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"I get what you're saying about the show because I see these six member families saying they can live in 400 sq ft and I'm like \"No you can't and that's not family time, that's a hostage situation.\" Very few teens want to be that close to family and I see a lot of resentment headed their way. But, I also see the appeal of a tiny home. Take my case for example, it's me, my mom and my dog. Because of personal and health issues I won't go into, we can't afford a bigger house, we live with a relative in a ROOM of that relative's house. It was probably a single car garage in it's hey day but now it's a prison. Sure, we go to the bathroom and use the kitchen once in awhile but that room is bedroom, living room, and family room all in one.\r\n\r\nWe've also experienced what it is to keep up a normal sized house and that's just not for us. I don't like spending hours cleaning a 1300 sq ft house that only two people inhabit most of the time and who don't use all the rooms anyway. \r\n\r\nSo yeah, we're looking to go tiny or maybe the word is SMALL. We're not going to do a 300 sq ft house because we'll strangle each other. People need to do research, it's not one or the other, you don't have to either have a 3000 sq ft home or a 200 sq ft home, there is such thing as middle ground. \r\n\r\nWhat I don't like about the Tiny House Hunters show is not just the lack of authenticity and truth in what they're showing, but the lack of real options. I guess if it's not a shoe box it doesn't count as a tiny house? Well then I guess we need a Small House Hunters show to let people know there are other options, like 600-700 sq ft houses for TWO people, not for like an entire circus of people. Anyway, there are some benefits to going smaller on houses but people need to be realistic about it. \r\n\r\n\r\nI think the lack of actual reality in the show is what is leading people to believe that they can take their entire family and shove them into 400 sq ft of \"happiness\" and that's just not reality, that's fantasy. \r\n\r\nAnd yeah, the idea of a composting toilet would make me into a monster. That's a hell no no matter what the situation is."
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