A man is making mobile tiny homes on wheels to provide innovative shelter for unhoused people—inspired after his brother become homeless.

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    2 months ago

    As useful and needed as these might be, I can only imagine that anyone actually living in one would be constantly harassed by local authorities for parking/zoning violations.

    Society needs to be better!

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      I’m imagining waking up in the middle of the night to someone riding the whole thing away with me still in it

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        Ideally there’s a way to lock it down from the inside. A bar through the back wheel(s) or something.

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            You can do this with anything in life, ever, though.

            An example being, “A stationary house? But what if the river rises? How will I move my home away from it?”

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              Lol I dunno, somebody wrapping up a tiny little cube as a prank seems a bit more likely than the tide rising above normal

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                You’d have to shrink-wrap more than 84,500 buildings in the US by 2050 if you want to compete with ocean-level rise from climate change. Warning; pdf link.

                My comment talked about rivers rising, but you said the ocean, so I went with the ocean for my reply.

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      There’s space in the US west. But, one can’t live in those places without a motor or engine to procure water and food.

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          What does God need with a starship?

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          Super cool spot to boondock.

          But, if one wants to live rent free and with community, I suggest southeastern Utah or anywhere along America’s loneliest road. Be sure to read the vibe: It’s public land. But, it’s still not a good idea to remain where you’re not wanted.

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      It’s still better than a tent or anything like it i presume. Because if someone is harassing them they can just pedal away.

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    On one hand this is a nice way to help those in need.

    On another I can’t help but look and feel like I’m getting a glimpse of the working classes future. Capitalism needs to fucking die already.

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    I applaud the idea, but I can’t imagine an American city that would let these hang around for long. Police are already pretty “great” about making sure people can’t sleep in their cars overnight anywhere.

    And then you want the owner to pedal this to an RV dump station? That’s simply not happening. Best case, they park it near a rainwater sewer drain and literally dump their shitpile in the road.

    Sadly, what we’re really missing is the foundation. We’re going to need governments to step up & start making vanlife legal. Enable driver’s licenses & IDs without a permanent address. Create parks specifically for people living in vehicles. (Of course, the better solution would be to make living more affordable, but we’re currently heading in the opposite direction).

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      And then you want the owner to pedal this to an RV dump station? That’s simply not happening. Best case, they park it near a rainwater sewer drain and literally dump their shitpile in the road.

      Unfortunately, that’s going to be the main reason that vehicles like this won’t be allowed to catch on. If you’ll pardon the pun, there are shitty people on both sides of this - people who don’t want to be reminded of ‘the poors’, and people who will dump literal shit outside other people’s homes. Both of those groups help to stop us from having nice things :(

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    I can only imagine trying to pedal one of these things up any decent incline would be near impossible.