In Hong Kong it is a fact of life. Small apartments in a vertical city, but I was never opposed to it. Moving out of our huge house and geeting rid of all the extra stuff makes life cheaper and less high-maintanence.
and having no reason to own a car in a city with great transportation has also been a huge benefit in cost and maintanence...
I think that we fill the space we have... How many of us have gone from a small apt to a bigger apt or house, and in not time, you have stuff everywhere?
Our house is about 1500 sq ft and it's my wife and I, and two small kids. It's a good size for us, and I wouldn't want much bigger. We live in suburbia, and the only thing that I would really change, is that we want some land. Not 100 acres, but like 5-10 acres where we have room to do stuff outside and not have another house 15 feet from ours.
We tent camp, an are looking to get a small trailer, so the idea of living in a small space isn't bad, but in the northeast, I think the winter would be tough. You really couldn't have people over for dinner or have a birthday party for the kids, etc. In the summer that is easy, but for half the year, you'd either have to live an isolated life, or spend a lot of time away from home.
My whole life
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
i have no foggy idea how large/small my place is; i live in a one bedroom apartment & i live alone. sometimes i get visitors.
i want a log home out in the sticks. i require space. i need a writing/art studio w/ a lot of windows & skylights. i require a fireplace/woodstove. i require a back porch & or a front porch. i require a nice kitchen but does not need to have two of everything or than a double sink. i require a nice sized restroom w/ a stone cave like shower area w/ skylights above it & ferns growing up there above the shower.
i have zero kids but kids are awesome & i have many neices & nephews & stuff. they deserve a bedroom when visiting uncle a-hole. i deserve a swimming pool, half indoor & half outdoor & with rock mounded up with waterfalls up the ass.
i need a yard for gardening, growing flowers & trees. i will erect a tent out back that is an all season canvas tent that has a wood stove for cooking & heating.
i need a kitchen with a brick wood fired oven
what the fuck is taking the construction workers & carpenters so damn long?
i have no foggy idea how large/small my place is; i live in a one bedroom apartment & i live alone. sometimes i get visitors.
i want a log home out in the sticks. i require space. i need a writing/art studio w/ a lot of windows & skylights. i require a fireplace/woodstove. i require a back porch & or a front porch. i require a nice kitchen but does not need to have two of everything or than a double sink. i require a nice sized restroom w/ a stone cave like shower area w/ skylights above it & ferns growing up there above the shower.
i have zero kids but kids are awesome & i have many neices & nephews & stuff. they deserve a bedroom when visiting uncle a-hole. i deserve a swimming pool, half indoor & half outdoor & with rock mounded up with waterfalls up the ass.
i need a yard for gardening, growing flowers & trees. i will erect a tent out back that is an all season canvas tent that has a wood stove for cooking & heating.
i need a kitchen with a brick wood fired oven
what the fuck is taking the construction workers & carpenters so damn long?
i'm fucking upset!
We'll tell them to get their asses in gear, Chadwick!
I've lived in something smaller than the tiny house pictured at the beginning of this thread before and to be honest, I couldn't do it again. In that place, I couldn't stand up all the way and today my knees and back would give out. Beisdes, my wife likes to spread out a bit. My personal space (i.e. ",man cave") in the house in the smallest by far and I'm quite happy with that. Besides, like my nephew likes to say, "Keep the woman happy."
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
i have no foggy idea how large/small my place is; i live in a one bedroom apartment & i live alone. sometimes i get visitors.
i want a log home out in the sticks. i require space. i need a writing/art studio w/ a lot of windows & skylights. i require a fireplace/woodstove. i require a back porch & or a front porch. i require a nice kitchen but does not need to have two of everything or than a double sink. i require a nice sized restroom w/ a stone cave like shower area w/ skylights above it & ferns growing up there above the shower.
i have zero kids but kids are awesome & i have many neices & nephews & stuff. they deserve a bedroom when visiting uncle a-hole. i deserve a swimming pool, half indoor & half outdoor & with rock mounded up with waterfalls up the ass.
i need a yard for gardening, growing flowers & trees. i will erect a tent out back that is an all season canvas tent that has a wood stove for cooking & heating.
i need a kitchen with a brick wood fired oven
what the fuck is taking the construction workers & carpenters so damn long?
i'm fucking upset!
We'll tell them to get their asses in gear, Chadwick!
I've lived in something smaller than the tiny house pictured at the beginning of this thread before and to be honest, I couldn't do it again. In that place, I couldn't stand up all the way and today my knees and back would give out. Beisdes, my wife likes to spread out a bit. My personal space (i.e. ",man cave") in the house in the smallest by far and I'm quite happy with that. Besides, like my nephew likes to say, "Keep the woman happy."
good plan w/ keeping the women happy. workout for us guys a bit that way.
you could not stand fully upright in one of your places you called home years ago? that is something.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
you could not stand fully upright in one of your places you called home years ago? that is something.
It was a Dodge van. Don't go there!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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good plan w/ keeping the women happy. workout for us guys a bit that way.
I say just keep the person you love and live with happy, man or woman.
