Sure, NearlyFreeSpeech is probably closer to the ideal I'm talking about, but I happen to use Dreamhost. My point was that shared hosting exists, is good, and

Sure, NearlyFreeSpeech is probably closer to the ideal I'm talking about, but I happen to use Dreamhost. My point was that shared hosting exists, is good, and is the right solution to this problem. My point was not that you should use Dreamhost :) I tried NearlyFreeSpeech a few years ago; some sibling comments describe my experiences