The couple bought a 20-by-40-foot piece of land at 351 Keap St. in 2008, trying to get ahead of the wave of gentrification they feared would soon price them out of Williamsburg. Initially, they planned to build a tiny home out of bricks and mortar, but when they put out a bid, it came back as potentially costing half a million dollars. — dnainfo.com
After doing some calculations, they decided to make it work with shipping containers.
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Middle class NYC residents in their 50s try and build house in new york and end up using discarded technology from the US import/export deficit because a normal house is too expensive. It still costs 400,000 dollars. That's right people, we really are a first world nation.
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