Win-win
:thumbup:
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
http://vimeo.com/55389782
this dude's place kicks ass. i can't imagine how nyc works with the square foot being so valuable. rent apartment = 10 grand month. fuck the hell off.
anyway. i like this place. but nuttin worse than a tiny restroom, im a large man. ever go camping in a camper & the restroom doorways are like 1 foot wide? what the fuck? i go fucking nuts in small toilet areas.
ever eat at a fold out table like those in a camper? im fucking lucky enough if i can get in the fucker let alone sit and be comfortable at the fucking tiny ass booth they give ya.
large & fully in-charge... my motto.
now build a real fucking dinning area you a-holes before i throttle you & feed your ass to the fish. i require viking style oak tables with fucking heavy duty frickin chairs not some bullshit plastic thin ass crap. do not make me wedge this $3 chair down your little fucking neck
i like the light pollution stuff from the site under the nature section. says most americans have never saw the milky way. "i am sorry you live with lights installed up into your anus" - chadwick
ever eat at a fold out table like those in a camper? im fucking lucky enough if i can get in the fucker let alone sit and be comfortable at the fucking tiny ass booth they give ya.
large & fully in-charge... my motto.
now build a real fucking dinning area you a-holes before i throttle you & feed your ass to the fish. i require viking style oak tables with fucking heavy duty frickin chairs not some bullshit plastic thin ass crap. do not make me wedge this $3 chair down your little fucking neck
What's even worse is when you get the food all ready and the little rickety camp table collapses under your fork. Here come the ants and chipmunks!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
My wife and I live in quite a roomy town home ... 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, all 3 levels finished ... we thought about downsizing, but moving is be expensive ... real estate fees, land transfer taxes and all the other fees ... but I think it'd be nice to live in a smaller place.
I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
100 square feet! Holy hell, I'm not sure I could do that.
I've seen stories on similarly-sized spaces though - they were in China or Japan, I believe - really something to see how resourceful people can be when forced to.
100 square feet! Holy hell, I'm not sure I could do that.
I've seen stories on similarly-sized spaces though - they were in China or Japan, I believe - really something to see how resourceful people can be when forced to.
we are definitely the culture of excess ... i think functionally speaking, we are even worse in terms of efficiency ... i'm pretty sure we could all be just as happy living in a smaller footprint ... there is a huge trend here that people are moving back into the city from the burbs to cut their commute times and them realizing they don't really care to have the 3,500 sq. ft. suburban home anymore ... a sort of liberation ...
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and having no reason to own a car in a city with great transportation has also been a huge benefit in cost and maintanence...
Our house is about 1500 sq ft and it's my wife and I, and two small kids. It's a good size for us, and I wouldn't want much bigger. We live in suburbia, and the only thing that I would really change, is that we want some land. Not 100 acres, but like 5-10 acres where we have room to do stuff outside and not have another house 15 feet from ours.
We tent camp, an are looking to get a small trailer, so the idea of living in a small space isn't bad, but in the northeast, I think the winter would be tough. You really couldn't have people over for dinner or have a birthday party for the kids, etc. In the summer that is easy, but for half the year, you'd either have to live an isolated life, or spend a lot of time away from home.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
i want a log home out in the sticks. i require space. i need a writing/art studio w/ a lot of windows & skylights. i require a fireplace/woodstove. i require a back porch & or a front porch. i require a nice kitchen but does not need to have two of everything or than a double sink. i require a nice sized restroom w/ a stone cave like shower area w/ skylights above it & ferns growing up there above the shower.
i have zero kids but kids are awesome & i have many neices & nephews & stuff. they deserve a bedroom when visiting uncle a-hole. i deserve a swimming pool, half indoor & half outdoor & with rock mounded up with waterfalls up the ass.
i need a yard for gardening, growing flowers & trees. i will erect a tent out back that is an all season canvas tent that has a wood stove for cooking & heating.
i need a kitchen with a brick wood fired oven
what the fuck is taking the construction workers & carpenters so damn long?
i'm fucking upset!
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
I've lived in something smaller than the tiny house pictured at the beginning of this thread before and to be honest, I couldn't do it again. In that place, I couldn't stand up all the way and today my knees and back would give out. Beisdes, my wife likes to spread out a bit. My personal space (i.e. ",man cave") in the house in the smallest by far and I'm quite happy with that. Besides, like my nephew likes to say, "Keep the woman happy."
you could not stand fully upright in one of your places you called home years ago? that is something.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Me neither- and I posted it! :roll:
Here's a better one:
http://www.nrdc.org/thisgreenlife/1301.asp
Win-win
It was a Dodge van. Don't go there!
:thumbup:
this dude's place kicks ass. i can't imagine how nyc works with the square foot being so valuable. rent apartment = 10 grand month. fuck the hell off.
anyway. i like this place. but nuttin worse than a tiny restroom, im a large man. ever go camping in a camper & the restroom doorways are like 1 foot wide? what the fuck? i go fucking nuts in small toilet areas.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
large & fully in-charge... my motto.
now build a real fucking dinning area you a-holes before i throttle you & feed your ass to the fish. i require viking style oak tables with fucking heavy duty frickin chairs not some bullshit plastic thin ass crap. do not make me wedge this $3 chair down your little fucking neck
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
i like the light pollution stuff from the site under the nature section. says most americans have never saw the milky way. "i am sorry you live with lights installed up into your anus" - chadwick
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
What's even worse is when you get the food all ready and the little rickety camp table collapses under your fork. Here come the ants and chipmunks!
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
I've seen stories on similarly-sized spaces though - they were in China or Japan, I believe - really something to see how resourceful people can be when forced to.
we are definitely the culture of excess ... i think functionally speaking, we are even worse in terms of efficiency ... i'm pretty sure we could all be just as happy living in a smaller footprint ... there is a huge trend here that people are moving back into the city from the burbs to cut their commute times and them realizing they don't really care to have the 3,500 sq. ft. suburban home anymore ... a sort of liberation ...