i live in a tiny house to save money.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The tiny house movement (also known as the \"small house movement\") is a description for the architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes. There is currently no set definition as to what constitutes as a tiny house; however, a residential structure under is generally accepted to be a tiny home. In the United States, the average size of new single family homes grew from in 1978 to in 2007, and to in 2013, despite a decrease in the size of the average family. Reasons for this include increased material wealth and prestige. The small house movement is a return to houses of less than . Frequently, the distinction is made between \"small\" (between and ), and \"tiny\" houses (less than ), with some as small as . Sarah Susanka has been credited with starting the recent countermovement toward smaller houses when she published \"The Not So Big House\" (1997). Earlier pioneers include Lloyd Kahn, author of \"Shelter\" (1973) and Lester Walker, author of \"Tiny Houses\" (1987). Henry David Thoreau and the publication of his book \"Walden\" is also quoted as early inspiration. A Wisconsin producer, Escape Homes was founded in 1993. Tiny houses on wheels were also popularized by Jay Shafer who designed and lived in a 96 sq ft house and later went on to offer the first plans for tiny houses on wheels, initially founding Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, and then Four Lights Tiny House Company (September 6, 2012).\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you ever watch HGTV? They have so many shows now about those Tiny houses."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I don't have cable, so I don't get HGTV, but I think I have seen a show or two on Tiny Houses."}, {"role": "user", "content": "The whole movement towards living simpler and minimal has really caught on with living in a tiny house. Have you seen one before?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I don't think my area has much of a tiny house movement, because it is a big city."}, {"role": "user", "content": "They are actually pretty functional and eco-friendly. They really implement a lot of multi-functional furniture in them. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think I read an article about Fred Schultz, he had furniture and fixtures like a bath that was also a sink."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's interesting. I guess you have to combine different things like that to save space. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He also made them specifically for the climate in Australia.  "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, I know that the toilets supposedly flush in a differrent direction in Australia. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He included composting toilets in his designs, those don't use water so It is probably hard to tell what direction they swirl."}]