shipping container homes

[PauHana]

I once visited a guy (single) in Pohiki who had a container with a truss roof over it which extended about another 16 ft over a screened lanai. I cannot remember if he had a slab or gravel floor, but a slab would be nice. He had his living room on the lanai and slept there unless the weather was really bad. Inside/outside living with a barbeque and a TV outside. I never saw inside the container, but it seemed like an ideal life for Hawaii (Puna Hawaii), at least for those who don't fit in ticky tacky boxes.
You are right fishenjim it would be a palace in many parts of the world. To me it seems like a better life than that for most in the first world also.