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Would you rather live in a treehouse or a wofati?

 
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If you like the "Would You Rather" game, check out this index of other questions. https://permies.com/t/238000/Permaculture-Edition

Would you rather live in a treehouse or a wofati?

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Oh, the view from a treehouse in the right spot... but living in Maine, with Maine winters, I'm going with the wofati. Much easier to heat.

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I live in tornado country.  Living in a tree could be splendidly exciting.  I will take the lower home.

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A treehouse sounded lovely with the beautiful views then I remembered I am scared of heights so I will have to go with a wofati.

And as John pointed out a person does not need to worry about tornadoes with a wofati.

And those beautiful views can still be had with a wofati greenhouse.

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I think I still cling on that boyhood dream of living in a treehouse. Something fantastical about it.

Treehouse it is!

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Wofati - easier to heat & cool, safer in storms, can be built for plenty of natural light. But, if I can manage it, I'd still climb trees (though sadly, it's been quite a while)

"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato

 
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A treehouse, and in the upper reaches of the Amazon, while we’re dreaming.

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As unrealistic as it may sound I'm going with treehouse, because echoing the childhood dreams sentiment.

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Logical part of my brain: Wofati
Emotional part of my brain: Treehouse!!!

I mean... seriously.... I want....


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Castles in the air never have a wet basement
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What I am looking for is looking for me too!

 
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It’s hard to decide. Of course wofatis have to be nice, and of course I want to live in a hobbit hole!—but the plastic is what really bothers me, and the damp that would probably result from leaving it out is just awful. (Some have suggested layered birch bark and clay though, which might be better. I think the native people of the plains use a thick layer of thatch to hold up their earthen roofs, but how that would hold up in the wet Vermont climate (where every single hole or dip fills up with water by spring). But a tree house sounds a lot more dangerous and less harder to keep warm.

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Location, location, location?  Assuming the area I am in right now Wofati.  I am nearly there as I am in an earth berm passive solar with only windows facing south.

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My understanding of a wofati: quiet, ground-level, more consistent temperature, sturdy, bunker-like....
based on all that I'd live in the wofat and visit the treehouse.

Aspirations: She seeks wool and flax, considers a field and buys it, girds herself with strength, opens her mouth with wisdom, and does him good all the days of her life. (pieces of Proverbs 31, NKJV)

 
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Matt McSpadden wrote:If you like the "Would You Rather" game, check out this index of other questions. https://permies.com/t/238000/Permaculture-Edition

Would you rather live in a treehouse or a wofati?



wofati hobbit hole home.

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A wofati, as long as its built with Natural materials.
 
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