CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Would anyone live in a house or apartment building built using cargo containers.
There are many internet sites that show people using them to build a house or in England a hotel.
Many companies convert cargo containers for many uses from portable offices to bathrooms to streetside food stands.

Maybe --if it had good insulation, a/c and heat, working bathrooms and sink, stove, electricity --I may consider it.

I guess I would.......

Some things in life, like hotdogs...it is better to remain ignorant of. If they used it in a building, why tell someone? It only would make the person feel funny. Also it would greatly depend on what they carried in the container.

Then I could downgrade my future dreams from living in a van down by the river to living in a cargo box down by the river!

Hmmm... well, I guess it all depends on how much they would cost and how much I would make in the future. If I don't make that much money then I might be glad to have a cargo box to live in, or any roof over my head for that matter. But if I have a reasonable income and the economy gets better instead of worse (or even just stays the same) then I think it would be kind of silly to live in.

-Pascal

If it were Hawaii maybe,not if it were Alaska though.

I found some websites that make living in a shipping container look good.
http://containercity.com
http://digg.com/hardware/Shipping_Containers_Recycled_as_Homes
(This one has a video to click on)
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/weblog/2007/09/building-with-shipping-containers
(Type in shipping containers in search space)

hmm, interesting. I am all for reusing and recycling and such. It's not like you'd be living in a cardboard box or anything. Some of those designs are pretty sweet and artistic. Why not reuse our old trash? So long as it's not toxic or anything <.<

jazz (post: 1192979) wrote:hmm, interesting. I am all for reusing and recycling and such. It's not like you'd be living in a cardboard box or anything. Some of those designs are pretty sweet and artistic. Why not reuse our old trash? So long as it's not toxic or anything <.<

I heard that trash might be used as a replacement for gasoline after its refined and put in your car's fuel tank.
Acourse I know that in Baltimore City, MD they burn trash to make electical power for the city.

Strangely enough, I found an article the other day that included unusual ideas for schools that included a preschool in cargo containers. Fifth one down, includes a link to more buildings made from cargo containers:

LINK

I see it simply as another form of prefabricated housing. What's the big deal, so long as it's safe and comfortable?