Could you live in a tiny house?

I lived in a 200 sq ft studio in Boston for almost a year. I loved it because i could just fall asleep watching TV in bed instead of on the couch. However i had stored mossy of my stuff at my parents house. Since I've lived in California I've give from 1100 sq ft to 2000 sq ft, but there are 4 of us now. I've basically had to stop buying stuff since is filled up most of the storage space. I kind of want to do a purge so i can get new stuff. That seems wrong somehow though. Since I'm a goldfish and expand to fill my surroundings i don't think i could live in a tiny houser unless it had a 2000 sq ft storage shed , haha!

I'm in the same boat.  My husband mentioned an around the world cruise for a year when we retire.  I love the idea, but don't think I could share a tiny room on a cruise ship for a year.

I would struggle. I wouldn't live in a small home if I had a choice.

Climbing up would be tough enough.  Climbing down while semi-asleep to go to the bathroom twice a night would do me in.

No way. DH is 6'5 and 275 lbs. I am 5'10 and heavier than I'd like to admit. We would not do well in those 200 sq ft houses. Our split-level home is 2400 square feet though and we both admit it is more space than we need. Sure it's comfortable, but in the winter when he's over the road I can go a whole week without going downstairs. We could do about 800 sq feet comfortably.

ETA: I also require normal plumbing...no compostable toilet, thank you very much. And, I would like it to be on land so that I can enjoy the outdoors. The house wouldn't feel quite so small if you have a nice outdoor space to enjoy. Although, I live in WI, so winter's would be tough!

Absolutely and without a doubt I could.  We are moving in 2 1/2 years and it will just be the two of us. We are actively researching tiny homes and I'm finding it more and more to my liking.  My two requirements are a loft and an porch.  

We are also actively researching teardrop campers to buy, so I'm seeing a pattern here

I'd do it on a temporary basis. Like pick it up and plop it on a beach somewhere. That would be the perfect vacation home for us. Or an RV. That's been a big dream as well.

But I don't think I could do it permanently. DH is also tall, 6'4", he's get cramped real fast.

This is a picture on my desk. The perfect tiny house for me.

I lived in tiny apartments in NYC.  I didn't mind--I was rarely home anyway, and it was worth it.

I couldn't live in a tiny space with kids.

I want to think I could but I am not sure. I don't like the tiny houses with the lofts for sleeping. I like to be able to stand up to make the bed and get dressed. May a tiny house for a vacation home but not for full time living.

I think how much time you spend outside the tiny space is probably a key component for many people. In my case, when I lived in tiny spaces, it was in an area with horrible, freakishly cold, very snowy and long winters in a rural area. So aside from 8 hours of work, a 10 minute total commute, and trips to the grocery store, we were stuck inside those tiny spaces. After a while, it felt like the walls were closing in on me. If all you're really doing is sleeping and showering in a space and you don't have hobbies, a hotel room can be fine. Otherwise, not so much. Or for me, anyway. I'm sure there are people who could hibernate and spend all of their non-work time reading in a chair and be perfectly happy touching walls with both hands at the same time. Just not me!

I could if it was just me and maybe a cat. With a packrat husband, 3 kids, 7 cats (5 inside) and a fish? No way

Could, yes. We do a lot of RVing with three/four people and 3 large dogs. I have learned a lot of small space storage and living tricks.

Would I want to, not right now. I enjoy our 1400 sq foot house. We are curious if it will be too big when dd moves out, so we will see then if we down size again or not. I don't think we will live full time in the RV though.