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"Great writing, acerbic, my favorite. I live in a part of the country, rural Appalachia, where 13 % of the population still has no running water in their homes. I say \" still \" because they didn't go tiny or off grid, they did not start a commune. they are Poor, Historically Poor. They have been poor for generations sometimes living on the same land for a hundred years and have never had running water of sanitary facilities of any kind. It's a shallow well, creek or spring and an outhouse. They see these shows and think people must be idiots to want to live that way and if they could afford the 8-15 thousand it cost for a septic tank they would have one. I know people who have waited 27 years for the municipality to bring the water lines to their road so that they could then pay $6,000. to get the water from the road to their house. It would have cost $50,000. or more to dig a well so they went for 27 years with a cistern ( a big underground holding tank ) having a truck deliver water to them twice a year, having to ration because that's not cheap. I happen to live in a very small house 600 sq. ft. That's the size of a lot of homes here in the mountains, less house to heat. The folks we bought from raised 5 kids here and all with an outhouse. Now it's just my partner and I a Chihuahua, 3 cats and a flush toilet, we store wood in the old outhouse. I loved watching Tiny House Porn as much as anyone but now it does seem to be a bit white, elitist, luxury trending. I'm sure Kim K will be getting one soon as a little getaway for just her and her BFFs."
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