Arch Quonset

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Where can a person live in a shed? While browsing at home depot i noticed a nice shed large enough to live in?

Is there any part of the country in which codes are liberal enough to allow one to reside in a shed or a prefabricated/modular garage? I have seen pictures of old fashioned quonset homes (the aluminum arch houses) but I have never seen any which were lived in. I only read about such homes in magazines like DWELL and Readymade. Here in Michigan, very little housing diversity exists. Is there any part of the country in which an owner could legally build a house for under $30,000? If so, please tell me where and provide links if possible thanks. For anyone else interested, Karrie Jacobs, founder of Dwell magazine, recently published a book called the $100,000 house. It discusses the issue of affordable housing. Thanks very much!
I don't care to here criticism of my motives.

Also, I trailer plot will require me to live amongst a group of people I dont want to be around. Plus I want to own my home and land not pay some trailer park owner for the rest of my life.

There are a lot more places around the country without codes and zoning than places that do--you need to get away from the cities and out into the countryside. You can purchase a home in many Oklahoma communities for well under $50,000, in small towns across the state if you don't insist on staying up north. We are friendly and living is cheap. Plus we don't have a lot of snow. If you live down in the mountains in southeast Oklahoma like a lot of people do, you can build your own log cabin on an acreage and live like a hermit if you wish. Electricity and telephone service is tough, though unless you build near existing lines. In the west part of the state, you can live pretty well anywhere you want and have full services. And unless you live in a city of 5,000 or more, no zoning laws.