Life in a Studio Apartment with My Wife and Two Sons
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Life in a Studio Apartment with My Wife and Two Sons
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#2I lived in a small bus in New Mexico for a while and got addicted to this site, http://tinyhousetalk.com. You don't have to be a gypsy to admire the space efficiency and DIY furniture. Most of what I've put together (sofa, bookshelf, etc.) feels incredibly stronger than anything I could get for 4-6x the price. But that's just how things are, some trade off of price for quality for time. Anyway, I admire his/his wife's attitude and ability to look at the situation optimistically and make it work.
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#3:) 400 sqf with two kids might be a drama for people in the US but it is completely normal in other places of the world, even including the EU. It's not comfortable, but 600-700 sqf is completely usual for families in where I live (an apartment like that costs around 15-20 times the average yearly salary).
EDIT: typo, I meant sqf and not sqm.
Re: Life in a Studio Apartment with My Wife and Two Sons
#4:) 400 sqf with two kids might be a drama for people in the US but it is completely normal in other places of the world, even including the EU. It's not comfortable, but 600-700 sqf is completely usual for families in where I live (an apartment like that costs around 15-20 times the average yearly salary). EDIT: typo, I meant sqf and not sqm.
"400 sqm with two kids might be a drama for people in the US"
400 square feet (~37 m^2)
No need to turn this into another stereotyping Europe vs US issue. I agree 37 m^2 is plenty of room for some people, not for others, regardless of where you are from.
Re: Life in a Studio Apartment with My Wife and Two Sons
#5:) 400 sqf with two kids might be a drama for people in the US but it is completely normal in other places of the world, even including the EU. It's not comfortable, but 600-700 sqf is completely usual for families in where I live (an apartment like that costs around 15-20 times the average yearly salary). EDIT: typo, I meant sqf and not sqm.
>400 sqm
You mean 40 m^2 ? 400 m^2 is a big house :D In that case I can agree - in my country (Croatia) ~40-60 m^2 is the norm for family apartment. Also interesting - huge apartments (>100 m^2) are nowhere near to being proportionally expensive (except on the top end) because people can't afford them - eg. they might be double in size but only 1/2 more in price.
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#6The question is why do we have the most talented people in a certain industry having to live in confined spaces while paying through the roof for it.
Not even Hollywood is like that. People may stay in trailers for some time but that's it
As personally having to live in a tiny place (not in SF though) it is not something I want to do for an extended period of time, even though the advantages like 'city living' are good
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#7The more I read such articles, the more I think you'd have to be nuts to choose to live in San Francisco.
And yet, clearly, plenty of people do choose to live in San Francisco.
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#8I lived in a small bus in New Mexico for a while and got addicted to this site, http://tinyhousetalk.com . You don't have to be a gypsy to admire the space efficiency and DIY furniture. Most of what I've put together (sofa, bookshelf, etc.) feels incredibly stronger than anything I could get for 4-6x the price. But that's just how things are, some trade off of price for quality for time. Anyway, I admire his/his wife…
Even without DIY, I think e.g. Ikea showrooms are actually pretty good at showing how a little space can go a long way.
That said, I am looking forward to moving away from the Bay someday to more space. : )
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#9:) 400 sqf with two kids might be a drama for people in the US but it is completely normal in other places of the world, even including the EU. It's not comfortable, but 600-700 sqf is completely usual for families in where I live (an apartment like that costs around 15-20 times the average yearly salary). EDIT: typo, I meant sqf and not sqm.
"400 sqm with two kids might be a drama for people in the US" 400 square feet (~37 m^2) No need to turn this into another stereotyping Europe vs US issue. I agree 37 m^2 is plenty of room for some people, not for others, regardless of where you are from.
> No need to turn this into another stereotyping Europe vs US issue
But it is kind of true that Americans are extremely melodramatic about this stuff. 800 sqft house is often referred as a "tiny house" in American media. In the UK (for example) this is an average house size.
Re: Life in a Studio Apartment with My Wife and Two Sons
#10The question is why do we have the most talented people in a certain industry having to live in confined spaces while paying through the roof for it. Not even Hollywood is like that. People may stay in trailers for some time but that's it As personally having to live in a tiny place (not in SF though) it is not something I want to do for an extended period of time, even though the advantages like 'city living' are go…
> People may stay in trailers for some time but that's it
Isn't tech approach the same? You wait for your big break and then move out.