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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...
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.
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...
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...
Anum This really is very important issue that need to be addressed and steps should be taken. It is surely responsibility of each one of us to do our part. But it is pertinent to mention that in my country,...
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.
richheap You're right that it's a worthwhile investment, as long as it's also somewhere you would be happy to live in rather than simply trade on in a couple of years. Lots of people have got carried away...
Shane Fernandez Rich, fair point. I realize buying property in London is difficult but I do believe that if one can buy property it is a solid long term strategy. I know people in London, though in the suburbs,...
Shane Fernandez Rich, fair point. I realize buying property in London is difficult but I do believe that if one can buy property it is a solid long term strategy. I know people in London, though in the suburbs,...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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.
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...
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...
Anum This really is very important issue that need to be addressed and steps should be taken. It is surely responsibility of each one of us to do our part. But it is pertinent to mention that in my country,...
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.
richheap You're right that it's a worthwhile investment, as long as it's also somewhere you would be happy to live in rather than simply trade on in a couple of years. Lots of people have got carried away...
Shane Fernandez Rich, fair point. I realize buying property in London is difficult but I do believe that if one can buy property it is a solid long term strategy. I know people in London, though in the suburbs,...
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