[ansel12]

This is wrong for most people, but don’t dismiss it entirely.

For a short while I lived in a beat up, over the cab camper as I traveled around the country, it had a shower and toilet, tiny kitchen, not a bad refrigerator, and a stove, etc.

People would ask me if it was tough living in such a small house, but at that time in my life, at that age, living the lifestyle I was living, I pointed out that as a house, it may be small and tight, but as a bedroom, it was a palace, with a master bath, a full (but small) kitchen, a full bed, a dinner table, great windows and views.

In some ways, living in a Swiss Army Knife, house, is very cool and streamlined.

[Nowhere Man]

It's not a bad way to live, at least you can "carry" your home and belongings with you like a turtle if there is a SHTF situation, as long as you have fuel and keep it running, getting out of dodge is easy. It's pretty good if you're alone, have a friend or two or just a couple, but if you have kids, it would be tough to do.

One of my favorite TV shows was "CHiPs" in the late 1970's where Ponch lived in a motorhome and, IIRC, he drove it to work early in the series until he "parked" it somewhere.

If I had one, I'd probably load it with amateur radio gear, a ham radio station on wheels. B-)

[caww]

Hello ansell,

My apartment is a semi-efficiency. Two small rooms and a bath...walk in closet off the bedroom too and outside open deck.. I took this when I first moved to the area because I needed a place fast and it would work temporarily. That was five years ago and I’m still here and loving it!

I learned through this time a bigger place simply meant filling it. I have all I need....and can have my family here when I use an extra table I have under my bed.

It helped that the landlord designed this remarkably well. I even have a love seat beneath the storage cupboard.

There’s a two seater snackbar seperating the kitchen from the living room....but it’s all one room.

I truly enjoy it here...though I had for a time considered taking a larger place.

Small living, for one, has many advantages I have found.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t like a big house. This is too small for me but I could definitely see the possibilities of a house made out of a shipping container.