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[bullimiami]

1. i think a more practical solution would be to put together a bunch of container apartments.

Storage containers divided into 2 apartments with their own doors.
Insulation, heat, kitchenette, sanitation.

Done. Safe, portable, secure, easily transported and stored.
Maximizes space.

[ret5hd]

2. I've thought that also...there are some concerns though:

I am positive they could be addressed though...

one is the paint on some of those containers. I have read that the paint is very effective at preventing corrosion in a salt water environment, but is possibly toxic...cadmium, etc.

But if I had to choose between that and sleeping outside in Duluth in the winter...well, I think I know where I would be.

[John Ludi]

3. Lived off-grid in a yurt

in SW Wisconsin on and off since 2011. Did a bunch of videos about it on my youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgeY97BMwtKMSEjhLJRe3Xg

It was TOUGH during the winter, but I made it though a couple harsh winters without losing any parts of myself (except some small bits of my sanity that I wasn't using all that much anyway).

They are wonderful structures in some respects...especially the portability of them...I can fit my 16ft Pacific Yurt in my mini-van (with all the seats out).

[2naSalit]

4. Yurts are very practical and are used...

quite a bit up in this part of the world. They are easy to heat, provide more access to usable floor space than a teepee. I know several people who have lived in them in winter. Fire camps are almost entirely made of yurts, I've set them up before. There are aluminum framed yurts that take about one to two hours to set up depending on how many people you have to do the work.

There is a hot springs in Idaho, way out in the woods, where the only building for entrance and changing rooms is a yurt. They're pretty interesting, I would have been thrilled to have access to one of those when I was homeless.