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"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

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I’m Creating Tiny Homes to End Sleeping on the Street After My Brother Became Homeless (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)

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A man is making mobile tiny homes on wheels to provide innovative shelter for unhoused people—inspired after his brother become homeless.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I applaud the idea, but I can't imagine an American city that would let these hang around for long. Police are already pretty "great" about making sure people can't sleep in their cars overnight anywhere.

And then you want the owner to pedal this to an RV dump station? That's simply not happening. Best case, they park it near a rainwater sewer drain and literally dump their shitpile in the road.

Sadly, what we're really missing is the foundation. We're going to need governments to step up & start making vanlife legal. Enable driver's licenses & IDs without a permanent address. Create parks specifically for people living in vehicles. (Of course, the better solution would be to make living more affordable, but we're currently heading in the opposite direction).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

And then you want the owner to pedal this to an RV dump station? That's simply not happening. Best case, they park it near a rainwater sewer drain and literally dump their shitpile in the road.

Unfortunately, that's going to be the main reason that vehicles like this won't be allowed to catch on. If you'll pardon the pun, there are shitty people on both sides of this - people who don't want to be reminded of 'the poors', and people who will dump literal shit outside other people's homes. Both of those groups help to stop us from having nice things :(

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Ah. A smaller caravan on a bike. Quite novel.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can only imagine trying to pedal one of these things up any decent incline would be near impossible.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks to be electric

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough, but that still has to be a considerable amount of weight, especially taking the frame into account.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Hope those brakes are beefy AF

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

We should be giving these away.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

As useful and needed as these might be, I can only imagine that anyone actually living in one would be constantly harassed by local authorities for parking/zoning violations.

Society needs to be better!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

It's still better than a tent or anything like it i presume. Because if someone is harassing them they can just pedal away.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's space in the US west. But, one can't live in those places without a motor or engine to procure water and food.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The final frontier

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

What does God need with a starship?

Capt. Kirk

Super cool spot to boondock.

But, if one wants to live rent free and with community, I suggest southeastern Utah or anywhere along America's loneliest road. Be sure to read the vibe: It's public land. But, it's still not a good idea to remain where you're not wanted.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm imagining waking up in the middle of the night to someone riding the whole thing away with me still in it

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ideally there's a way to lock it down from the inside. A bar through the back wheel(s) or something.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But then they might lock you down inside!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You can do this with anything in life, ever, though.

An example being, "A stationary house? But what if the river rises? How will I move my home away from it?"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lol I dunno, somebody wrapping up a tiny little cube as a prank seems a bit more likely than the tide rising above normal

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You'd have to shrink-wrap more than 84,500 buildings in the US by 2050 if you want to compete with ocean-level rise from climate change. Warning; pdf link.

My comment talked about rivers rising, but you said the ocean, so I went with the ocean for my reply.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

A stationary house? But what if I can't find my keys and the ice cream truck is about to leave?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

On one hand this is a nice way to help those in need.

On another I can't help but look and feel like I'm getting a glimpse of the working classes future. Capitalism needs to fucking die already.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

By killing the bottom 99% first? You got it, boss.