying property taxes on it, just land tax-
https://offgridworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tiny-house.jpg

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That looks fun for camping.

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:07:49 PM EST

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I call it rightsize.

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So basically downsize and live in a real small place well within your budget instead of living in a Mcmansion?

I call it rightsize.

Do whatever it is you want to do, just don't enslave yourself.

If downsizing or rightsizing is good I guess I'm missing how the globalists are behind the downsizing/tiny houses fad.

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:09:02 PM EST

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This, I dont know about anywhere else, but around here that tiny house would be taxed as personal property at a much higher rate than real estate. I dont want one, and think they are dumb at best, but to each their own. That said, the boss and I have been talking about building them, if some moron wants to pay the prices who am I to dissuade them?

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:09:59 PM EST

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Reflection of the decline of American affluence. I can't fit my library in one of those things.

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LOL, I could, barely, but that is ALL that would fit in there and it would likely taco the axles.

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:11:13 PM EST

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I think they're neat

Keep it on wheels and you avoid paying property taxes on it, just land tax-
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LOL, thats a deer blind...........

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:11:13 PM EST

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i think some of you fail to realize that you can just build something underground for tornados and store all your gun shit down there

then you don't have to have a big house

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this is an interesting statement....

family member builds houses. some houses have basements. a poured concrete rebar reinforced basement is expensive. as much as these 'tiny' houses. i guess some folks might consider just digging a hole in the ground and maybe dropping a shipping container in there and that wouldnt be cheap either IF the area permitting powers would even allow you to do that.

the idea of some sort of underground bunker, storage room is something i'd like to have but its expensive and as a solution to also living in a tiny house, it aint realistic.

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:13:36 PM EST

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If downsizing or rightsizing is good I guess I'm missing how the globalists are behind the downsizing/tiny houses fad.

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I guess you haven't read my posts.

The globalist want you in debt. They want you to consume. They want you to believe that the more you consume the happier you'll be.

Put it on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat...convince others to be a slave.

How do I know this? Because I'm one of them.

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:16:50 PM EST

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They fill the same niche, that the pre-fab homes did when soldiers were coming home after WWII.

Beats the hell outa living in an apartment.

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:18:35 PM EST

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There are a few places in my AO that are like this. No separate house, this is it-
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That is exactly what I want, shop/garage downstairs, apartment upstairs.

And on a large parcel of wooded land.

Posted: 3/29/2019 6:21:05 PM EST

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This, I dont know about anywhere else, but around here that tiny house would be taxed as personal property at a much higher rate than real estate. I dont want one, and think they are dumb at best, but to each their own. That said, the boss and I have been talking about building them, if some moron wants to pay the prices who am I to dissuade them?

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The same could be said about absolutely everything you have ever purchased.