Re:Seattle’s micro-housing boom offers an affordable alterna...
by delecti on Friday November 20, 2015 @10:48AM
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Just for reference, 70 sqm is about 750 sqft, where these are 200 sqft, or less than 20 sqm. These are absolutely not sufficient for a family with children, or likely even a single parent with a child.
Also, I live a 10 minute walk from this place, and pay 50% more for over 3 times the space, so they're not even that good of a deal.
Re:Seattle’s micro-housing boom offers an affordable alterna...
by BrianEatWorld on Friday November 20, 2015 @02:40PM
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I don't think they're going for that market directly.
The housing market is connected though, so interest in these, which may be limited to singles or couples without children, will remove some of the demand on larger units, such as yours, which can house children and families.
Re:Seattle’s micro-housing boom offers an affordable alterna...
by gbuk2013 on Friday November 20, 2015 @11:09AM
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You were lucky! ;-) I think ours was ~36sqm if I remember correctly (it's been a long time...).
http://www.kvmeter.ru/information/homes_series/1_468/ (in Russian but there are pictures).
For what it's worth I've lived a very happy life as a kid in a 2-room apartment, in about 70 sqm. Granted, I used to spend most of my time in front of our apartments' block, playing with other kids. If it matters I grew up in Eastern Europe.
What I wanted to say is that resorting to "but would someone think of the children?" in this kind of situation in order to mask the harm done on the environment because of McMansions and huge houses in general is the wrong way to do it.