Many Americans are moving into extremely small living quarters, simplifying their lives and putting less focus on material goods. The Onion examines the pros and cons of “tiny houses”:
Allows you to live the simple life your ancestors did everything in their power to escape
Likely too cramped for ghosts to bother haunting
Refrigerator as close to bed as you’ve always dreamed
4’-by-3’ velvet Allman Brothers Band poster gets the decorating job done on its own
Home comes fully supplied with 20 years of small talk
Paints inability to afford a real home as positive life choice
Anxious pacing route severely restricted
Spending quality time with family members all but unavoidable
Meticulously charting out who gets to use the electrical outlet each night can be somewhat draining
Most documentaries on the subject already wrapped
Lack of diversity in a neighborhood composed entirely of other people whose novels didn’t sell
Have to live there