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joev said:
There's minimalism, and then there's confinement.
+1
I have a very mild case of claustrophobia, and I think hanging out inside this place would totally set it off.
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American Cities Seek Young Creatives With Micro-Apartments
Posted September 21, 2012
Increasingly, cities are seeking ways to accommodate more people in the same amount of space. At the same time, many mayors are seeking to attract those particular types of people that tend have an outsized positive impact on the local economy, the sector of the workforce documented by Richard Florida in his 2003 bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class that can loosely be characterized as young creatives. Whether artists or web designers, software programmers or bloggers, those most amenable to moving are likely to be at the start of their careers, rather than the apex, and don’t have the kind of cash required to land one of those pricey condos downtown. But they’re not the type of folks content to commute from the ‘burbs, either.
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San Francisco Approves New Microapartments
Tiny apartments are getting a lot of love. New York City has a new pilot program for 300-square-foot apartments. In London, a 10’ x 8’ apartment up for sale last month was so popular it quickly doubled in price. Warsaw has the world’s skinniest house. Vancouver and Seattle have tested microapartments, and several California cities have regulations allowing tiny minimum dimensions. The latest is San Francisco, which just approved building a trial run of 220-square-foot microapartments. The trial will include 375 units.
READ MORE: http://www.good.is/posts/san-francisco-approves-new-microapartments/Posted 5 months ago # -
jpunkster
German Village
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Taking a decent sized vacant lot downtown or in Franklinton and packing it full of architecturally unique "Tiny Houses" has been on the top of my "if I had the money to do it" list...
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The Tiny Transforming Apartment That Packs Eight Rooms into 420 Square Feet
JAN 17, 2013 10:00 AM
Michael HessionLiving in New York City isn't all adventure and dynamism. Unless you are wealthy the way no real person is, you probably have to settle for a living space that is cramped and cluttered. It is the project of Graham Hill, entrepreneur and treehugger.com founder, to come up with an ideal New York apartment—one with a small footprint, both physically and environmentally, and one that offers just as much beauty and functionality as a pad multiple times its size.
READ MORE: http://gizmodo.com/5967622/the-tiny-transforming-apartment-that-packs-six-rooms-into-350-square-feetGet the Flash Video Posted 4 months ago # -
stephentszuter
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ricospaz said:
You can test how you like micro living by going to prison for a couple years. sure the amenities aren't there, but the size is. haHah!
Well I'd probably have better healthcare, three meals a day, a work out facility, and free rent, so I don't think it would be a one-to-one comparison...
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Walker
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If I were single and childless, I'd probably opt to go with a small apartment.
Technically, our 2,000 sqft house is only 500 sqft per person with a family of four, so it's kind of micro on a "per capita" basis. Will probably feel even more like that once they become teenagers. ;) Ha!
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Sharing a 2000 sqft space among four people and living in a 500 sqft apartment are vastly different experiences. I have been through the gamut.
(also - the 4 bathrooms and 4 kitchens alone would eat up a bunch of that living space.)
The UK has the smallest average new home sizes in the West while maintaining the 4 person household ratio. (818 sq ft)
On a bleaker note, I read somewhere that prisons generally use 70sqft as the standard minimum space for a 2 person cell.
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/average-home-sizes-around-the-151738
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groundrules
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I might be able to do a dinkyass apartment if i had a 2000ft2 garage.
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stephentszuter
Downtown Columbus
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I live in a 500 sq ft apt right now and could go smaller, to be honest.
It still takes me a couple of hours to clean my whole place from top to bottom. I could probably knock that down to an hour... :) :)
Yes, that includes scrubbing the shower.
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stephentszuter
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One of the big ideas behind the small, urban home, is that you spend most of your time outside of your apartment, going on walks, running errands, whatever.
The other aspects are green living, hassle-free living, minimalism, saving money, et cetera.
It's fun...
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rus
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stephentszuter said:
One of the big ideas behind the small, urban home, is that you spend most of your time outside of your apartment, going on walks, running errands, whatever.The other aspects are green living, hassle-free living, minimalism, saving money, et cetera.
It's fun...
You really need to move to Tokyo.
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gramarye
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I personally might be able to live in a place like that if I were still single. With a wife, it becomes a bit harder. With a wife and a 65-lb. black lab that came as part of the package, I think it's pretty much impossible. Also, both the wife and I would really like to be able to entertain guests. Dinner for six in an apartment that size could be a bit of a challenge.
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SusanB
Hungarian Village, Columbus' fastest growing Gayborhood!
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When I was an undergrad I lived in an studio apartment that must have been 300 sq ft at the most. I loved it but I was young, owned nothing, and had studio space at school. Just a small bedroom, a bathroom and a galley kitchen walk through.
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stephentszuter
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Graybeak
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stephentszuter said:
Haha. I'm trying to bring Tokyo to us...While this maybe should be on the pet peave board (tongue right in the cheek area while typing this)...
People who are comparing and trying to change our wonderful city of Columbus to be like other popular towns, instead of embracing Columbus for the wonderful place to live that it is.
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Graybeak said:
While this maybe should be on the pet peave board (tongue right in the cheek area while typing this)...People who are comparing and trying to change our wonderful city of Columbus to be like other popular towns, instead of embracing Columbus for the wonderful place to live that it is.
Columbus is great, but there's a lot of things that we can learn from people that live in other great places.
Trust me, I love Columbus. But I love it only for what it is becoming, not for what it was.
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