RE: the 220 Sq Ft Saber Tooth Developer

[thriftyandboringinohio]

Re: the 220 Sq Ft Saber Tooth Developer

If a container is "worn out" why is it still good enough to build into housing? Steel rusts, I can see there being a big problem with these in the future if they're not properly corrosion proofed.

It's one thing to buy one to store your lawn mower and garden tools, vs living in one. I'd imagine getting them well insulated will be a challenge as well.

Even a brand new shipping container is not a house, not by a long shot. It requires much cost and work to build one into a livable house comparable to any little house you might find in a G20 nation.
A container with enough damage or age to disqualify it for use carrying ocean cargo is not really a much worse starting point than a brand new one.
Rust can be removed, steel can be painted. You will doing a lot of that anyway.

Containers-into-houses makes sense compared to these little houses in Capetown




But not compared to this little house in Germany

[shiny!]

Re: the 220 Sq Ft Saber Tooth Developer

shiny!, if you're thinking about moving to San Marcos or Austin, you'd better have a high tolerance for heat if you're thinking about going without air conditioning. During the summers, I find Austin to be about as hot as Houston.

I must admit, if one can afford it, the climate in the Silicon Valley area really is quite nice. You can get away with not having air conditioning and only be mildly uncomfortable maybe one or two weeks total.

Agree that California is gorgeous! The Santa Barbara area is my idea of heaven, but unaffordable.

I think the Phx Metro area is a disaster waiting to happen. It's basically unsustainable if transportation is disrupted or infrastructure breaks down. One summer we lost just one power transformer; the entire valley struggled for weeks until a new one could be brought in because there wasn't a spare. Lose several transformers simultaneously during the summer and thousands would die. For water we're mainly dependent on snowpack in Colorado. We're too spread out for decent mass transit.

I was born and raised in San Antonio. It is miserably hot in the summer but not as hot as Phoenix, and the really hot season is much shorter. My elementary and middle school didn't have A/C, nor did the first house I lived in on my own. I survived. San Marcos has rain and abundant water, a good growing season, and cost of living isn't too high. People are friendly there. Live close to a farmer's market and you can do OK. It's a pretty place, even if things don't go to hell. And if Texas ever secedes, well, I'm already a citizen!