Posted on 09/21/2014 11:06:22 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
An uprising by residents in several Seattle neighborhoods has prompted a City Council proposal, backed by the mayor, that attempts to strike a balance between developers of micro-apartments, opponents, and the needs of a fast-growing city that is home to many one-person households.
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How dare people live where they want!!
The GOVERNMENT knows best what kind of place you should live in
Seattle needs micro-apartments after the $15 minimum hourly wage takes on it’s full effect. Small businesses must move out of Seattle.
Related...
http://transportblog.co.nz/tag/micro-apartments/
Are Apodments Ruining Seattle Neighborhoods?
Weighing the pros and cons of microhousing, the newest trend in affordable living in Seattle.
http://www.seattlemag.com/article/are-apodments-ruining-seattle-neighborhoods
Seattle residents turn out to debate ‘apodments’
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-residents-turn-out-to-debate-apodments-259895211.html
Tiny aPodments causing big controversy in Seattle
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Tiny-aPodments-causing-big-controversy-in-Seattle—224002631.html
Micro-Housing
http://seattle.gov/dpd/codesrules/changestocode/micros/whatwhy/
Ready for tiny? 2,400 micro-apartments coming to Seattle
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Ready-for-tiny-2-400-micro-apartments-coming-to-5486211.php
Life in Seattle’s 300-Square-Foot Micro-Apartments
http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2013/10/22/seattles-footprint-wallingford-micro-apartments/
These could work as a second home for people who come to Seattle often for business or pleasure.
The best solution is, don’t like it, don’t rent it.
Accept your citizen status and crawl into your $1000 a month padded cell...
Problem is parking. If you squeeze twenty people into a space where there once was five, where do you put their cars?
Necessary, due to macro taxes.
Sometimes you have to just stand back and revel in the idiocy of leftists. After all this time they still don’t realize that a dumb idea will suffocate from the weight of its own stupidity.
The problem is that they have congregated so much concentrated stupidity within the city limits of that town the imbecility oozes out faster than they can plug the leaks.
“Gaia save us!”
I thought leftists wanted to stick us into tiny tenements.... or is it not in their backyard?
Brave New World, one brick at a time, right in front of our eyes wide shut.
Nay...no problem, since Seattle is a liberal utopia, everybody will have bikes...
“Problem is parking. If you squeeze twenty people into a space where there once was five, where do you put their cars?”
There aren’t any cars to park in the elite’s eyes. Those living there are supposed to take alternative forms of transport such as walking/jogging, bicycling, the bus, train, telecommuting, or some other type.
The city put a waiver on new construction that does not require the builder to install parking if they choose not to do so.
How is a 300 sq ft “apodment” any different from an efficiency studio flat in NYC? That’s 15’x 15’ which would be snug but doable for a single person who doesn’t have too much clutter. Kitchenette in a closet, tiny 3/4 bath, sleeping and living quarters all together in the rest of the space. Every old city has these. They want urban density to support the “cool” downtown coffee shops, restaurants, bars and nightlife, that’s the way to achieve it, particularly in high cost of living areas. I don’t want to live that way but many apparently enjoy it. Have at it as far as I’m concerned.
The good little socialists are objecting to living in cages? Isn’t this their utopia?
BTW, Austin, TX is trying to shut them down also.
The GOVERNMENT knows best what kind of place you should live in
Millennial hipsters hate cars, they use public transportation. Allegedly.
If you want more room and parking rent/buy a place with more room and/or allotted parking.
How are people supposed to consume enough to drive the economy if they don’t have room for their “stuff”? I guess they’ll have to buy very expensive and small stuff.
(George Carlin reference)
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