How a peak boomer who moved from Texas to a tiny home in New York lives 'perfectly comfortably' on less than $30,000 a year

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Sam Mitchell and his dog
Sam Mitchell lives in a tiny home in upstate New York and a trailer home in Florida.

Sam Mitchell

I live with my partner in a 399-square-foot tiny home on wheels that cost $90,000. Take a look inside.

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the couple and their dog in front of tiny home
We prefer owning a tiny home on wheels instead of paying to rent an apartment.

Destiny DeJesus

A sold-out tiny home community in Florida is expanding into rentals. Be ready to pay $1,350 a month for 320 square feet.

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exterior of escape homes eBoho
Escape is expanding its popular neighborhood of tiny homes near Tampa Bay, Florida, with six rentals.

Escape Tampa Bay

A modern home was built in a Washington, DC driveway. It's listed for $580,000. See inside.

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The exterior of a skinny home in Washington, DC.
This 10-foot-wide house in Washington, DC, is for sale for $581,903.

Courtesy of Jennifer Young.

A 10-foot-wide house was built 'out of spite' on a leftover piece of land in Florida and is selling for $619,000. See inside.

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The exterior of a skinny house.
This 10-foot-wide house in Jacksonville Beach, Florida is on the market for $619,000.

Open House Optics

We moved from a 3-bedroom house in Nashville to a 500-square-foot studio north of Rome. There are downsides, but we love it here.

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View of Italian countryside
The view from our terrace in Italy is amazing.

Zeneba Bowers

I built a tiny house in my parents' backyard and lived rent-free for 5 years. It helped me save money to see the world — and taught me how to live simply.

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Mckean Matson's tiny home in her parents' backyard.
Mckean Matson built a 350-square-foot tiny home in her parents' backyard.

Courtesy of Mckean Matson

A startup's solar-powered backyard tiny home can help power the main house — see inside its first 100 prefab ADUs starting at $279,000

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person sitting outside an ADU at Cosmic's showroom in SF
San Francisco-based startup Cosmic is selling 100 prefab ADUs starting at $279,000 each in hopes of using the profit and a recent funding round to improve its manufacturing process and decrease the cost of its tiny homes.

Cosmic

A millennial couple moved into a 97-square-foot micro-apartment in Paris. It's not their forever home, but they've made themselves comfortable.

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An overview of the micro-apartment in Paris.
An overview of the micro-apartment in Paris.

Petit Nuage Himi

An Airbnb cofounder's new startup wants to drop factory-made tiny homes into California backyards — see inside its $324,000, two-bedroom unit

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samara two bedroom tiny home
Samara, cofounded by Joe Gebbia, is riding California's backyard accessory dwelling unit hype with its own modular tiny homes. The largest two-bedroom unit, shown in a rendering, starts at $324,000.

Samara

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