It's a pretty standard studio size as far as I know... I live on roughly 40m with my gf. Having 25m to myself would be perfectly fine. My brother lived on 16 as a student, although the kitchen was shared in the hall, otherwise it was his own unit. Anything above 20 would be fine, 25 nice and anything above great, for a single person studio. And this starts at 24 up to 33, with a nice modern fit and space-saving furnishing, too.

Guess they really liked the whole 'micro this micro that' branding, it's sort of a theme in housing right now and generates more buzz than 'new Manhattan studio's for sale'. I mean really, there's no way in hell we'd have a HN article on a new bunch of studio's in Manhattan if it didn't carry the word micro apartment with the theme 'new regulations were needed for micro blabla'.

I mean I appreciate the discourse, don't get me wrong, in various cities the regulations stipulate minimum building standards that don't fit today's world anymore. Yes it sucks to raise a family on a small footprint, particular in a world where books, a TV, music player etc take more space than a laptop, phone and tablet. But using the word 'micro' is a bit silly.