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Anum With a change in living place will come along a change in living style as well and that is the main challenge. People will have to adjust themselves to cope with the limited space provided to them,...
richheap Not a direct parallel though, is it? We've got a housing shortage in the UK and so, if some people are happy living in micro-apartments, then great. They get to live how they want, and it also alleviates...
Mary Jander Thanks for the link, @James. There are many aspects to the "pollution cycle" that we really don't know about until science sets us straight.
jabailo
Sounds like the Onion's satire on Transit.
They argue it is good -- if other people use it, so there is more space on the highways for them to drive their cars.
James@SanDiego Yes Mary it does, I remember years ago when a volnaco erupted in the Phillipines, Mt. Manatobou or something like that and satellite pictures showed the smoke plume had circled ithe earth in 7 days. ...
Davedgreat2000 I think the arguement would be that they would continue to build apartments and family homes or family apartments...taking up more and more land. Cost would probably skyrocket in some areas while...
Mary Jander Great point. I'm wondering how China's pollution affects everything to the east. Does it affect the oceans nearby?
richheap Of course, my clutter's usually ousted so that my wife's clutter and now daughter's clutter can take its place. Oh well! My old CDs aren't much use sitting in my attic: much better to give them to...
richheap What happens when these singles or couples want to have children? They'll have to go and live somewhere else! That's an argument in favour of building more family homes, but it isn't an argument...
PeterJ Yes, and it becomes easier as one does more of it. I was always a saver of "stuff" based on the remote possibility that it might someday come in handy or be needed, but there is a "cost" to doing...
PeterJ Toby, I can attest to the same pattern in my downsizing. I know I now think of the what purchases mean in terms of space, and what might be displaced as a reult of required space for something new....
Davedgreat2000 These are mostly for singles or for couples that dont have children. For me, i'm happy in my 970 sq ft. apartment. My wife, three children and my sister in law all fit comfortably. of course sometimes...
richheap Indeed. That's the reason the panellists were saying that micro-apartments wouldn't work for some people looking to downsize as they just have too much stuff. I don't mind getting rid of some posessions,...
Toby @Rich: One aspect of this I can comment on, having downsized after kids: Smaller places mean people buy far less stuff! A small place means people have nowhere to put all that consumer clutter. We...
richheap The challenge for many people would be fitting all their stuff into such a confined space, but new technology gives us hope. Services like Spotify means we don't need space for loads of CDs; Kindles...
Anum The idea seems really intriguing and even economical specially if one needs to find space in busy and crowded places like London and newyork. Thearticle really makes me want to get one!!
richheap Thanks. I went into the session utterly underwhelmed with micro-apartments, and came out with a different attitude. I like it when that happens!
Shane Fernandez Another fair point Rich. And great post by the way.
Shane Fernandez Another fair point Rich. And great post by the way.
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Rich Heap, Community Editor, Future Cities
5/23/2013
I don't like micro-apartments. They're tiny, and I don't want a bed that lowers from the ceiling like a bad Austin Powers gimmick. Despite that, I finally understand them.
Rich Heap, Community Editor, Future Cities
5/20/2013
How must homes and streets adapt to changing cities? I'll be answering this question -- or prompting others to do so -- at tomorrow's May Design Series.
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
5/20/2013
For California's cities, the bad news keeps on coming: The roster of fiscally challenged metros is on the rise; pollution is setting records; traffic congestion tops national lists.
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
5/7/2013
Few issues are as emotionally charged as burial. Just ask the residents of Cambridge, Mass., who are protesting the idea of burying Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon ...
Nancy Odendaal, Senior Lecturer in City and Regional Planning at UCT
5/2/2013
At last week's African Business-sponsored African Infrastructure Summit, I felt as if I was at a trade show with multinational engineering conglomerates vying for attention.
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
4/29/2013
The police department in Vancouver, BC, used to double as a mental-health agency -- that is, until the city deployed information to fix the problem.
Faustin Moukala, Managing Director, Siwara Associates
4/25/2013
Planning "new cities" in Africa has become a real business for developers. Six months ago, I wrote optimistically about this, but I now realize my optimism was premature.
Rich Heap, Community Editor, Future Cities
5/23/2013
I don't like micro-apartments. They're tiny, and I don't want a bed that lowers from the ceiling like a bad Austin Powers gimmick. Despite that, I finally understand them.
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
5/20/2013
For California's cities, the bad news keeps on coming: The roster of fiscally challenged metros is on the rise; pollution is setting records; traffic congestion tops national lists.
Rich Heap, Community Editor, Future Cities
5/20/2013
How must homes and streets adapt to changing cities? I'll be answering this question -- or prompting others to do so -- at tomorrow's May Design Series.
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Anum With a change in living place will come along a change in living style as well and that is the main challenge. People will have to adjust themselves to cope with the limited space provided to them,...
richheap Not a direct parallel though, is it? We've got a housing shortage in the UK and so, if some people are happy living in micro-apartments, then great. They get to live how they want, and it also alleviates...
Mary Jander Thanks for the link, @James. There are many aspects to the "pollution cycle" that we really don't know about until science sets us straight.
jabailo
Sounds like the Onion's satire on Transit.
They argue it is good -- if other people use it, so there is more space on the highways for them to drive their cars.
James@SanDiego Yes Mary it does, I remember years ago when a volnaco erupted in the Phillipines, Mt. Manatobou or something like that and satellite pictures showed the smoke plume had circled ithe earth in 7 days. ...
Davedgreat2000 I think the arguement would be that they would continue to build apartments and family homes or family apartments...taking up more and more land. Cost would probably skyrocket in some areas while...
Mary Jander Great point. I'm wondering how China's pollution affects everything to the east. Does it affect the oceans nearby?
richheap Of course, my clutter's usually ousted so that my wife's clutter and now daughter's clutter can take its place. Oh well! My old CDs aren't much use sitting in my attic: much better to give them to...
richheap What happens when these singles or couples want to have children? They'll have to go and live somewhere else! That's an argument in favour of building more family homes, but it isn't an argument...
PeterJ Yes, and it becomes easier as one does more of it. I was always a saver of "stuff" based on the remote possibility that it might someday come in handy or be needed, but there is a "cost" to doing...
PeterJ Toby, I can attest to the same pattern in my downsizing. I know I now think of the what purchases mean in terms of space, and what might be displaced as a reult of required space for something new....
Davedgreat2000 These are mostly for singles or for couples that dont have children. For me, i'm happy in my 970 sq ft. apartment. My wife, three children and my sister in law all fit comfortably. of course sometimes...
richheap Indeed. That's the reason the panellists were saying that micro-apartments wouldn't work for some people looking to downsize as they just have too much stuff. I don't mind getting rid of some posessions,...
Toby @Rich: One aspect of this I can comment on, having downsized after kids: Smaller places mean people buy far less stuff! A small place means people have nowhere to put all that consumer clutter. We...
richheap The challenge for many people would be fitting all their stuff into such a confined space, but new technology gives us hope. Services like Spotify means we don't need space for loads of CDs; Kindles...
Anum The idea seems really intriguing and even economical specially if one needs to find space in busy and crowded places like London and newyork. Thearticle really makes me want to get one!!
richheap Thanks. I went into the session utterly underwhelmed with micro-apartments, and came out with a different attitude. I like it when that happens!
Shane Fernandez Another fair point Rich. And great post by the way.
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