> living in a tent is still prohibitively expensive if you have to lease the square footage it is pitched on The difference is tents aren't designed to be stac

> living in a tent is still prohibitively expensive if you have to lease the square footage it is pitched on The difference is tents aren't designed to be stackable. https://www.google.com/search?q=shipping+container+stacks&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=shipping+container+stacks&tb... But as below comments mention, generally steel intermodal containers make pretty poor livable areas for a variety of reasons. Lack of insulation, hard surfaces, contamination from previous contents, weight and difficulty in handling without heavy machinery, lack of local sourcability, etc. etc. Your ideal use case is probably a port area with extremely high population density and an advanced economy (for heavy machinery) but an extremely high wealth disparity, in a reasonable climate. So, maybe SE Asian port cities? With a sacrificial layer of containers on the outside to heat-sink?