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Phoenix is the First City to Move Humans into Shipping Containers | |
monica6269
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| Shiva ascendant
User ID: 59657265 United States04/03/2015 11:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Interesting. Quoting: monica6269 "Construction crews moved 16 10,000-pound shipping containers into place Tuesday as part of an avant-garde apartment development project in Phoenix. "Containers on Grand will transform the 16 containers from the Port of Long Beach into eight urban apartments on Grand and 12th avenues near downtown Phoenix. "Brian Stark, a principal with Scottsdale-based architecture firm StarkJames, is developing the shipping container apartments on a former used car lot. "He said getting the containers into the place was the biggest challenge. He said construction will start on fashioning the containers into eight 740-square-foot, one-bedroom apartments. Developers are looking at monthly rents in the $1,000 range. "The project is one of the first shipping container housing developments in the U.S." [link to m.bizjournals.com]   This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 68809221 United States04/03/2015 11:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Toothless
User ID: 61180212 United States04/03/2015 11:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Couldnt pick a much crappier location. The universe is basically an animal. It grazes on the ordinary. It creates infinite idiots just to eat them. The Rickest Rick Sanchez comments are meant for entertainment purposes only and should not be construed to reflect the feelings and opinions, implied or expressed, of the author. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 64700266 United States04/03/2015 11:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 68809378  Brazil04/03/2015 11:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| MonocyteOne
User ID: 15041895 United States04/03/2015 12:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Aside from the associated agenda-driven bullshit (and 1k a month!? WTF), there could be some very cool potentials with a dwelling like this. Imagine a transportation network for people who live in these. Have your house loaded onto specialized cargo-ship and sail around the world. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 59630342 United States04/03/2015 12:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think it is a great idea, and will eventually lead to poor(er) people being able to afford owning a home and the many benefits that come with home ownership. The fact that they can be buried underground is perfect because then neighbors can not complain about neighborhood propetry depreciating because of ugliness... Surely you could buy your own container for a couple grand, and with maybe 10 or 20 grand more be able to convert it into a low cost sufficient housing unit. I would buy one in a heartbeat. It beats paying rent the rest of your life if you cannot afford a 100K+ home |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 63729604 United States04/03/2015 12:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 59630342 United States04/03/2015 12:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think it is a great idea, and will eventually lead to poor(er) people being able to afford owning a home and the many benefits that come with home ownership. The fact that they can be buried underground is perfect because then neighbors can not complain about neighborhood propetry depreciating because of ugliness... Surely you could buy your own container for a couple grand, and with maybe 10 or 20 grand more be able to convert it into a low cost sufficient housing unit. I would buy one in a heartbeat. It beats paying rent the rest of your life if you cannot afford a 100K+ home I forgot... If you bury them deep enough, you could also probably build another modest home on top of them... leading to less urban sprall... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 64700266 United States04/03/2015 12:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| KipKat
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| Dutchguy
User ID: 1259147  China04/03/2015 12:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not first really, Amsterdam has a student campus made from shipping containers. It's been there for some years now. The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. F. Nietzsche There is no way of fixing Stupid. Politicians: You need to do what we say, Not say what we do.. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 59630342 United States04/03/2015 12:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think i have read somewhere before that in America they dont want people to build container houses because they are very sturdy, and you can put a study steel door on them. The police complain that criminals can barricade themselves inside. They want houses made of wood so they can rip your door off and drag you out any time they deem fit. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 64700266 United States04/03/2015 12:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 59630342 United States04/03/2015 12:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We've been putting people in containers for years, mostly the trash that don't adept to even the lowest form of civilization. Quoting: KipKat Well excuse all of us who are not rich enough for your standards asshat... As long as they are buried underground, I dont see how they could pose any problem at all to the community as far as neatness or apperance is concerned. It sure beats having to flush rent money down the toilet for the rest of your life... Or living in a housing project (god no). |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 59630342 United States04/03/2015 12:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So much for creativity, efficiency and aesthetics in architecture Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64700266 All replaced by Lego living Sad times Dont worry, your hollywood mansion in the hills is safe. Not everyone needs 4000+ square feet of space. Just harder to clean and more expensive to air condition, not to mention more taxes paid to government. Im not married and dont plan on having kids... would be perfect for me. If i bury it underground, is that ok with you and your 'standards'? