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Well in this day and age most of us including myself are more likely to find ourselves sharing a tent underneath the freeway. I think it's more colorful actually. Literally.

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I like stories where characters are trapped in a small, hot room.

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Mostly because I work in a small, hot space all throughout work🙁

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Happy birthday, my sweet friend. ♥️

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Sometimes the job provides common housing!

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This would work great to use a bunch of story “false starts”. Put everyone in the same building and let it happen! Thanks, Chuck!

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I think that's why stories about space and space exploration are also terrifying. Astronaut's have talked about sharing close spaces with their peers for long periods of time. When they come back to Earth they clearly stated that they were extremely glad there was nothing like a gun on board because it would have been used it. Terrifying.

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What an interesting observation... I like it! You mentioned tiny houses... I think that could make for something quite fascinating. Like, someone selling the same tiny house to multiple people and they all arrive to see the others arriving... and try to make it work. But it doesn't work. Because why would it? 🤔

I appreciate the food for thought!

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The housing meme is being used in the book Fourteen Days. Lockdown in New York during COVID Residents of an apartment building meet on the roof and tell stories to pass the time during the lockdown. The book is a collaboration of multiple authors. It's very good, five stars in my opinion

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As cheap and crass said I think I homeless encampment may be more accurate for the times. I’ve never lived in one but my brother has. I feel like it’s more his story toy tell.

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I had to renew my subscription for this. Happy Birthday to you! I adore you and everything you've shared with me. If I ever achieve anything great with writing, now or in the future, you're the reason. Hope you had the best day ever. You deserve it. And much more. And I'm not talking about David Foster Wallace either haha

But imagine if we all lived in a boarding house? Oh gosh, we'd start killing each other. Or humping each other. Or both, I even don't know!

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HAUNTED 2?

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Thank you for the inspiration! I read this at 1:00am because I’m not sleeping and the idea opened a well of creativity that has been shut in with grief. I wrote for 3 hours. Fun and yet disturbing prose. I’m rocket launched by this idea. Bless you!

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What’s the one where the main character lives in an apartment building full of colorful people, but they never actually interact because they’re all in their virtual reality bubbles?

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Bit late here, but happy birthday Mr P.

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