Realistically how long can I live in a yurt?

[COswald]

My sister is buying land and I am considering putting up a yurt. She hasn't decided on where exactly yet so I am not able to start looking at permits or anything but it would be somewhere in OH, PA, NY area.

It would ideally be "temporary" while I built a more traditionalish home but it would likely take me about 3-4 years to build said home.

Is it realistic to plan to live in a yurt that long? I figure I would get the additional snow and

insulation

packages. I am particularly interested in

Groovy yurts

but I can't tell if they are up to IBC code since they seem pretty traditional. I like the natural materials and feel like 2 or 3 layers of the thick felt would be better

insulation

than the thinner space age stuff other companies use.