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People have been living trailer parks, with trailers worth far less then 20k for many years. The tiny housing movement did not show us much.
by thowawayburnout 9y ago
People have been living trailer parks, with trailers worth far less then 20k for many years. The tiny housing movement did not show us much.
- stuaxo 9y agoNope, just that when people who are not poor live in small houses they live quite well, hardly shocking.
- smileysteve 9y agoOr the opposite; tiny house permitting made it more apparent that many trailer parks have inadequate septic/sewer systems. Also see, the resurgence of Hookworm in Lowndes Al.
- mathgladiator 9y agoIs that more a function of density?
- smileysteve 9y agoIt's a function of lower income trailer parks not caring about building and sanitation codes.
- intended 9y agoI really dont understand how in America, tiny houses doesn't get translated as slums.
- FranzFerdiNaN 9y agoBecause what is called tiny house is a status symbol of the middle class. If a poor person lives in a small house or trailer it's called a slum.
- Applejinx 9y agoI believe there's also a virtue signalling aspect that plays into the problems in the original article. "I am so dedicated to my work that I willingly turn my home and outside-of-work life into the smallest possible monastic box, using less resources than the average Joe. Plus I'm so classy that it's a beautiful box, and it can't be cluttered by bourgeois garbage because my experience outside work is a stark void and doesn't generate things that would require space." Whoa, that looks good on your performance review. All you need to add is 'and I'm never there because I work all the time. The only person who sees my house is Merry Maids, and they only have to send one person with featherdusters all over her. She twirls, and that's her job done for the week' ;)