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The Great Compression - Thanks to soaring housing prices, the era of the 400-square-foot subdivision house is upon us (www.nytimes.com)
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[-] Teon@kbin.social 12 points 4 months ago

Tiny Homes and Micro Apartments can be very comfortable if they are built correctly. A 400s2 box built without thought will NOT be comfortable.
There are so many people all over the world doing this and finding solutions.
If you like this stuff check out this channel, it's not my channel, but she really covers some innovative people.
https://www.youtube.com/user/kirstendirksen/videos

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

Not only that but I highly doubt these homes are built to last. They put them up as fast as they can and trim every corner to make an extra buck.

You could buy a well built century old brick house for what they're charging. Some people have an affinity for shiny new stuff, no matter how shoddy it turns out to be.

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