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"Yes and no. I currently live on a 47-foot motor cruiser that has about 350-400 square feet of living space. My berth is a California king size with a foam mattress and full headroom, there are two heads (toilets for landlubbers), a full shower with one of those gizmo shower thingies, sinks and medicine cabinets in each head, a full galley and dinette including a full-size convection-microwave oven, pantry, lots of closet space, two flat-screen TVs, my office, three sleeping spaces (including the spacious salon that can be converted to one) that can accommodate six people, and lots of deck space,when one wants to go outside.\r\n\r\nIn truth, I've lived in smaller apartments and cabins than this boat, and it's tons bigger than the school bus, tree house, van, and two-room tent I've also lived in. I find even when I live in a regular house I only tend to use a few rooms: Bedroom, kitchen, living room. I might use a dining room when there is one, and I like to have an office even if I do a lot of my work on my laptop on the couch or on the bed. But the problem is that I can't keep all the stuff I had in my house on the boat, so it's just easier to stash it in storage sheds, and the $120/month I pay for them is worth it not to have to deal with all that.\r\n\r\nI've spent time on the boat with one other (intimately related) person, and that's worked fine. I'd also consider having kids aboard, and I think the experience would be good for them. I've known people who grew up on far smaller boats than this and they turned out to be completely normal and self-reliant people.  I'm not a big privacy freak and in fact I think it's healthier not to be so fixated on privacy. Consider how a large part of the world's population grow up and live. And there is lots of misunderstanding of how composting toilets work in this piece (I don't have one but know people who do and they're happy with it).\r\n\r\nI'm thinking of going ashore again -- I tend to change my living environment every few years -- and am considering something along the lines of a small, not necessarily a tiny, house or cabin in an isolated area. I like to play with ideas and designs and how to make things serve multiple purposes. I'm a little like the Swiss Army in that when I design something it needs to perform at least two functions. I'd also like to get at least some of my stuff out of storage. But the one thing I absolutely agree with is the point about the outrageous prices some of these tiny house purveyors charge for their little hovels. Personally I think someone would have to have an imbalance between their financial resources and their mental capacity to pay those prices. I don't care how clever the tiny house is. Those prices are just out of line. I mean, what's the point of down-sizing if you're going to have to shell out that much money?"
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