Are microcompact homes in your future?

Ivan Seeking

http://www.microcompacthome.com/

http://www.microcompacthome.com/company/

waht

wow, those are really 2.6 meters across,

Ivan Seeking

I hate to say it, but what I see is the potential future of low-income [permanent] housing.

It reminds me of something from science fiction - a post-apocalyptic world where people live in shipping containers.

TheStatutoryApe

And cyberpunk dystopias where people live in sleep pods. They already have it going in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel

Moonbear

I think those are called NYC apartments. Those "pods" in Japan remind me of kennels. Do you get a food dish and sipper bottle of water in them?

I don't think it would be feasible for someone to live in a space that small for a long time. It would have to be more like just a private bedroom, but associated with a community with community amenities and opportunities to socialize, exercise, etc. Or do they squeeze a human-sized hamster wheel into those little cubes?

The situation where I could see something like that being useful is to provide short-term housing for relief workers after a disaster or on a remote job site, where you're not really spending time in there, just need a space to eat and sleep. But then, trailers work just as well for that. If they aren't stackable, a trailer is just as good of a use of space, and when you don't need it in that location anymore, you just tow it away.

Ivan Seeking

Oh, come on Moonbear, doesn't that look cozy?

My first thought was the same as yours: Why is this different than living in a trailer? Then I checked the price.