Tiny Houses as Nouveau Americana

The tiny houses featured in the New York Times article “The Next Little Thing?” are perfect for the agrarian lifestyle, even in the midst of suburbia.  I want to buy some sweet chunk of real estate in Northern New Jersey and plop down a 750 sq. ft. weeHouse on it and stock it with IKEA goodies.

A pre-fab weeHouse

Why take up land that you can garden with a house that will cost you an arm and a leg to heat during the winter?

A must see is the accompanying audio slideshow.  The ability for these houses to capture the American “essence” and love of land seen in Berry, Thoreau, and Emerson, as well as Westerns, is truly inspiring.

I’m going to be living the dream, man!