The Thing That Worries Me About Tiny Living

I know the tiny living concept has been around for a while, yurts and Futuro Homes and such in the 60s and all that. I get the idea behind them too, trying to drop out of some of the rat race by doing with less. I get that, and I get the fascination with watching all that on TV.

Sometimes I think this will all just be a small subculture and won’t go too far. Other times I worry it will really catch on, for one particular reason. Here’s how it goes:

People go for tiny living because they don’t want to spend the money it takes to get a house.
Tiny living becomes normal.
Since tiny living is the norm, actual houses only are affordable to the rich.
Tiny living becomes expensive because everyone is doing it.
Tiny living start costs rise to above $500,000.

See my concern? Tiny living could become the only real option, and it could end up just as expensive as normal housing is now.

I would not look forward to that.