New York micro-appartments

[viper37]

Bigger than a prison cell, smaller than a trailer

Will it be successful?

[MadImmortalMan]

For just under 2k a month? Fuck.


I'll split my house into five of those right now.

[Zanza]

The demographic this would appeal to probably can't pay $2000 a month.

[viper37]

The demographic this would appeal to probably can't pay $2000 a month.

hippies could live at 10 in a space like that.

[DGuller]

The demographic this would appeal to probably can't pay $2000 a month.

Not sure about that.  That current demographic is probably paying close to that to share an apartment with one or two roommates.

[MadBurgerMaker]

That's not so bad.  It's about 30 or 40 square feet smaller than my back living room, which I basically live in right now. 

[frunk]

The "apartment" that I lived in in Manhattan was 100 sq. feet and cost ~$600 a month.  Of course that was almost 13 years ago, so it's probably more expensive now.

[HVC]

That's like a bachelor condo in Toronto. only set you back to 300,000

[garbon]

Looks dreadful especially at 2k!

[garbon]

But not atypical.

[Monoriu]

300 feet apartments are micro?  Thousands of families in HK have homes far smaller than those. 

[Scipio]

300 feet apartments are micro?  Thousands of families in HK have homes far smaller than those.

And that doesn't count all the room set aside for the ancestors.

Confucius admires the piety of the Great Leapers Froward.

[MadImmortalMan]

300 feet apartments are micro?  Thousands of families in HK have homes far smaller than those.

That's inhumane.

[dps]

300 feet apartments are micro?  Thousands of families in HK have homes far smaller than those. 

Fun fact--Levittown, which started the post-WWII trend of builing suburban subdivisions in America, originally featured houses that were just 10' X 10'--100 square feet (there were other sizes available).  It was cheap housing for the masses.  Today, though, I doubt that anyone who wasn't homeless would live in a 100 sq ft house if you just gave it to them. 

The house my mom just bought is about 1200 sq ft, and that's considered small nowdays.  I've had apartments that were considerably larger.

[Monoriu]

300 feet apartments are micro?  Thousands of families in HK have homes far smaller than those.

That's inhumane.

In the worst cases, whole families share the lower/upper half of a bunker bed, and there are dozens of these beds in a room.  Meaning 50-100 people share a room.  Those aren't cheap either.  Because these places are often located near the city centre and are convenient, they often command rent of US$500 per month or more.  In HK, that's often half the income of a young healthy adult.  Those places are run by the triads so not keeping up with the rent will NOT happen.