Many Americans are moving into extremely small living quarters, simplifying their lives and putting less focus on material goods. The Onion examines the pros and cons of “tiny houses”:

PRO

Paints inability to afford a real home as positive life choice

Allows you to live the simple life your ancestors did everything in their power to escape

Likely too cramped for ghosts to bother haunting

Refrigerator as close to bed as you’ve always dreamed

4’-by-3’ velvet Allman Brothers Band poster gets the decorating job done on its own

Home comes fully supplied with 20 years of small talk

CON

Anxious pacing route severely restricted

Spending quality time with family members all but unavoidable

Meticulously charting out who gets to use the electrical outlet each night can be somewhat draining

Most documentaries on the subject already wrapped

Lack of diversity in a neighborhood composed entirely of other people whose novels didn’t sell

Have to live there