According to ABC News, CONEX living is being used in Detroit.
Shipping Containers to Become Condos in Detroit
As you can see in the above picture, I lived in a container while I was in Afghanistan. I lived there for just short of seven months. Not the most comfortable place, but it's not bad. The only difference seems to be that while I had to go to an outside public bathroom, these Detroit container homes seem to have their own plumbing.