New York micro-appartments

[jimmy olsen]

This is not micro. 300 square feet equals 30 square metres, which is pretty much an acceptable studio flat in bigger European cities for a single person. A bit on the small side but people actually are often happy to live in stuff like that. 

The flat I live right now in is only about 1/3 bigger than that.

If you measure the size as relative to the weight of the occupant, rather than measure it in absolute terms, our dwellings are probably similar.

Oh Snap!

[Martinus]

If you measure the size as relative to the weight of the occupant, rather than measure it in absolute terms, our dwellings are probably similar.

Not really Marti, in most places outside of NYC the smallest apartments are at least double the size of that place.

So double the size of the fat joke. 

Considering I live in a place three times  that size it would be triple.

Sounds about right.

[katmai]

Not really, but as you can't seem to come up with anything else you keep using it.

[Syt]

You can get 280-300 square foot apartments in Vienna, too. In the Inner City district at an exclusive address they may easily be €600-700 without utilities/month. In other districts it may be under 300.

[Ideologue]

Bigger than a prison cell, smaller than a trailer

Will it be successful?

Commissioner of City Planning Amanda Burden

"These Kaminoans keep to themselves.  Cloners--damned good ones."

[Ideologue]

Anyway, I don't know how big my room is.  400 square feet I guess.

[Josquius]

300 square foot?
That sounds pretty big to me. I know people here, in Tokyo and in London with much smaller places.
Looking at the diagram on the link...yeah, its huge for a big city place.

[Duque de Bragança]

300 square foot?
That sounds pretty big to me. I know people here, in Tokyo and in London with much smaller places.
Looking at the diagram on the link...yeah, its huge for a big city place.

Metric would speak more to me but I have seen much smaller in Paris as well.

[The Larch]

My first place on my own was roughly of that size. It was liveable, I even got to make a few parties in there. And there was much less to clean than in bigger appartments.

[Martinus]

300 square foot?
That sounds pretty big to me. I know people here, in Tokyo and in London with much smaller places.
Looking at the diagram on the link...yeah, its huge for a big city place.

Metric would speak more to me but I have seen much smaller in Paris as well.

You divide by 10, roughly, so it's 30 square metres.

[Martinus]

So once again (as with gas prices, living costs etc.) it's the case of "Americans outraged, surprised at being forced to finally live in conditions comparable to other developed countries. Film at 11" 

[katmai]

So once again (as with gas prices, living costs etc.) it's the case of "Americans outraged, surprised at being forced to finally live in conditions comparable to other developed countries. Film at 11" 

Why would we want to regress to European standards.

[Martinus]

So once again (as with gas prices, living costs etc.) it's the case of "Americans outraged, surprised at being forced to finally live in conditions comparable to other developed countries. Film at 11" 

Why would we want to regress to European standards.

Because you have no choice.

[katmai]

Sure we do, we just don't choose to live in NYC and problem solved.

[Martinus]

Sure we do, we just don't choose to live in NYC and problem solved.

I thought we were talking about the ambitious people, not rural bumpkins. Sorry.