Reflections on my trip to Mexico

(Hundreds and Hundreds of tiny houses)

One thing that made an impression on me, was a little village we ran into just outside of Monterrey. Not sure what the name of the area was, but it was a miner's village. They had just put up hundreds of homes for the mining familys. Each was about $20k US and smaller than my living room & kitchen put together. Here families of 2 or 10 might live, elbow to elbow. I think it made such an impact because we just finished buying a house here in Austin. When we were shopping, we had to find a place that was close to shopping and parks and stuff. These houses were close to dirt (see bottom pictures)

Here is a shot of the front of three houses. No, I'm not using a wide lense. We estimated each to be about 500 square feet. We actually went into one. It was as spacious as a large tent. Very easy to furnish.


Here is the housing complex across the street.

(the fancy two stories)

And you have to zoom-in to this photo to see what I'm talking about when I say HUNDREDS.

(It was like a military barracks)


(click image to make your house seem big)