Plenty of people outside of US have built nice looking tiny homes/summerhomes from ship containers. Definitely prefer them over big, tacky mansions myself.
The Ecology of Homelessness Roger M. Nooe & David A. Patterson Published online: 12 Mar 2010 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10911350903269757?src=recsys#
China is doing some interesting stuff with 3d printing... they print the concrete walls: Housing costs are significantly pressuring a lot of people. Low-cost substitutes are a good development.
I remember seeing photos from Japan some years ago of an hotel whose rooms were converted pipes about 3 feet in diameter. They don't get much smaller than that.
Just imagine what it is going to be like when AI takes most of the jobs. Maybe 80% unemployment. Crime will be a major option.
Maybe that is why someone suggested that the population be reduced to 500MN.... JK..... But factory jobs in the U.S. are not going to return to the levels that existed 50 years ago. And coal is dead. The division between rich and poor will only get greater. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature. Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity. Unite humanity with a living new language. Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court. Avoid petty laws and useless officials. Balance personal rights with social duties. Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite. Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.
Pre-fabricated Italian A-frame house can be built in six hours Nicole Frost Jan 30, 2018 https://www.domain.com.au/news/pref...se-can-be-built-in-six-hours-20180130-h0gl0n/