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"I practically peed laughing through this whole snarky but spot-on article!  I got curious about the tiny house movement a couple of years ago, having many architects as friends.   Most architects enjoy a spirited interest in the challenges involved in good tiny house design, but few would ever live in one.   They are like lab studies.\r\n\r\nOf late tiny living has been on my radar as a result of  the crazy story-that-went-viral about the Naugler  family of 13 in rural Kentucky, who had their 10 kids removed by CPS last May for living in negligent conditions.  They spun it that it was about their alternative, off-grid, unschooling and tiny lifestyle.   But there were 12 of them crammed into a 3 walled, less than 300 s.f. shack with only an outdoor rocket stove and dirt-floored kitchen.   \r\n\r\nTo get their kids back, they needed to provide more appropriate shelter.  So they bought an Amish shed, just under 400 s.f., where the 13 of them now live, which includes the parents, and 11 kids aged 17 to only 6 months.  Their eldest two sons moved to the former dwelling, the 3-walled shack, to have their own place.  Oh my God, I wonder why.    \r\n\r\nAll 13 use one outhouse (not a pit, but utilizing buckets that must be hauled when full---gah!--- to some frightening \"compost are\").  There's no running water on the property,  they are off-grid although they have gas generator and solar panels.       It is the worst example of psychotic tiny living I have ever seen.  They claim it is by choice.  (they were nearly homeless).    All I can say is..........I'm so sorry for the kids.\r\n\r\nIf you are curious about this train wreck of off-grid tiny living,  Google Joseph (Joe) and Nicole Naugler."
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