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16. "Rising rental costs"

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 09:52 PM

Nov 2013

These tiny units are doing nothing to help the rising rental costs. $1,850/mo? Really????

I have a 757 sq. ft. apartment and I'm paying $659/month.

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279 square feet apartment for $1,850, new building (san francisco) [View all] Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 OP

That seems like an ironic use of words by Wiener. Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #1

Ikea. sendero Nov 2013 #2

That looks pretty cozy to me, not much larger than my studio. arcane1 Nov 2013 #3

$1,850/month for that? GreenStormCloud Nov 2013 #4

And NOT in San Fran nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #7

It's San Francisco. Where people sublet closets for $1000 a month. Xithras Nov 2013 #11

Austin, TX is becoming more Texasgal Nov 2013 #5

forgive me for not being impressed - LiberalElite Nov 2013 #6

They are following this model nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #8

So King Mike the Clueless (Bloomberg) didn't originate this? LiberalElite Nov 2013 #19

No, this has been done in Tokyo for a couple decades nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #21

"Rising rental costs" Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #16

But "micro apartments" are the new chic Matariki Nov 2013 #9

My niece lives in a 325 sq. ft. condo in Washington, DC csziggy Nov 2013 #10

Jesus Christ somebody's making way too much money gopiscrap Nov 2013 #12

Who? K.O. Stradivarius Nov 2013 #15

developers gopiscrap Nov 2013 #17

And it has a breath taking view of the building across the way!!! K.O. Stradivarius Nov 2013 #13

I would never live in an apartment that small. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #14

That's spacious compared to a typical Japanese "1K" apartment Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #18

Nothing like the image to drive the point home nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #22

Those Hong Kong micro-apartments are unbelievable Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #23

Yup, but dense (ok superdense) urban areas nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #24

Do peasants deserve any more? Droit du seigneur is next. WinkyDink Nov 2013 #20