No: you get less sq feet than a 2-story house per area of footprint.
With a 2-story, the area is roughly 2x the footprint (minus things like stairs and open areas). With a silly split, the area is only 2x where the kitchen, bath, and bottom bedrooms are. The rest is a ranch.
Silly-ass design. Why would you want to climb a flight of stairs, with groceries, to the kitchen or sleep on the garage level? What’s the advantage over a straight 2-story with the bedrooms upstairs and one on the ground floor?
#1: the idea is to evac before the grid gets damaged
#2: frequently, gasoline is a problem during an evacuation
#3: gas pumps don’t work w/o electricity
I’ve been using T-mobile for years. Great service. I’m on a grandfathered $50/mo 2GB/tethering plan (throttles after 2GB). Nice thing is that data is free but slow abroad, and I could even use VoIP to make calls from Dom Rep to the states.
Pre-paid doesn’t have int’l data free, but is cheaper ($35-45/mo vs $70/mo for their current post-paid plan). Then there’s MetroPCS, which can be had for $25-30/mo, no int’l data, taxes included. $30/mo on Metro includes 2GB/mo.
