Comments on: Micro Apartments Are the Future of Urban Living

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:19:32 +0000

This size of apartments could have a place in our society, not for most, but for the working poor that desperately need housing. Many cities and towns have to provide affordable housing to help grow their communities and this might just fill the voids. Low cost housing located in business districts will reduce our carbon footprints and help “worker bees” manage in this “low hourly” economy. People will adapt to new conditions when an opportunity comes along.

By: Lesa

Lesa — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:42:36 +0000

All the people who claim that 350 square feet is not enough space, need to take a look at the rest of the world. Most of the word’s people live in places much smaller than 350 square feet and without most of the amenities that these apartments provide. If you can’t fit all your stuff in the existing closets, maybe you need less stuff.

By: Vyctorya

Vyctorya — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:32:58 +0000

I think the idea is neat but the reality of it might not be. I’d like to know what the psychological effect of small space is for us. Don’t we need a certain amount of space in which to live in order to be healthy mental/emotional creatures? Also, why not get to the “nuts and bolts” of population density by heavily encouraging wymin with sexual freedom to be more reproductively responsible?

By: Victor Tousignant

Victor Tousignant — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:12:35 +0000

Perhaps a large part of the problem is that we have chopped off huge chunks of our cities and designated them as ‘undesirable’ neighborhoods. If we actually used all of the land at our disposal and the existing building stock we would not have to suffice with 350 sf. We need to find ways to motivate stronger development in unexpected places. What we have now allows developers to overbuild in white neighborhoods and ignore every other locale.

By: Milt Christianson

Milt Christianson — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:10:06 +0000

These apartments always look great in the photos, but there is never any stuff in them. People have all kinds of stuff, and once they bring it into those spaces, they will not seem so airy and roomy. The small spaces are fine if all you are going to do there is eat and sleep, but if you want do any kind of work in them like art or sewing or whatever, they are to small. I lived in a 350 sq. ft. space for many years while I was building a bigger house. It had a sort of cozy charm, but I couldn’t wait to move out.