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A Comment on Fixed and
Mobile Housing
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house has some basic traits important to sustaining physical life and social
relations. Some are to satisfy other psycho-social status criteria. Of
the basic requirements for life, often referred to as "food, clothing and
shelter", the house contributes to all three.
 | Food is stored, prepared and served. |
| Clothing is stored, maintained and applied, as needed only for social
ornamentation and physical protection. |
| Shelter from the weather -- sun, wind, rain -- is provided by regulating
light, air, dirt and water (the elements of fire, air, earth, and water) |
| The challenge of transportation is considered separately. |
Other influences on the type and placement of an abode are
internalized, external social reasons. All of these are mitigated by individual values.
Which are, of course, individual reactions to perceived social pressures (imposed
expectations).
| The position we feel we are in, in the economic spectrum, |
| The position we feel we are in with our social relationships (including
vocational relationships), |
| The need we feel to contain and display socially acceptable possessions, |
| The need we feel to store and display our transportation choice. |
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More mages are below.
Our Yreka house was
stuck in the snow
Solid Waste: The same contracted land fill service
is used by all site built and mobile residents. Local burial or incineration or composting
requires special considerations by any dwelling type. There are a couple of composting
toilets for RVs, but they require too much space to travel well.
Mobile Weight: The fixed site house is not
concerned with weight, unless it threatens to break through the floor. Mobile residents
must consider the weight and ruggedness of any article, if it is important enough to carry
at all. The size of an object is less important than its weight. |
A mobile house can accomplish all the above. Some of us think
it is more efficient and comfortable. The smaller facility is easier to use and maintain.
In both the mobile and a fixed residences, we store, prepare, and use food and clothing;
and we protect ourselves from excessive sun, wind and rain.
The psycho-social criteria mentioned above are met in a
minimalist, energy efficient, and small carbon footprint manner.
| Economic strata: we live within our budget, refusing to flaunt more house than we
can afford, to preserve money for future support. |
| Social relationships: we have the same family, who we can visit more easily. We
have a circle of friends who live like we do, just as site built homes have social circles
of similarly housed people. |
| We store and display fewer possessions. Our attitude is that our immediate
possessions must be light weight enough to haul, and have a functional value worth the
haul. |
| Our transportation is selected to meet social expectations of design and
modernity, but function is the primary determinant. |
Our mobile life style has the same requirements for a supply of
fresh water, the removal of waste water, sources of energy, and communication services as
a fixed site dwelling. We have self contained living quarters, an electric power
source, internet service, and our telephone service is by cell phone. Fresh water and
waste water are stored in tanks for filling and dumping.
The preferred sources of water, sewer and electricity are by
plugging into a fixed base source. These are available at RV parks, and can be easily
connected into at a fixed dwelling site. (Give us an acre with well, septic system, and
electricity, and we will be happy.) |
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