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jeezlouise on December 7, 2006 - 8:59pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Forclosures have doubled here in Atlanta in the past year.
Georgia foreclosures jump 99%, rate is nation's 3rd highest

    This in a city whose economy owes a rather large part of its existence to suburban and exurban ex p  a   n    s       i       o           n... that and tourism and trade shows, which are themselves vulnerable - not exactly much of the P in "E.L.P.".

Shipping container homes are looking more and more like one of those "just crazy enough to work" ideas...    

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oilmanbob on December 7, 2006 - 10:51pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
They would actually be very energy-efficent if buried to take advantage of the earth's natural heating/cooling effect
I've seen them used a lot in the oil patch for storage, as well as at a lot of companies for temporary storage. Hope your wife isn't into fashion and elegance.
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jeezlouise on December 7, 2006 - 11:13pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Funny you should mention... it was her idea. The containers themselves are dirt cheap right now though, leaving plenty of money for renovation to make it look like a "real" house. Plus, if designed right, they're relatively immune to all types of natural disaster (including the straight-from-the-pages-of-the-worst-doomer-porn zombie hordes.)  
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