Tiny Houses

Okay, so I hear this story on the radio the other day, about a guy who lives in a 70 square foot house.

70. Two digits.

He's not poor, he's just weird.

So then they start talking about the 'tiny house movement.' Yep, they claim to be a movement. Though everyone I see moving is part of the bigger-if-shoddily-built-house movement.

But I went to the web site of Tumbleweed Tiny Houses. And I caught myself digging these things.

I remember back when I was married, we'd tour these mega homes and get all slack-jawed at them. Or even modestly larger homes, something we tried at one point to move to, but our dump wouldn't sell.

But I struggle with keeping up with the housework on the house I've got, what's the huge benefit of having yet anothe toilet to scrub? Another room to vaccum?

How much of my house do I really occupy and use? Almost none of it. I need a hallway why? To connect rooms that could be put together differently so you don't need a hallway.

I couldn't go down to 70 square feet. That guy doesn't truly live in 70 square feet, because he has to go to his Dad's house to shower. Plus, he's nuts to live sans basement in the Midwest.

And maybe I kid myself that such a structure would cure me of my packrat ways.

I know the NPR types who were pimping these things think of them as environmentally friendly, with their composting toilets and other hippie gear, but using less resources means more money for a gas guzzling pickup to tow your portable house behind, right?

Using less resources to get the same job done is what capitalism is all about, man.

Peace.