Due to the small sizes of the houses, the tiny island of Nantucket (New England) was the almost-accidental birthplace of the tiny home movement, where people give up big properties and build beautifully-designed tiny homes (often the size of a garage). If well-done, they have built-in furniture and modern kitchens and bathrooms, with communal outdoor space for flats, or sometimes people buy them on wheels to move with them!
Just 30 miles or so from Cape Cod, this small island ironically now has most properties over $1 million dollars. Its nickname is ‘The Little Grey Lady of the Sea’, due to how it appears from the sea in foggy weather!
Read The Big Tiny. This is the story of Dee, an American who had spent years doing up a big dilapidated home in the Pacific Northwest. After having a heart attack in a grocery store (age just 40), she sold it and built/built a tiny home. Today she has a far better quality of life, it takes 10 minutes to clean her and her bills are around $10 a month. And in the evening, she sits on her (tiny) porch and enjoys watching the sun go down with her dog (and a cold beer).