vexingsilence t1_j7mp5q3 wrote on February 7, 2023 at 10:23 PM

Reply to comment by riffler24 in Dover builds tiny home neighborhood by sheila9165milo

At least it's something different. Less of an eye sore than large apartment buildings.

riffler24 t1_j7msaio wrote on February 7, 2023 at 10:44 PM

Sure it's wasteful of space and materials, but at least it's not a large apartment building

vexingsilence t1_j7mt4ld wrote on February 7, 2023 at 10:50 PM

If space and materials were our primary motivators, we'd all be living in the equivalent of a jail cell. Own nothing, live in a pod, eat bugs.

riffler24 t1_j7myh0j wrote on February 7, 2023 at 11:27 PM

Except these are apartments, you don't own them either. If you could own them it would actually make sense, but you can't so there's no actual, logical reason to do it instead of an apartment building. You would pay less for the same amount of space, the same level of "ownership" and the same amenities. You could house more people with basically any other option than 44 individual houses, and it wouldn't be some towering monstrosity either...which again: should barely be a footnote in the plans for something like this

vexingsilence t1_j7ptdng wrote on February 8, 2023 at 3:38 PM

Like I said, at least it is something different. I'm not evaluating the value proposition here. There has been some interest in tiny homes in this sub, these are some tiny homes. Fine, they're rentals.. but it if this developer can get the ok to build them, it opens a path for others.