[End Times Sentinel]

“Hi, I'm Judy Green. I'm 67 years old, single, can only afford an $850 a month prison cell, and can't afford a car.

“I've made some really poor life choices, but I voted for Obama twice!”

[JoeProBono]

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

800 bucks a month to live in a phone booth? I’d rather live somewhere where rent is more reasonable. Not going to waste any more of my time reading the article - but I’ll bet this fool is a green whacko and Ohomo voter.

[grobdriver]

I frankly don't give a rat's a$$ if these people want to live in a closet...
right up to the point where they insist I do, too, to "save the planet" or somesuch BS.

[rlmorel]

As far as I am concerned, if people want to live there, it is up to them. Not my cup of tea, but it suits them, great.

A lot of people in the history of this country would look at that little room as luxurious, since they lived in one room tenements with rusty metal bedframes and a hot plate.

But if they start griping about not having parking, all bets are off. Caveat Emptor.

[ClearCase_guy]

Neighborhood activists are urging the city to adopt a moratorium on new micro-apartment buildings.

What we have here is a bunch of Community Organizers who would want to raise YOUR taxes so that Judy Green can live in far more plush surroundings. Judy seems fine with her current arrangement. The people who live in these little places (as far as I can see) are not complaining. But the do-gooders want to make it illegal to have that sort of lifestyle. It's not good enough, you see. Poor people deserve more, you see. And you'll be paying for it, if the do-gooders get their way.

There are 3 basic options:

1) Homeless and living in an alley
2) Minimalist living in very small and very cheap apartments, as supported by the marketplace
3) Nice apartments, paid for out of pocket by hard-working people, and subsidized by the government for those people who have made poor life choices.

[DUMBGRUNT]

$850 a month for a sixth-floor room

there’s no elevator in the building

“People want to live in walkable neighborhoods with easy access to shops and transit,”

Hauling her one chair to the sixth floor must have been fun.

What about A D A requirements? Or the 10 Kg bag of Basmati rice? Or the day she has a major medical issue?

[Sybeck1]

You can get a 3 bedroom house here in MS for that a month.

[Graybeard58]

..The units are tiny, typically 150 to 250 square feet

I have such a building, only a bit bigger. I call it, "my shed".

Good for storing garden tools and such.

[Sybeck1]

Does she keep her Soylent Green in that white cabinet?

[Katya]

I’m quite familiar with this type of housing in Europe... although 250 sq feet is usually what students can afford. For this older woman, location is what’s most important... and living in small spaces means you can’t waste your money buying a bunch of crap. To each his own...

[dfwgator]

Suddenly the Genesis song “Get ‘Em Out By Friday” comes to mind.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I was all set to slam the “activists” who are against these as prohibiting personal choice but after reading the article (something I don’t always do when I comment . . .), they have a point. These micro-apartments are significantly increasing population density in certain neighborhoods and the city isn’t necessarily planning for that.

[wbill]

I've lived in dorm rooms smaller than this, and apartments not a whole lot bigger.

I did fine, but I'm glad that I can afford better, now. :-)

[a fool in paradise]

Micro-apartment, furnished, all bills paid. First 1200 months rent free! No pets. Must be willing to share space with roommate(s).

[palmer]

"I'm a minimalist," she said. "I think this is a wonderful thing."

I must be a maximalist.

[Moonman62]

She said she keeps fit walking up and down stairs — there’s no elevator in the building.

She'll probably fall off the ladder while making the bed and break half the bones in her body. Then let's see her talk about six flights of stairs.

[SIDENET]

I was just thinking that Judy looked like some old Seattle lib.

Lo and behold, I was right.

[SIDENET]

If someone wants a small living space, that's great, as long as it's not mandated by our communist overlords.

Personally, if I'm living in a space that small, it had better be on a boat.

[bgill]

Wouldn’t it be cheaper to buy a small camper and rent a parking space?