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By "home", the author apparently means "120 square foot studio apartment". And by San Francisco, the author apparently means "somewhere near San Francisco, exc

by powera 10y ago

By "home", the author apparently means "120 square foot studio apartment". And by San Francisco, the author apparently means "somewhere near San Francisco, except the zoning laws don't allow this anywhere near SF right now".

subway 10y ago
I live in a 140sqft unit, and am quite happy. If anything, even at 140, I still have too much space for junk to accumulate.
davidw 10y ago
There are plenty of people who would happily live in those, if the choice were available to them: http://www.sightline.org/2016/09/06/how-seattle-killed-micro-housing/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/09/06/how-seattle-killed-micro...
- powera 10y ago
  I don't buy the math in that article one bit for why they can't build more houses. I also don't buy the premise that building as many SRO-style apartments as possible is a good thing.
  - stale2002 10y ago
    Well fortunately, you don't have to live in them! If you don't like micro-apartments, why not just let other people live in them, and allow developers to build them>
  - crooked-v 10y ago
    > I don't buy the math in that article one bit for why they can't build more houses. Why?
BryantD 10y ago
He discusses both the feasibility of living in a 120 sq. ft. apartment and SF zoning laws in the article.
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