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Looks like Bloomberg finally has a sensible idea. If I was young and single and had an opportunity to work and live in Manhattan I would take one of these apartments in a New York minute. All one needs is a place to sleep because you are either at work or out on the town.
1 posted on 07/10/2012 6:19:20 AM PDT by C19fan
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whenever governmetn tried to ‘fix’ housing and make it more affordable, the peopoe usually end up paying more for less...


2 posted on 07/10/2012 6:21:43 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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A cardboard box is cheaper yet.

Nothing like cornered 'rats.

3 posted on 07/10/2012 6:23:06 AM PDT by Paladin2
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if it is so sensible, why is the government funding it? If there was a need, if the government got rid of regulations and allowed developers to do it, it would flourish, if it was supposed to.


4 posted on 07/10/2012 6:25:22 AM PDT by Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)
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The Japanese are way ahead of New York on this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel


7 posted on 07/10/2012 6:26:40 AM PDT by Stosh
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Can I get more “boom” out my subwoofer in one of these?


8 posted on 07/10/2012 6:26:49 AM PDT by this_ol_patriot
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Slave Quarters.


9 posted on 07/10/2012 6:26:59 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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You can do a lot with a tiny floor plan. I’m fond of http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/


10 posted on 07/10/2012 6:31:11 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com)
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I’ve got overalls that big.


11 posted on 07/10/2012 6:31:54 AM PDT by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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In super-expensive Hong Kong, they have "cage apartments." they will have 20 or so "cages" to a room and you sleep in a cage (used to lock up your possessions when you are not there)


13 posted on 07/10/2012 6:32:57 AM PDT by PGR88
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This is not a bad idea. When I was young and working in New York, all I needed was a bed, bathroom and very small kitchen area. I was rarely in the apartment. Of course, they’ll find a way to charge a fortune for these too.


14 posted on 07/10/2012 6:33:42 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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(a passage of time)

18/9/2012 T.V. Flash on all Dial-A-Program Services

This is an announcement from Genetic Control:
“It is my sad duty to inform you of a four foot restriction on
humanoid height.”

[Extract from coversation of Joe Ordinary in Local Puborama]

“I hear the directors of Genetic Control have been buying all the
properties that have recently been sold, taking risks oh so bold.
It’s said now that people will be shorter in height,
they can fit twice as many in the same building site.
(they say it’s alright),


15 posted on 07/10/2012 6:33:58 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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Our 33 foot Travel Trailer is about 300 sq.ft. My wife and I and two dogs and two cats get along just fine for 3 months of the year when we travel. Our regular home is 2100 sq.ft. and it is fine too.


16 posted on 07/10/2012 6:34:37 AM PDT by TNoldman (AN AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA.)
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If all you need is a bed, a bathroom, a kitchenette and a place to eat/work, then 300 sq. ft. is fine. For reference, I visualized it as the same size of a hotel unit I was in for a vacation, and came out about perfect, as that was 314 sq. ft. once I looked it up. While it was crowded, that contained two double beds, a small table, and a full-sized bathroom. Swap in a queen for the two double beds (get even more space by going for a pullman-style bed option or perhaps a futon/sofa bed) and shoehorn in a kitchenette, and it would be livable, though not luxurious by any means. Plenty enough for 1 or 2 people who don’t plan on entertaining or hang around the house a lot.

The problem with the free market comments above is that NYC doesn’t have a free market for housing.


17 posted on 07/10/2012 6:37:16 AM PDT by kevkrom (Those in a rush to trample the Constitution seem to forget that it is the source of their authority.)
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If I was young and single and had an opportunity to work and live in Manhattan I would take one of these apartments in a New York minute.

Yeah, you could prolly get into one for less than $2,000 per month.

18 posted on 07/10/2012 6:38:19 AM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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My workshop has more sg ft, but hey... if ya gotta life in NYC...


19 posted on 07/10/2012 6:39:22 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Buying Drain-O requires photo I.D... yet voting doesn't???)
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The Soviets promised every citizen nine square meters of living space in 1918.

When the wall came down they had still failed to deliver on that.


21 posted on 07/10/2012 6:44:12 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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That’s a 20 x 15 room. The bath needs to be at least 6 x 5 leaving you with 270 sf. Then a closet would take 3 x 2, leaving you with 264sf. So now you’re surrounded by Marxists, paying the highest rate of taxes in the country, in one of the most vulnerable to terror attacks cities in the country and your
“escape” every evening after a 10 hour day at work is to a 264sf government subsidized sh**hole. Sounds awesome!


22 posted on 07/10/2012 6:44:24 AM PDT by albie
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A standard two-car garage is 400 sf. It’s not that small.


23 posted on 07/10/2012 6:44:34 AM PDT by Smokeyblue
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pods instead of pads


24 posted on 07/10/2012 6:44:39 AM PDT by dalebert
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Almost all of mankind’s problems can be traced to living too close together.


25 posted on 07/10/2012 6:45:25 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.)
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