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Yeah, I live in a "Tiny Home". It's called a Trailer. This house has all the amenities. Water, sewage, gas, electricity, central air, internet, storage, kitche

by kefka 9y ago

Yeah, I live in a "Tiny Home". It's called a Trailer. This house has all the amenities. Water, sewage, gas, electricity, central air, internet, storage, kitchen. Like a normal house would have. And since it was made in the '80s , it was also inexpensive. And it's equity; I can claim it for homeowners deduction and can later sell it to get a bigger house. Oh, but trailers are for poor people. This whole tiny house shit is for rich people who want to be "economical", while showing idiotic extravagance. Of course, a $30k lean-to just goes to show the case. Or $70k for that Minim crap where even a bookshelf is a line-item to add. (We have 6 bookshelves in our 'tiny house', and we didn't have to check a box on a bloated web-app.)

JohnBooty 9y ago
I hope I have many more happy years with my life, and I plan to be right beside her for the rest of my days. ...but if that ever changes, I'm about 99% certain it's trailer time. Makes a lot of sense, for the reasons you list.
tonyedgecombe 9y ago
I get the impression trailers are very common in the US, is that the case? We have something similar in the UK (we call them mobile homes) but you don't see very many of them, probably because they don't work that well with our climate.
- coldtea 9y ago
  In the US the trailers the parent refers to are not used as "mobile homes" (for vacations etc, what the British would call "caravans" IIRC) but as permanent all-year-round homes, usually for poorer people.
  - tonyedgecombe 9y ago
    Mobile homes in the UK are usually permanent, something like: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-65675327.html http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-656753... although I now notice estate agents call them park homes.
    - coldtea 9y ago
      >Mobile homes in the UK are usually permanent They are usually permanently placed, but are they permanent residencies, or more like vacation homes (for people who also have another main residence)? I had the impression it was the latter from some UK friends I have with one.

by kefka 9y ago

JohnBooty 9y ago

I hope I have many more happy years with my life, and I plan to be right beside her for the rest of my days. ...but if that ever changes, I'm about 99% certain it's trailer time. Makes a lot of sense, for the reasons you list.

tonyedgecombe 9y ago

I get the impression trailers are very common in the US, is that the case? We have something similar in the UK (we call them mobile homes) but you don't see very many of them, probably because they don't work that well with our climate.

coldtea 9y ago
In the US the trailers the parent refers to are not used as "mobile homes" (for vacations etc, what the British would call "caravans" IIRC) but as permanent all-year-round homes, usually for poorer people.
- tonyedgecombe 9y ago
  Mobile homes in the UK are usually permanent, something like: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-65675327.html http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-656753... although I now notice estate agents call them park homes.
  - coldtea 9y ago
    >Mobile homes in the UK are usually permanent They are usually permanently placed, but are they permanent residencies, or more like vacation homes (for people who also have another main residence)? I had the impression it was the latter from some UK friends I have with one.