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Re:Let's Get Organized and Fix Housing Affordability in San ... by roblooman on Friday April 15, 2016 @02:41PM (#11506622)
Here is an IDEA, shipping container housing, infinatley modular and to boot much cheaper, by almost half to 3 quarters the cost....i have been doing designs of these type of home for fun and you know what, i love them, not to mention the fact if i wanted i could pack em up and put them anywhere else, its not that we should seriously consider the change to the environment of San fran, for which i am sure there is merit in some cases, but why not make a location that can conform to your needs and then build how you want to build, live how you want to live, in a place that welcomes you... food for thought
Re:Let's Get Organized and Fix Housing Affordability in San ... by davidw on Friday April 15, 2016 @02:44PM (#11506644)
It sounds cool, but it turns out it's probably not a winning idea: http://marketurbanism.com/2016/02/02/return-to-sender-housin...
Re:Let's Get Organized and Fix Housing Affordability in San ... by Johnny555 on Friday April 15, 2016 @02:47PM (#11506667)
Adding more low-density shipping container housing to SF doesn't seem like a solution to the housing problem. If people are happy living in a 200 sq ft shipping container, then it'd be much more space efficient to build more high rise micro-condo buildings.