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2020-11-01 Economy

See inside the Idaho factory where a company turns shipping containers into sustainable tiny homes

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-11-01 05:53|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 No, that bottle next to the bunk was NOT Gatorade.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-11-01 06:01|| 2020-11-01 06:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Aren't they called CONEXes?

Posted by Clem 2020-11-01 06:14|| 2020-11-01 06:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah, the hidden classism and associated racism of zoning. Time to hit those deep blue upper class areas with high density low cost government housing. Not to house the poor but to expose the hypocrisy of the Left's money base.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-11-01 06:20|| 2020-11-01 06:20|| Front Page Top

#4 not as easy to trash as most section 8 housing, so that's a plus

Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2020-11-01 08:50|| 2020-11-01 08:50|| Front Page Top

#5 $55,000 320 square foot!?!? That is $172 per square foot! My house costs $141 a square foot.

Rip off.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-11-01 08:56|| 2020-11-01 08:56|| Front Page Top

#6 When I worked for Sun they turned shipping containers into mobile server rooms. I just watched an HGTV show where they installed a shipping container converted into a small pool. Is there anything these little boxes can't do?

Next I imagine they'll create mobile jail cells so the prison system could shift capacity around as necessary instead of building big facilities that have to be emptied out in a pandemic.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-11-01 09:17|| 2020-11-01 09:17|| Front Page Top

#7 I imagine they'll create mobile jail cells

I suspect FEMA is already on it.

Posted by Clem 2020-11-01 09:35|| 2020-11-01 09:35|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ "General Rashid Dostum on Prison Fixer Upper tonight on HGTV "

Posted by Frank G 2020-11-01 09:38|| 2020-11-01 09:38|| Front Page Top

#9 "General Rashid Dostum on Prison Fixer Upper tonight on HGTV "

That's a winner!

Posted by SteveS 2020-11-01 10:00|| 2020-11-01 10:00|| Front Page Top

#10 #5 $55,000 320 square foot!?!? That is $172 per square foot! My house costs $141 a square foot.

Rip off.

Yeah but can your house be ready to hit the seas with Maersk in 10 minutes?

Posted by Slappy 2020-11-01 10:24|| 2020-11-01 10:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Yeah but can your house be ready to hit the seas with Maersk in 10 minutes?

If the sea comes to my house in the mountains at 6,400ft... we are all fucked anyway. :D

Posted by DarthVader 2020-11-01 10:41|| 2020-11-01 10:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Or we can elect leaders who will return the wealth building jobs to the USA and afford to live in real houses, not the metallic version of cardboard boxes.

Posted by Thrairong Ebbusomp4597 2020-11-01 18:59|| 2020-11-01 18:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Why didn’t they choose to open a new plant on a reservation or in Detroit or Philly?

Posted by Cluper and Company4908 2020-11-01 20:14|| 2020-11-01 20:14|| Front Page Top

#14 They make single and multifamily homes, like this $55,000 320 square foot, single container, one-bedroom home.

How Much Does a Mobile Home Cost?
In the most recent data from the Census Bureau's Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS), the average sales price nationwide for a new manufactured home in February 2020 was $55,600 for a single-wide and $107,500 for a double-wide.

Used double- or triple-wide mobile homes tend to hold their value better than single-wides. Prices can range from nothing or next to nothing for homes where people just want to be able to walk away from the monthly space rent on an older home, to $10,000-$250,000 or more depending on location, age, size and amenities.

Posted by Thrairong Ebbusomp4597 2020-11-01 20:26|| 2020-11-01 20:26|| Front Page Top

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