Berkeley man makes a (really rather nice) dumpster home

I missed the bed...was that it next to the $hitter?

Oscar the Grouch is real.

That would be worse than living in prison cell.

Can he made one out of a garbage cam? Dumpter is too big for some of the people I know, they can't even afford that...

Watchout for the big rat

take out the trash!

its all fine until the trash truck comes and dumps you upside down

um. its all about the A/C. wheres the A/C?

Where's the bed?

Another year of Obama, and we'll ALL be living in dumpsters!

I remember when the American dream was a house with a white picket fence.

Not a fan of the dumpster but those large shipping containers are kind of cool!

I wonder if he purchased the Dumpster, or if he just took it over?

There is no need for housing being as complex and expensive as it is. There's nothing wrong with something like this for a single person. The powers that be don't want someone who works a min wage full-time job to be able to afford housing. And what if this and other types of basic, modular housing caught on? Wouldn't it be JUST TERRIBLE if things like this were out there, and cost about $150 / month to live in? All that extra disposable income many people would have as a result would be JUST AWFUL for the economy. Simple housing can be every bit as cozy and pleasant, so don't waste your breath going there...

I would not like it because there is no insulation and using the toilet in it would make it smell pretty dang nasty. A better option would be a earth dome house. They fill up long tubular bags of dirt and stack them in different dome arrangements. Toss in some Solar panels from Harbor Freight and you are off the grid. They have a lot of websites about earth dome housing and they are quite nice.....

Imagine living in that in AZ in the middle of summer.

The way this country is headed (down the toilet) we'll all be living in dumpsters in the near future. Anybody else tired of supporting illegal aliens and those too lazy to get off their A$$ and find a job? This country is BROKE. Enough with the foreign aid crap. Bring the military home now, and START REBUILDING AMERICA.

How is it different than living in cave? The concept of having everything under one roof is not new. Africa, some remote places in mexican villages. The family still live under one roof. a lot of the daily activities are performed outside, in the open, and that is not so bad. Even old palaces, instead of walls, used to have curtains instead of walls. To me, the abherrant, most unnacceptable concept, is the lack of a natural environment surrounding it. I would not like to live in an alley surrounded by tall buildings and warehouses.
I believe that the concept of single room dwellings needs to come back. It would be very much like the spanish hacienda. One main area to gather in the middle of the courtyard with trees for shadow and other amenities, One huge kitchen for multi-generations to use, and then let it be surrounded by individual sleeping rooms. It would give privacy to multiple occupants instead of all being under one roof, having sex, snooring and farting at night, or resting in the evening, and it would save space, while at the same time giving the kids a safe, outdoor area to play and be protected from intruders and/or predators. Nothing new under the sun. I saw a documentary where Japanese men rent multi-level, sleeping space only where they commute to work during the week. These places were like capsules, and when they said sleeping room only, they meant, sleeping room only. I prayed that it was a joke, but no, it was real. Good thing that orientals are kind of small.

This will be the teabaggers idea of public housing

On these types of articles, I notice that the most highly rated comments are usually the most cynical ones.