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Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above

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Re: Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above

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Post by saosebastiao »

Evbn wrote: post #128
saosebastiao wrote: post #110

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Public housing or housing vouchers are one thing. Price controls are another. Price controls are absolutely, without a single empirical doubt, the worst policy you could enact. You might as well start torching your housing supply...the effects are the same.

Vouchers without controls drive up prices, becoming a transfer from govt to landlords. Public owned housing is the answer.

Vouchers with artificial limitations on new development drive up prices, becoming a transfer from govt to landlords

Eliminating artificial limitations on new development is the answer.

Re: Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above

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Post by drcube »

frogpelt wrote: post #130
lclarkmichalek wrote: post #125

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Do these people have access to cooking facilities? Also a lot of the stuff there is being bought in bulk, and I imagine that storing stuff might be a problem. And of course, there is the omnipresent fact that many poor people do not have the time/knowledge to prepare many kinds of meal.

I would think time would be more abundant for poor people.

I don't know about Hong Kong, but not in the States. Time is a luxury.

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Post by wilfra »

king_jester wrote: post #113
wilfra wrote: post #78

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Libertarians are not the only ones who believe it is not the governments responsibility to provide for the poor.

It is the responsibility of society and communities to end situations that even allow for the poor to exist, otherwise we are simply sending people to their doom.

Well hey, I'll get on board with that. Sounds like an impossibility though unless you're a country like Kuwait with an endless supply of money you don't have to work for and a tiny population.

Re: Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above

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Post by rokhayakebe »

sigil wrote: post #12

See also "100x100," a collection of 10 ft by 10 ft Hong Kong apartments photographed by Michael Wolf. The use of space in some of these is just amazing. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.404783143152.173014...

When I look at these pictures, it makes me think the problem is being single.

Re: Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above

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Post by onlyup »

wilfra wrote: post #81
antihero wrote: post #74

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Or, take money from people who are minted and have lots of money and use said money to make these poor people's lives less awful. Wealth distribution on this planet is fucking terrible.

That works once, then it stops working in the future and backfires because people would no longer be motivated to create wealth in that jurisdiction. Which means no jobs and no tax revenue.

Can you provide a source/study for this?

Re: Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above

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Post by superuser2 »

cantbecool wrote: post #24
daeken wrote: post #22

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I thought the exact same. Then I lived in NYC for a year and a half in something like 180sqft. Never, ever again. Even things like having two other people in the place was uncomfortable. There was space for a full bed and a small desk and nothing more. There was no usable kitchen. It seems like something that can be dealt with, but doing it really, really sucks.

I mean isn't that twice the size of a dorm room? It could not have been that bad.

Dorm rooms come with spacious common areas and libraries for socializing and working. That's rarely all the indoor space you have access to (without paying for a coffee, driving, etc.)

Re: Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above

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Post by wilfra »

onlyup wrote: post #135
wilfra wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That works once, then it stops working in the future and backfires because people would no longer be motivated to create wealth in that jurisdiction. Which means no jobs and no tax revenue.

Can you provide a source/study for this?

You need a source to confirm that if you take the wealth away from the rich people in your tiny island nation, other people are not going to be motivated to create wealth there in the future?

Hong Kong and Singapore thrive because they are low tax, low regulation havens for the rich. Start enacting 'eat the rich' policies and the rich will go elsewhere.

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Post by onlyup »

waps wrote: post #86
vecinu wrote: post #4

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This comes down to having freedom and experiencing life on 'a ranch and 20 acres'. If you've never experienced life in such a way, it is almost impossible to understand why people live this way. I for one love having my own washroom and bedroom where I can rest, relax and find silence. Do you think a family of 4 would find comfort in an apartment? I'm fairly sure if money were no object and transportation was near in…

I'm fairly sure if money were no object and transportation was near instant, It's 2013 ... why can't we have that ? Surely the technology for this exists. I've always had this dream of "turbolifts" from startrek, the ground-based version. They're basically single-wagon trains that can go horizontally and vertically so they function as elevators. So you get in at the end of the hallway (or even the front door of your…

Talk about taking the discussion in a different direction..

Re: Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above

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Post by onlyup »

waps wrote: post #86
vecinu wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comes down to having freedom and experiencing life on 'a ranch and 20 acres'. If you've never experienced life in such a way, it is almost impossible to understand why people live this way. I for one love having my own washroom and bedroom where I can rest, relax and find silence. Do you think a family of 4 would find comfort in an apartment? I'm fairly sure if money were no object and transportation was near in…

I'm fairly sure if money were no object and transportation was near instant, It's 2013 ... why can't we have that ? Surely the technology for this exists. I've always had this dream of "turbolifts" from startrek, the ground-based version. They're basically single-wagon trains that can go horizontally and vertically so they function as elevators. So you get in at the end of the hallway (or even the front door of your…

Talk about taking the discussion in a different direction..

Re: Apartments So Small They Can Only Be Photographed From Above

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Post by fnordfnordfnord »

Too wrote: post #64
berlinbrown wrote: post #2

I live in apartment. Not a micro-one. But I imagine you can find solace in just having only the things you need. Why do you need a ranch size home and 20 acres?

Try to store one, or maybe even two expensive and dirty mountain bikes in an apartment. Especially with a crazy girlfriend around.

I lived in China for a bit. I only had bikes while I was there. I hated hauling the damn things up the stairs.
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