Tiny house?

[drplzz]

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Hey guys! This is pretty random, but has anyone considered a tiny house for med school? I feel like it would be perfect for moving around for the third and fourth years and it would (in the long run) probably be economical. I may be simply indulging one of my fantasies, but let me know your thoughts!


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[deleted480308]

Hey guys! This is pretty random, but has anyone considered a tiny house for med school? I feel like it would be perfect for moving around for the third and fourth years and it would (in the long run) probably be economical. I may be simply indulging one of my fantasies, but let me know your thoughts!


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Maybe if I was single. Never with pets/kids/spouse

 

[NecrotizingFasciitis]

The most economical solution:

 

[SurgDoc95]

The most economical solution:

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One of the best skits ever

 

[Mad Jack]

Maybe if I was single. Never with pets/kids/spouse

Spouse is fine if they're also the simple living type. Kids and pets, nooooope.

 

[sazerac]

Hey guys! This is pretty random, but has anyone considered a tiny house for med school? I feel like it would be perfect for moving around for the third and fourth years and it would (in the long run) probably be economical. I may be simply indulging one of my fantasies, but let me know your thoughts!

The problem with Tiny Houses is there are very few places to put them. If yours is classified as mobile, many places have laws against mobile homes. If it is classified as a permanent structure many more neighborhoods have laws about minimum structure square footage per lot. America just isn't ready for Tiny Homes yet.

Speaking of vans, though, I sold my pimped out Dodge Sprinter van for med school but I still miss it. I could take / park that thing anywhere in any weather. It had a bed / kitchen / bathroom / shower / heater / fridge / etc. Basically everything you'd need.

 

[OrdinaryDO]

Just rent an apartment. Which medical school are you planning to attend that will make you move distances you can't drive back and forth daily?

P.S. I know this happens at some medical schools, but I'd like to think many medical schools are pretty local with their rotations unless you're just getting the trashy rotations.

 

[BombsAway]

Outfit a van with whatever you need and park in your school parking lot. Use the school's facilities for all that jazz.

 

[deleted244469]

Outfit a van with whatever you need and park in your school parking lot. Use the school's facilities for all that jazz.

I wonder if the schools would actually allow overnight parking.

 

[mouster]

If you're interested in a tiny house, make sure you check the building codes wherever you're going to be living! Lots of places won't let you have a "grounded" (i.e. on a foundation) structure that's under a certain amount of square footage, and there are even strict laws regarding where you can and cannot park your tiny home. Also, keep in mind that if you go tiny, it's not just like a tiny home, it's minimalist living. I'm super interested in living in a tiny house, but when I started looking at them, many models only had a super minimal kitchen (like...one burner, no oven, no microwave) and a composting toilet. Plus, moving one cross-country can be a pain...unless you go super tiny, you might not be able to tow it yourself. 🙁

 

[GypsyHummus]

I wish there were tiny house communities.

 

[Dullhead]

I wish there were tiny house communities.

https://www.habitatstinyhomes.com/our-community/

There's still time to reserve your spot!

 

[samac]

Just rent an apartment. Which medical school are you planning to attend that will make you move distances you can't drive back and forth daily?

P.S. I know this happens at some medical schools, but I'd like to think many medical schools are pretty local with their rotations unless you're just getting the trashy rotations.

Definitely not true for DO schools. Many are in rural areas where students have to find a place far away from their medical school. I'm at one of those and I would prefer to move to a specific site pretty far away.

 

[OrdinaryDO]

Definitely not true for DO schools. Many are in rural areas where students have to find a place far away from their medical school. I'm at one of those and I would prefer to move to a specific site pretty far away.

You say rural like it's some one horse town. Rural at my school is characterized as <25,000 residents. My town, now city, has a current population of 11,000 and I'm 30 minutes away from 3 major cities. Most DO schools serve rural missions, that's not to say they are in rural areas. All of the VCOMS aren't rural, OSU-COM, BCOM, ACOM, PCOM-Pa, NYIT, UNT and many more are not in "rural" areas. So I'm not sure where you came up with that.

 

[samac]

You say rural like it's some one horse town. Rural at my school is characterized as <25,000 residents. My town, now city, has a current population of 11,000 and I'm 30 minutes away from 3 major cities. Most DO schools serve rural missions, that's not to say they are in rural areas. All of the VCOMS aren't rural, OSU-COM, BCOM, ACOM, PCOM-Pa, NYIT, UNT and many more are not in "rural" areas. So I'm not sure where you came up with that.

I don't know why you're arguing the fact that a lot of DO students have to relocate because there's rotation sites that are in different areas. Im not saying it's a bad thing, just that many rural schools may have to leave their town.
I'm at KYCOM, we have sites we can move for, I know LMU-DCOM, WVSOM.
In your town of 11,000 I doubt they could accommodate 150 med students in that hospital.

 

[OrdinaryDO]

I don't know why you're arguing the fact that a lot of DO students have to relocate because there's rotation sites that are in different areas. Im not saying it's a bad thing, just that many rural schools may have to leave their town.
I'm at KYCOM, we have sites we can move for, I know LMU-DCOM, WVSOM.
In your town of 11,000 I doubt they could accommodate 150 med students in that hospital.

You're missing my point. My town COULD accommodate that many because of the proximity of the large cities around me. My point was most schools don't have rotations SO FAR AWAY that it would require you to move every month. The majority of schools have rotations in driving distance.


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[samac]

You're missing my point. My town COULD accommodate that many because of the proximity of the large cities around me. My point was most schools don't have rotations SO FAR AWAY that it would require you to move every month. The majority of schools have rotations in driving distance.


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Ok.

 

[Giovanotto]

OMG YES, I TOTALLY DID. Sorry, I got excited there. I talked it through with some family/friends and eventually it was a no-go.

 

[Marrowist]

OMG YES, I TOTALLY DID. Sorry, I got excited there. I talked it through with some family/friends and eventually it was a no-go.

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