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I disagree that you can't do this in the US. Considering the UES in New York, just as an example, studio apartments are certainly cheaper than 1 bedroom apartme
by dfxm12 8y ago
I disagree that you can't do this in the US. Considering the UES in New York, just as an example, studio apartments are certainly cheaper than 1 bedroom apartments, which are cheaper than 2 bedroom apartments. Several people splitting a 2 bedroom living space will work out to be cheaper than a studio per person as well.
Also, the US is a big place with different local laws. Be careful about generalizing something across the whole country, because after a few Google searches, I couldn't find any Federal Laws about this.
- patrickg_zill 8y agoThere are zoning laws in many, many parts of the country that prohibit housing under a certain size, usually about 700 square feet, which is enough for 2 bedrooms and 1.5 baths.
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- needle0 8y agoWhat were the rationales for those laws being enacted?
- chucksmash 8y agoIn NY, regulations went into effect in 1980s that required all new apartments to be >400 square feet. You can live in a smaller space (I spent a year in a <200 sq ft studio) but as far as I know you can't build one nowadays. I remember seeing talk about micro apartments in NY but I think they did a pilot program where they exempted a builder from the regulation rather than repealing it.
- oftenwrong 8y ago"you can't do this in the US" vs "Where I live ... the ability to make this trade is more limited"