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 61691437 United States04/03/2015 12:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'd say most people here aren't familiar with what's going on in the world of architecture, so to them I'm sure this might sound kind of freaky. Truth is these shipping container homes have been around for a while and have become an avant-garde thing as well as popular with the small house/mortgage free movement. They've even become popular in being converted to small office and business structures. |
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| KipKat
User ID: 25952351 Netherlands04/03/2015 12:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We've been putting people in containers for years, mostly the trash that don't adept to even the lowest form of civilization. Quoting: KipKat Well excuse all of us who are not rich enough for your standards asshat... As long as they are buried underground, I dont see how they could pose any problem at all to the community as far as neatness or apperance is concerned. It sure beats having to flush rent money down the toilet for the rest of your life... Or living in a housing project (god no). You don't get it, you muppet! The containers are used for people that cause so much trouble for neighbourhoods that they even get kicked out of the social welfare homes (and we have an extremely socialist system as it is). They are used for the 0.01% of the most anti-social people! They are placed well outside regular neighbourhoods. Edit: and they are used for cheap student accomodations. Last Edited by KipKat on 04/03/2015 12:27 PM :kkwapper: |
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| doomfan45
User ID: 61245006 United States04/03/2015 12:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 59630342 United States04/03/2015 12:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We've been putting people in containers for years, mostly the trash that don't adept to even the lowest form of civilization. Quoting: KipKat Well excuse all of us who are not rich enough for your standards asshat... As long as they are buried underground, I dont see how they could pose any problem at all to the community as far as neatness or apperance is concerned. It sure beats having to flush rent money down the toilet for the rest of your life... Or living in a housing project (god no). You don't get it, you muppet! The containers are used for people that cause so much trouble for neighbourhoods that they even get kicked out of the social welfare homes (and we have an extremely socialist system as it is). They are used for the 0.01% of the most anti-social people! Edit: and they are used for cheap student accomodations. I dont want to be 'forced' to live in one... I'm not sure about the Netherlands, but in America we can own property here, and there is much land that is not urban yet. I think it would be perfect to find an acre of land out in the suburbs or in the country and have one of these. It's kinda lke a log cabin, but it is much more reliable, stronger and it doesnt need constant repair. Repair is a big thing. I think that the government wants people to build out of wood instead of metal because wood deteriorates, and adds construction and home repair jobs to the economy... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 64700266 United States04/03/2015 12:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So much for creativity, efficiency and aesthetics in architecture Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64700266 All replaced by Lego living Sad times Dont worry, your hollywood mansion in the hills is safe. Not everyone needs 4000+ square feet of space. Just harder to clean and more expensive to air condition, not to mention more taxes paid to government. Im not married and dont plan on having kids... would be perfect for me. If i bury it underground, is that ok with you and your 'standards'? creativity, efficiency and aesthetics do not equal a Hollywood mansion asswipe Enjoy your lifeless box of a home |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 59630342 United States04/03/2015 12:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So much for creativity, efficiency and aesthetics in architecture Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64700266 All replaced by Lego living Sad times Dont worry, your hollywood mansion in the hills is safe. Not everyone needs 4000+ square feet of space. Just harder to clean and more expensive to air condition, not to mention more taxes paid to government. Im not married and dont plan on having kids... would be perfect for me. If i bury it underground, is that ok with you and your 'standards'? creativity, efficiency and aesthetics do not equal a Hollywood mansion asswipe Enjoy your lifeless box of a home That is fine with me. I will bury it underground, no one would even know it is a container. You enjoy your wood house that you have to constantly repair and keep up (I know, I am a carpenter). Enjoy your high cost of electricity , I will rent the land above my house so that my house will pay for itself, with basically no maintenance for a lifetime. |
