"benjrblant" (benjblant)
06/25/2019 at 10:31 • Filed to: None
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"benjrblant" (benjblant)
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“Festival” might be a bit of a stretch, but here’s some photos of a few things at the show this past weekend.
There were plenty of old school busses, plenty of bigly trailers, etc, but these were uninteresting to me because some of them were borderline mobile homes.
Ash78, voting early and often
> benjrblant
06/25/2019 at 10:41 |
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The weird thing about so many tiny houses is that modern RVs (especially towables) would be the better alternative in so many cases. To me, a tiny house has to be artistically or functionally unique enough to justify its existence. Most of these clearly fit the bill!
And a lot of people have been focused on mobility, but for slightly larger, permanent structures, the next step up are things like Katrina Cottages (named for their “invention” after Hurricane Katrina to help quickly rebuild areas with classy, quick homes). Unfortunately, mobility seems to have taken over the entire downsizing movement — that’s cool, but again, if you want wheels then the RV industry has you covered pretty well.
http://katrinacottagehousing.org/
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> benjrblant
06/25/2019 at 10:44 |
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Tiny houses? How Un American!
Where’s the all-imp ortant 5 car garage?
TheRealBicycleBuck
> benjrblant
06/25/2019 at 10:52 |
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I lived in a 35-ft travel trailer with my mom for about two years. With that experience , I can say that I’m not interested in living that lifestyle again. Maybe just me and my wife, but I think even that would be pushing it for both of us.
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> benjrblant
06/25/2019 at 10:58 |
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When I first read “CO” “Tiny House”, it sound dangerous.
Future next gen S2000 owner
> Ash78, voting early and often
06/25/2019 at 11:09 |
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I don’t get it at all. RV’s, campers....an entire industry based on this. Used campers aren’t even that expensive. You get more space for the same amount of weight.
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> benjrblant
06/25/2019 at 11:10 |
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Just buy one on Amazon!
Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
> benjrblant
06/25/2019 at 11:39 |
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Ban tiny houses. Just actually build reasonable small homes that people can afford instead.
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Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
> Ash78, voting early and often
06/25/2019 at 11:40 |
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Mobile homes are a better alternative than this.
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> benjrblant
06/25/2019 at 11:51 |
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Those are just home-built RVs.
Some certainly look cool, and appear extremely functional, especially the van conversions. The others that are basically a shed on a trailer seem a bit dangerous to be towing around though.
WiscoProud
> TheRealBicycleBuck
06/25/2019 at 12:33 |
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I think there’s a huge difference between living in one and using one for trips. I can’t imagine living in a space that small with even my wife. Maybe when i was still single and childless, but not now.
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WiscoProud
> Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
06/25/2019 at 12:39 |
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Tiny homes aren’t supposed to be a replacement for affordable housing. This is basically an offshoot of the overlanding hobby .
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> WiscoProud
06/25/2019 at 14:02 |
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Exactly why I can’t understand the “tiny house” movement. I thought it wa s being driven by lower income people who had never lived in something so small. Then I saw one of those shows where a family of five moved from their five bedroom house into a tiny house parked in their driveway. A t the end of the show, they claimed that they missed living in the cramped conditions, but they didn’t talk about selling their big house and moving into something smaller.
If it were a tiny house with a giant shop on a decent piece of land, I might reconsider my position.
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WiscoProud
> TheRealBicycleBuck
06/25/2019 at 14:10 |
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Most of them i’ve seen were either being pulled around for vacations or what not, or put onto plots of land. In most cases, the people living in them did not NEED to live in them. Its just a hipster-y camper basically.
I think a basic one on 10 acres or so might not be bad.
DipodomysDeserti
> TheRealBicycleBuck
06/25/2019 at 20:07 |
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But if you call it a tiny home you can sell them for lots of money to hipsters!
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DipodomysDeserti
> WiscoProud
06/25/2019 at 20:09 |
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It is? My sister and her hipster friends were all into them, and they’ve never so much as set foot on a trail...
Actually, I see what you’re saying now.
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Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
> WiscoProud
06/26/2019 at 00:10 |
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It is until it isn’t. Really the answer is mixed use multi-family housing, but nobody seems to actually want to solve the problem.