http://taoofchange.com/2008/06/11/little-house-in-the-city-the-balance-of-living-small/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1-alpha http://taoofchange.com/2008/06/11/little-house-in-the-city-the-balance-of-living-small/#comment-1283 Sami Grover Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:54:50 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/2007/04/30/little-house-in-the-city-the-balance-of-living-small/#comment-1283 I can't help but think our current "perfect storm" of oil prices, food prices, water shortages (aka Peak Everything) will help incentivize the small is beautiful approach. People are turning away from the suburbs. Downtown living is becoming popular (and mostly for reasons of lifestyle rather than principle), and new home building has hit its lowest point since 1991. There's a huge opportunity. Meanwhile I'm moving to the country of course - always been a contrarian... I can’t help but think our current “perfect storm” of oil prices, food prices, water shortages (aka Peak Everything) will help incentivize the small is beautiful approach. People are turning away from the suburbs. Downtown living is becoming popular (and mostly for reasons of lifestyle rather than principle), and new home building has hit its lowest point since 1991. There’s a huge opportunity. Meanwhile I’m moving to the country of course - always been a contrarian…

]]> http://taoofchange.com/2008/06/11/little-house-in-the-city-the-balance-of-living-small/#comment-1272 Jerry Stifelman Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:12:03 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/2007/04/30/little-house-in-the-city-the-balance-of-living-small/#comment-1272 People who live small live bigger! People who live small live bigger!

]]> http://taoofchange.com/2008/06/11/little-house-in-the-city-the-balance-of-living-small/#comment-182 The Tao of Change » Blog Archive » A Second Home? Take a Second Look Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:39:34 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/2007/04/30/little-house-in-the-city-the-balance-of-living-small/#comment-182 [...] First on the list, second homes don’t need to be big. In fact, they can be very, very small - tiny, in fact. Domes, Yurts, Teepees and other ways to live lightly are now widely available. After all, [...] [...] First on the list, second homes don’t need to be big. In fact, they can be very, very small - tiny, in fact. Domes, Yurts, Teepees and other ways to live lightly are now widely available. After all, [...]

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