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Micro-Apartments Could Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health
observer.com ^
| 12/20 5:13pm
| Vincent Mancuso
Posted on 12/21/2013 7:50:31 PM PST by BenLurkin
Even though Mayor Michael Bloomberg has championed the micro-unit, some experts are concerned that living in 250 to 370 feet spaces could be risky.
Sure, these micro-apartments may be fantastic for young professionals in their 20s, Dak Kopec, director of design for human health at Boston Architectural College, told The Atlantic. But they definitely can be unhealthy for older people, say in their 30s and 40s, who face different stress factors that can make tight living conditions a problem.
According to Mr. Kopec, the space-saving trend of tiny apartments can lead to increased claustrophobia, domestic abuse, and alcoholism.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: bloomberg; michaelbloomberg; microapartments; tinyhouses
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posted on
12/21/2013 7:50:31 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
It looks like a prison cell.
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posted on
12/21/2013 7:53:42 PM PST
by
madison10
To: BenLurkin
If you are single an apartment like that is ok no matter what your age. But it seems to be assumed that families will be living in these areas?
Why?
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posted on
12/21/2013 7:54:53 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: madison10
The tenements are coming back, imagine 3 generations living there and doing piece work for the shirt waist factory
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posted on
12/21/2013 7:55:01 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: BenLurkin
Compared to some of the places I had to put up with while I was in the Air Force this is luxury. Ask any one who ever been out to sea for 6 months or on the ground in a war zone.
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posted on
12/21/2013 7:56:14 PM PST
by
darkwing104
(Forgive but don't forget)
Credit Matt Chaban
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posted on
12/21/2013 7:57:10 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
My problem would be living in the city.
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posted on
12/21/2013 7:59:24 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
Typical Bloomberg. He has this house in Bermuda where he goes most weekends, but for the peons, smaller is better. Smaller is greener, don't you know?
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:00:05 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: BenLurkin
I like cozy spaces...but that’s just me.
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:00:10 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
To: BenLurkin
Retirees in Florida and Arizona live half the year in smaller spaces than this.
10
posted on
12/21/2013 8:00:33 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:00:46 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Cicero
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:01:08 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
For a single person,or even a couple,this doesn't seem to be a bad thing.A few years back decent condos/co-ops in Manhattan were going for $1,000 per square foot.If,by chance,that's still true you're talking $250-300K vs $750K (plus).
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:01:32 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:01:33 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(A courageous man finds a way, an ordinary man finds an excuse.)
To: BenLurkin
idiot nanny-staters like Bloomie are far more hazardous to mental health
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:01:34 PM PST
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: digger48
“Retirees in Florida and Arizona live half the year in smaller spaces than this.”
—
Not the ones I know,and I know quite a few.
.
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:03:29 PM PST
by
Mears
To: BenLurkin
Rent a toilet in NYC? No thanks.
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:07:51 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: Bobalu
Yeah I prefer a small house as long as I have plenty of private outside space.
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:13:03 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:14:13 PM PST
by
ctdonath2
(Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
To: BenLurkin
that is twice the size of my dorm in college and I had a roommate too.
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posted on
12/21/2013 8:14:20 PM PST
by
staytrue
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