German town to send refugees to the camps

[Admiral Yi]

Regardless it is a horrible idea.

Disagree.  There are two issues: the refugees feeling insulted, and the world thinking Krauts are insensitive.  We don't know the first, and we already know Krauts are aware of and sensitive to the symbolic issues.

[11B4V]

Regardless it is a horrible idea.

Disagree.  There are two issues: the refugees feeling insulted, and the world thinking Krauts are insensitive.  We don't know the first, and we already know Krauts are aware of and sensitive to the symbolic issues.

Surely, but I''ll agree to disagree.

[Syt]

Regardless it is a horrible idea.

Disagree.  There are two issues: the refugees feeling insulted, and the world thinking Krauts are insensitive.  We don't know the first, and we already know Krauts are aware of and sensitive to the symbolic issues.

In this case the city administration has expressed surprise at the concerns.

[CountDeMoney]

where Polish prisoners repaired train locomotives.

They fixed the steering wheels.

[celedhring]

Honestly, as creepy as it may be, if the alternative is living in a shipping container I'd rather take the barracks.

Plenty of people here live in shipping containers, mostly students. They're not that bad.

This is awful. I lived in some crummy holes when I was a student, but they didn't have a patch on a condo made out of shipping containers with windows attached.

[Jacob]

This is awful. I lived in some crummy holes when I was a student, but they didn't have a patch on a condo made out of shipping containers with windows attached.

Building with shipping containers is, apparently, a fairly hot architectural trend these days.

I'm not sure how you can determine they're crummy without seeing what they're like inside. I'm pretty sure they're done up just as nice as regular apartments (drywall, plumbing, electricity, finishing etc). What exactly is your objection?

[celedhring]

Well, they're less than 3m wide, for starters, and all in all they're probably less than 20-30m2. You have to cram a bed, plumbing, have enough space to move around, etc... I just can't see how those in the photo can be considered decent dwelling.

[CountDeMoney]

where Polish prisoners repaired train locomotives.

They fixed the steering wheels.

C'mon, you assholes.  That was comedy gold.  Gold, Jerry!

[Admiral Yi]

The containers remind me a bit of the microapartments I read about in the NYT Sunday Magazine.  Prefabricated, then you stack them with a crane.

Seedy: yes, quite good.  Seriously.  Now please don't repeat it 100 times.

[CountDeMoney]

Seedy: yes, quite good.  Seriously.  Now please don't repeat it 100 times.

I have nothing else to do.   

[Admiral Yi]

I have nothing else to do.   

You could always torment some poster into leaving Languish. 

[CountDeMoney]

Nobody's left except all the hard cases.  And Martinus.

[celedhring]

The containers remind me a bit of the microapartments I read about in the NYT Sunday Magazine.  Prefabricated, then you stack them with a crane.

Seedy: yes, quite good.  Seriously.  Now please don't repeat it 100 times.

Prefab homes are at least fabricated with a home in mind. They have the proportions of a home, they have the internal arrangements of a home. You really need to have in mind how narrow a shipping container is. You can probably make some fancypants hip home putting a few together and cutting off the inner walls to give breathing space, put a larger window on the longer side so you don't have suicidal thoughts when you wake up in the morning... but the ones in the photo are not that.

[Admiral Yi]

Prefab homes are at least fabricated with a home in mind. They have the proportions of a home, they have the internal arrangements of a home. You really need to have in mind how narrow a shipping container is. You can probably make some fancypants hip home putting a few together and cutting off the inner walls to give breathing space, but the ones in the photo are not that.

The ones I saw were prefab apartments (flats  ), not detached homes.  And they looked very similar in size to containers.

I believe they're going up in NYC.

[MadBurgerMaker]

It's probably just like living in an RV or a trailer.