There's tons of videos on youtube of people excitedly moving into their tiny house or converted bus or whatever. They usually seem to be 200-500 sq ft affairs o

There's tons of videos on youtube of people excitedly moving into their tiny house or converted bus or whatever. They usually seem to be 200-500 sq ft affairs on 5-10 acres of land, so they aren't exactly solving the housing problem. There's a few in tiny apartments in cities to be fair. Anecdotally, most of these folks seem to move out of their tiny place in about a year or two because they're simply tired of not being able to do crazy things like stand up or stretch their arms out. I remember one series of increasingly distressing videos where a guy was financially tied up in some tiny property, got married, then started having kids. By the time they were finally able to unload the property on somebody else they had an infant sleeping in a closet and the husband was sleeping in a tent so their older daughter could sleep inside with their mother. I'm really not sure what problem the "Tiny House Movement" is trying to solve even if some of the solutions are kind of interesting. The variety of small living accommodations in Asian Cities seems far more interesting to me to be honest, because they're solving real problems of affordability, shelter and so on. Some of the tiniest places seem to be relatively shame-free dorm-like affairs in South Korea and Japan intended for people studying for various exams, but also used by a fair number of semi-permanent residents who lack the means to stay elsewhere. These places are cheap, maybe around $300-400 per month, but have tradeoffs like shared washrooms and kitchens. 1 - https://youtu.be/kBPyN3LE65g https://youtu.be/kBPyN3LE65g 2 - https://youtu.be/0YWRPWDqzVg https://youtu.be/0YWRPWDqzVg 3 - https://youtu.be/979a8b0lP2M https://youtu.be/979a8b0lP2M 4 - https://youtu.be/q0zZfpe2v1g https://youtu.be/q0zZfpe2v1g There's also the flip-side, various levels of poverty (like #1 above) result in sometimes intense living conditions: 5 - https://youtu.be/hLrFyjGZ9NU https://youtu.be/hLrFyjGZ9NU 6 - https://youtu.be/wN4pgYzuRb4 https://youtu.be/wN4pgYzuRb4 7 - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhIQjyBrmwI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhIQjyBrmwI