re: Could you be happy in a tiny residence

If alone in the middle of a big city, sure.

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If someone wanted a more permanent, safer, low cost solution, shipping container houses are the answer.

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They are narrower than the houses on trailers and it's hard to get vertical space out of them.

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I've seen it done, but I'm not handy enough to do it and to make it livable would probably cost a lot of money.

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A beat up container will run you at least $3K so to stack a few together to get any space would cost you more than buying framing lumber to build something similar in size. You still have to finish out the inside too unless you like rusted walls with no insulation so that would be a wash.

I don't see how it could be cheaper.

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They are narrower than the houses on trailers and it's hard to get vertical space out of them.

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That's where the cutting and welding comes in, considering how cheap these are, and how easy they are to put together.

The only limitations with these, are a person's imagination and abilities. You can buy 2 of the 40 footers in my area for less than 5 grand,in almost new condition.
These things are incredibly strong and safe,once anchored properly.

Cheaper than a trailer and looks nicer, if I was single buy a few acres and live like a Unabomber

Hell yea. I actually live in a tiny apt now. Downsized big time when I moved and I love it. More space = more shite you don't need.

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I've wanted this dwelling made by MEKA called the Sol 480

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Wow. thats impressive. see, is something like that the future? As we run out of water are large houses the Hummers of tomorrow. where your a greedy douchebag hog if you have one

"I could frame out the same space with materials for cheaper than the containers cost."

Yes,maybe you could, but you would have a lot more labor involved, and end up with something that is nowhere near as strong and safe.They're built to withstand hurricanes, getting dropped, stacked, and loaded with tons of weight on the floors.
Also, these can be disassembled and moved easily.

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w things:
-My home is no longer purple. Color turned out nothing like it was supposed to
-I started painting the outside of the home and hated it, so I'm waiting till spring to strip it and restain it

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Nice fishing camp

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but you would have a lot more labor involved

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Have you ever framed anything up? Something this size is not as labor intensive as you think and working with wood is a hell of a lot easier than metal work. It would be a wash at the very least and I wouldn't need any large machinery to frame a house vs moving around containers. Cutting and framing wood is a hell of a lot faster than torching, grinding, and welding.

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and end up with something that is nowhere near as strong and safe.They're built to withstand hurricanes, getting dropped, stacked, and loaded with tons of weight on the floors.

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I don't need something to withstand an atomic bomb but a frame house, if built to code with the proper strapping, is plenty strong enough.

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Also, these can be disassembled and moved easily.

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Not once you weld them together and finish the inside. Also, that goes back to needing equipment to move them. The tiny houses on trailers can be moved with a 1/2 ton truck.

I have looked at both numerous times and I am a contractor. Just trust me when I say there are no real advantages to the containers vs framing up what you want. The only slight advantage is that you could possibly be dried in faster since the containers come already complete but even that would be offset by using SIPs. Also, framing up 400 sq ft could be accomplished in a few days by someone that knows what they are doing.