I've been watching the Tiny House movement for some time. What an idea - live within one's means and without going into debt.
@Sanguine God, but I am so proud of em. There's a young feller with a place up Patrick Creek that comes and sits on my porch... He spent his money on raw land, and spent as much as he could. Twenty acres of raw land paid in cash... it's got a good creek, and used to be a homestead before, so a couple pastures, though they are in fair disrepair. The forest has intruded for around 20 years.
He went up there with a pickup, a chainsaw, an Alaskan chainsaw mill, and a tote full of hand tools... and determination a mile wide.
He was up there on his own, living in a tent, and fell the trees and milled em, all by himself, after working all day... He made him a shed with a dirt floor in the first year to move into, and a barn, and a garden, and set about clearing the pastures and putting up jack-fence... After the first winter, he brought his wife and kid out.
You should see what that boy has done... all with his own two hands. What an adventure. They still don't have electricity... but he made her a neat little cabin. They have a couple rigs and a tractor now... And a barn full of critters. Them kids are coming up strong, and they'll do.
Now there's a millennial that knows where his bread is buttered.
