The Frameless Geodesic Dome I currently live in

Post by SomeCallMeTim » Mon, Sep 09, 2013, 11:05 PM UTC

ZitchDog wrote: post #82

finnh wrote: post #54

If you want to live in a city, it's not the cost of the house that kills you: it's the dirt. In Seattle, where I live, my property tax statement tells me that my (large, nice) house is worth roughly half as much as the land it sits on. Given that these domes don't float, you still need a place to put 'em. If your goal is to opt out of the cost of housing - an evil which this blog post expounds upon at length - your f…

Exactly. This structure basically assumes you're living in the country somewhere. If you're willing to move out to the country, on a programmer's salary you could quickly save enough to pay cash for a smallish, newly constructed home with many modern comforts, such as "rooms".

Post by flovec » Mon, Sep 09, 2013, 11:07 PM UTC

monkeynotes wrote: post #97

finnh wrote: post #54

If you want to live in a city, it's not the cost of the house that kills you: it's the dirt. In Seattle, where I live, my property tax statement tells me that my (large, nice) house is worth roughly half as much as the land it sits on. Given that these domes don't float, you still need a place to put 'em. If your goal is to opt out of the cost of housing - an evil which this blog post expounds upon at length - your f…

This is exactly my dilemma. I've come up with numerous novel ways to live cheaply but all of them require a plot of land which always ruins the budget. Further compounding the problem is few banks will loan money for unbuilt land. Strangely the land is worth more than houses but in the eyes of a bank the house is what you secure the loan against.

Post by flovec » Mon, Sep 09, 2013, 11:09 PM UTC

SomeCallMeTim wrote: post #111

ZitchDog wrote: post #82

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Exactly. This structure basically assumes you're living in the country somewhere. If you're willing to move out to the country, on a programmer's salary you could quickly save enough to pay cash for a smallish, newly constructed home with many modern comforts, such as "rooms".

I moved to Colorado from the SF Bay Area. I'm near Boulder and Denver, and can walk to a dozen restaurants, a grocery store, a bar, multiple cafes, and a big library with free Internet access (oddly enough, almost ALL of the above have free Internet access, now that I think of it -- even the grocery store). And if you like public transit, I'm really close to multiple bus lines, but the city I live in is also very bik…

Post by netcan » Mon, Sep 09, 2013, 11:12 PM UTC

icambron wrote: post #95

sp332 wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Knowing that you don't need a big house gives you a lot more flexibility in choosing where to put it.

In some ways. The dome is great, but one thing it isn't is stackable.

Post by flovec » Mon, Sep 09, 2013, 11:14 PM UTC

kpennell wrote: post #52

For those who want to work on their projects and live cheap, I've seen: Live in your car and have a hackerspace and gym membership: http://www.quora.com/Would-becoming-homeless-be-a-good-strat... Hide out at AOL office Be homeless in Swedish forest Move to foreign country where it's cheaper to live Move to a dome Added it to the list!