Computer-Kitchen "work" area? My desktop tower wouldn't fit in there. Not mention my multiple monitor setup.
Well, how are supposed to work on the kitchen table anyway?
Food and computers don't really match well
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Well, how are supposed to work on the kitchen table anyway?
Food and computers don't really match well
Why so expensive? Isn't the entire point to save a bunch of money?I kinda like the idea of living in a space this small, only problem is that my current belongings would not fit. I have a lot of LEGO sets, for one. I'd have to find something to do with them if it came down to it. But the actual living in such a space would not bother me. What would bother me is sharing a shower and/or kitchen area with other people because the chances other people are not up to my levels of cleanliness and courtesy are high.
Oh, and I'd only be okay with doing this if I lived alone. A space THAT small is pushing it for one person, but when you get 2 people it instantly becomes a different scenario. I could not tolerate it. I'd have to be madly in love with the person to where i could stand to be 3 or 4 feet away from them at all moments. So far has not happened
By the way, I live in San Francisco and there is a trend towards these smaller abodes. They are called micro units and they are a bit larger and more to my liking than the ones in HK. Here's some examples:
In Japan there are similar units. I will say though, just because they are tiny doesn't mean cheap. The ones pictured are still nearly $2000 per month in San Francisco.
Someone doesn't realize how expensive San Fran is.
You Are Viewtiful
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Oh sorry about that, I was just joking/exaggerating
Can you get a decent family-size apartment in the core or is that way too expensive?
how much is a studio apt.
The Lone Courier
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Not as bad as I thought it would be.
It probably comes with new furnitures and other ammenities and use it as an excure to take the newly graduation or college students to the bank.
I have seen nice apartments like like in Brooklyn thats 3x more expensive to rent than the surrounding area.
Hah, fair enough, very true.
Escape Goat
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Better wait for high winds too.
You Are Viewtiful
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Ughh he should be evicted for putting his shoes up against the wall. Couldn't watch passed that.
Blows my mind considering my GF and I have a 2 story duplex w/ full basement for $1050.
Stumpokapow
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OP's apartment is the exact same size according to the OP.
Junior Mint
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Where are the new(er) buildings in HK located? I was only in HK island and southern Kowloon when I was there and most of the buildings were very old.
...In a city like Manhattan or in Hong Kong though?
Hell, I have a 860 sq ft. one bedroom apartment that's about $900 a month. It's in a great area and right near a train station, so they jack the rent prices up. We actually downsized to it from a 1.5 bedroom, 1.5 bath 1100+ sq ft. apartment last year, both to save on rent money and because it felt like space was just being wasted...and it was. I think I could probably go even smaller with some tweaks. I got into watching videos on tiny houses and apartments, and it convinced me to downsize and de-clutter a bit.
But the OP has his own bathroom and more storage space, correct?
weekend_warrior
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Apartments around 700sq.ft start at about $2800/month.
For some people it might be. If you have a job in the city making 150k/year you could save major bank by living in one of those mico apartments for a few years, enough to save up and by a nice mid-town condo.
entremet
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So I guess this guy eats out all his meals or orders in?
I think it's a safe bet to say that many people would answer with a definite "YES."
There's also this video of a woman who lived in a 90 sq ft. apartment. She ended up getting kicked out after they wanted to raise her rent and moved into a larger aparrment.
I dunno; I've seen some pretty nice tiny houses with larger kitchen areas than you'd expect. The local IKEA also has some crazy tiny apartment model layouts that have huge kitchen areas. You don't necessarily have to go that small- the idea is more about getting rid of all the extra rooms/space that you normally don't really use. In our case, my wife and I literally never used the dining room in our last apartment and I had a small room used for my PC stuff and game storage, so in our smaller place, I used the dining area space to put my PC and bookshelves up. Nothing felt lost in that downsizing.
adamsappel
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I love the idea of having one of those tiny little houses as a writer's cabin. If I were a bachelor, I could handle living in such a small apartment. Live digitally.
