[The Continental Op]

These are halcyon days in comparison to the mostly empty dollar store shelves for the generation to follow under continued progressive government.

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Right. These kids cannot draw logical conclusions, having intentionally been denied courses in basic thinking skills.

Nosy the push now to “tiny houses”? I even saw a tv show on the the other night trying to make it “hip” to build a hose out of a cargo container.
They are easing the next generation into third world poverty status.

[poconopundit]

Hey Continental,

My 28-year old "kid" caught the "tiny house" trend.

She's going to graduate school at UC Berkeley so she figured it would be good to save some money on rent which is very high in the Oakland area. So here's the horror story with a somewhat happy ending:

1. Contracts to have a tiny house built in L.A. The house is shoddily made, takes forever to finish, but it only costs her $3,000.
   
   
2. She and a friend drive it up to San Franciso area at 40 MPH, experiencing two flat tires along the way.
   
   
3. Oakland has a unusually cold winter, and there are water leaks all over the place. She freezes.
   
   
4. My wife (who has carpenter skills) visits her before Christmas and she makes emergency repairs. So much for my wife's "California vacation" -- though my wife did get a chance to smoke weed for the first time!
   
   
5. The landlord of the property in Oakland where the tiny house sits for $100 a month gets nasty and expects her to do all sort of extra work to help out.
   
   
6. She gives up the tiny house idea, and sells it for $10,000.
   
   
7. Now she's rented a small room in a house with 3 other people for $800 a month.

This is what's called an education in tiny home ownership :- )

[Oatka]

Nosy the push now to “tiny houses”? I even saw a tv show on the the other night trying to make it “hip” to build a hose out of a cargo container. They are easing the next generation into third world poverty status.

You just nailed it. I've been trying to formulate what has been in the back of my mind when I see all these little (no pun intended) "cutesy" articles and vids about "the fun smaller living".