San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Refugee Shacks.

Remy

Remy

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I have a book about cottages that shows some of these Refugee Shacks as they were called. It's amazing that they scrambled to provide this shelter. I get it was a different time and less people. But we don't do this now. Some still exist, put together as homes or were built on to. Now historical and insanely priced.

Here is a Google link to pictures. Find them fascinating. Not only for their historical significance but how shelter was found for the people needing it.
san francisco earthquake refugee shacks - Google Search
 

Those were interesting photos. I'd never heard of those before. Isn't it amazing how things got done back then without all of the bureaucracy that goes on now. People, it seems, just did what needed to be done when it was necessary & didn't wait for someone else to do it for them. Thanks for sharing.
 
Lilac said:
Those were interesting photos. I'd never heard of those before. Isn't it amazing how things got done back then without all of the bureaucracy that goes on now. People, it seems, just did what needed to be done when it was necessary & didn't wait for someone else to do it for them. Thanks for sharing.
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Yes, thank you Lilac. Even the first pictures of the tents look organized. They are all basically the same, like they were provided as the first shelter after the earthquake. And you are right, we don't do anything now. Maybe FEMA trailers but I've heard negative things about those.
 

Mystery writer Marcia Muller had one of her characters living in one of these homes and spoke in great detail of them, so I've known about them since I started reading her books, starting in the '80's. Worth a fortune renovated.
 
I am surprised at some of the remarks claiming we don't do anything now. The West Coast fires brought not only FEMA but also many material and financial donations even years after the fact. Many on a neighborhood app as well as FB are still looking for donations in spite of help from the government and communities. After the Loma Prieta earthquake donations came from across the country and beyond to help the survivors.
 
Of the few that are left...wonder what what they sell for in the overpriced bay area. We left there many years ago when they wanted $300,000 for a home about like what we paid $45,000 for in Houston. The money flowing into the Houston area is primarily coming from the west coast and NYC these days.

Thanks for posting Remy!
 
Pepper said:
Mystery writer Marcia Muller had one of her characters living in one of these homes and spoke in great detail of them, so I've known about them since I started reading her books, starting in the '80's. Worth a fortune renovated.
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Thanks for telling me about Marcia Muller...will have to look her up, love a good mystery.
 
Happy Heart said:
I am surprised at some of the remarks claiming we don't do anything now. The West Coast fires brought not only FEMA but also many material and financial donations even years after the fact. Many on a neighborhood app as well as FB are still looking for donations in spite of help from the government and communities. After the Loma Prieta earthquake donations came from across the country and beyond to help the survivors.
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I can tell you I live in an area devasted by a major fire. Not only were people living in fields in tents after the fire, property and rent prices skyrocketed in this area. It affected many including me. My savings was worth much less, very suddenly, when what I only want is a decent mobile in an adult park. I don't think I'm asking for much after a lifetime of hard work, but perhaps I am.

So if you have never lived in an area devastated and watched this for yourself, perhaps you are not aware. I wasn't before I watched my area experience this. There were plots of land empty in the more than 25 years I've lived in this area. One triangle of land was for sale for years and years. The sign up. No one interested, stuck between two busy streets. Now it has "luxury" gated apartments on it. All these other areas now have apartments on busy streets. No mobile parks, no condos, no small house communities. Just stick built expensive houses and apartments to rent for investors.

Edit to add, the first night of the fire, we were under an evacuation warning at my apartment, not mandatory. I could see the red glow from my front door. I'm afraid this area could burn and I'd like to get out of here and on the other side of town. Too close to the foothills.
 
ElCastor said:
In a San Francisco where a one bedroom condo can cost more than a million, a quaint antique mini dwelling without $500 a month HOA dues might seem quite attractive.
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Absolutely. But they are not building anything. I've looked at a number of tiny home videos. Not some 100 square foot with a loft. That's not living but if you get 400+ with a good floor plan, very livable.
 

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