Yeah, that's another thing. If you can get all your entertainment needs taken care of digitally, then there's a whole bunch of clutter cleared away right there. But you'd still need to get used to only have a small amount of clothing available to store.
dorkimoe
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Didnt i just watch a documentary on vice where they had like all these nice buildings that were empty because they couldnt stop building them?
or was that a different country?
I pretty much sit on my computer constantly when im home anyway but yeah..cabin fever would set in within seconds in that place and i would go crazy and start writing my name in shit on the walls
or was that a different country?
I pretty much sit on my computer constantly when im home anyway but yeah..cabin fever would set in within seconds in that place and i would go crazy and start writing my name in shit on the walls
didn't know you guys would be interested in seeing the picture, lol but here are some pictures i took with my phone last night
as i said, mine is not as bad as the photos on my first post, im actually moving from a 2bedroom + living room space into this, the key is to not have too much junk in the room, make it knee and organize and things will work out! And i do have my own bathroom and toilet.
and actually, living in space like this is not new to me, when i used to live in Toronto, i used to live in shared house downtown with 15 rooms in a house, and my room was basically about the same size as mine now.
My first reaction was that you had so little space that you had bolted your table and laptop to the ceiling. Problem with these type of rooms is there's no way to cook so you'll spend more money on food over time.
You Are Viewtiful
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That's Mainland China and usually in the middle of nowhere, far from the big cities people want to live in.
This is Hong Kong which is an island.
Related to the OP, I'm moving back to my parents for a few months this weekend. The room i'll be living in is 3.4m x 2.5m, which is about 80 square foot. So around the same size as OP. I've got to fit a sofa, a bed, a chest of drawers, 9 games consoles, a PC, a 42" LCD and a 29" CRT TV into it.
I'll post pics in the setup thread when its done lol
I'll post pics in the setup thread when its done lol
Tragicomedy
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$500 a month for 70 square feet puts Hong Kong firmly on my "nope" list.
I pay $1,400 a month for 2,700 square feet with a scenic view of Pikes Peak. I'll never understand the appeal of massive cities, and that's coming from a guy who lived in Buenos Aires for 9 years.
I pay $1,400 a month for 2,700 square feet with a scenic view of Pikes Peak. I'll never understand the appeal of massive cities, and that's coming from a guy who lived in Buenos Aires for 9 years.
thebaroness
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It actually seems kind of cute and I could see myself living in something similar for a while if the rent were cheap enough. I'd love to move to San Fran, but it's just too damn expensive.
I do a lot of traveling and staying in hostels and hotels, so having a place that small wouldn't bother me terribly. My only concerns would be for my cats, since it wouldn't be fair to keep them in something so small.
I do a lot of traveling and staying in hostels and hotels, so having a place that small wouldn't bother me terribly. My only concerns would be for my cats, since it wouldn't be fair to keep them in something so small.
Computer-Kitchen "work" area? My desktop tower wouldn't fit in there. Not mention my multiple monitor setup.
Yeah, that looks like an ergonomic nightmare. Nowhere for knees? NOPE.
Second day waking up in this place, now i do start feeling small lol
but good thing about it is it made me want just go out more, and maybe i can finally be on time for work.
but good thing about it is it made me want just go out more, and maybe i can finally be on time for work.
actually thats the plan too, i really like traveling, so having a compact living makes travel easier (or it feels easier), i'm thinking about cat too, i'm sure if human (me) can manage to live in this space a cat would too, because cats are cool.
jadedm17
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My mom just purchased a decent 3 bedroom/2 bath home in northern Florida and still had enough to buy a car and new stainless steel appliances for an fair amount less then that.
I don't get it.
Well I do but I don't.
Best of luck OP.
blitzcloud
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but pork buns...
How is this possible?
Northeastmonk
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Just make sure to get the odor controlled litter.
MasterOfPastures
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Dude, no offense, but Buenos Aires is a festering shithole. The un-ending social contradictions of that city alone would make it impossible for me to live there with a clean conscience, and that's before considering personal safety.
I would take a small house in Patagonia any day of the century.
flamingotripod
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No one wants to live in Florida
weekend_warrior
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Have you ever been to northern Florida? It's literately the land time forgot about. A cesspool of racism, jungle madness and incest.
Pensacola is ok
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