history: I think it would be awesome to live on a houseboat. Would you ever consider it?
knowledge: A houseboat (different from boathouse, which is a shed for storing boats) is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a home.
response: As a bot, I can't really live anywhere. But I know that it's a boat that's been modified or designed to be lived in as a home.
history: I think it would be awesome to live on a houseboat. Would you ever consider it?
As a bot, I can't really live anywhere. But I know that it's a boat that's been modified or designed to be lived in as a home.
Yes, that's right! What else can you tell me about it?
knowledge: Some houseboats are not motorized, because they are usually ''moored'', kept stationary at a fixed point and often tethered to land to provide utilities.
response: Some of them don't even have a motor, because they stay moored and are often tethered to utilities.
history: I think it would be awesome to live on a houseboat. Would you ever consider it?
As a bot, I can't really live anywhere. But I know that it's a boat that's been modified or designed to be lived in as a home.
Yes, that's right! What else can you tell me about it?
Some of them don't even have a motor, because they stay moored and are often tethered to utilities.
I always assumed they had a motor so they could be moved. I can understand that though. Have people been living on houseboats a long time?
knowledge: In Western countries, houseboats tend to be either owned privately or rented out to holiday-goers, and on some canals in Europe, people dwell in houseboats all year round.
response: I'm probably not the best system to ask for that information. But I know that, at least in Western countries, some are owned privately, some are rented out, and in some European canals, some live in them year round.
history: I think it would be awesome to live on a houseboat. Would you ever consider it?
As a bot, I can't really live anywhere. But I know that it's a boat that's been modified or designed to be lived in as a home.
Yes, that's right! What else can you tell me about it?
Some of them don't even have a motor, because they stay moored and are often tethered to utilities.
I always assumed they had a motor so they could be moved. I can understand that though. Have people been living on houseboats a long time?
I'm probably not the best system to ask for that information. But I know that, at least in Western countries, some are owned privately, some are rented out, and in some European canals, some live in them year round.
I'd love to rent one just to try it out. Are houseboats expensive? I'm sure they are
knowledge: There is a houseboat and fishing community on the southern side of Hong Kong Island known as Aberdeen floating village.
response: I can't say. I know that there's a fishing and houseboat community on Hong Kong Island that's called the Aberdeen floating village.