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It’s useful to have small apartments even for people who don’t intend to live there for life. Like students or fresh graduates getting their careers together, m
by presentation 4y ago
It’s useful to have small apartments even for people who don’t intend to live there for life. Like students or fresh graduates getting their careers together, minimalists who don’t care for accumulating stuff, and so on. Living in Tokyo, it’s awesome
how, if you want to live centrally, you can still do it on a budget.
Separately, Americans don’t know how to make space efficient homes, I loved my tiny 23m2 apartment in Tokyo and found it quite livable. I’ve never seen American apartments that use space in a remotely efficient way like those ones do.
- potatototoo99 4y agoTokyo gets a bad rep, but on average apartments are smaller in London than Tokyo for instance.
- novok 4y agoOn top of that, these tiny houses are talked about in an american context, where cities and lifestyles are designed for the suburbs, cars and the fact you have so much space for storage. Cities like tokyo provide a lot of stuff within walking distance so you don't need to have it yourself, like gym equipment, close by groceries, a lot of good restaurants / bakeries and so on. Because you need to get into a car, go on a +10m drive, etc, everything is designed for the 'costco lifestyle', buying 20 packs of everything and recreating many of the services of the city within your own house, because otherwise it is too expensive and inconvenient to have them. If you want quality baking and meals too, you need to make it in your own house, because you probably surrounded by boring american chain stores otherwise.