Living Space Size Debate
Discussions center on perceptions of what constitutes small or comfortable housing sizes, with commenters sharing personal experiences, family sizes, and cultural comparisons between the US, Europe, Tokyo, and elsewhere.
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As someone currently living in a comfortable 900 sqft 2-bedroom apartment, that's not crazy at all. I guess Americans are just used to huge homes.
450sqft is large for many people. Tokyo has > 100k listings for places under 160sqft
It's all contextual, if you were raised with sqft it sounds extremely small.
http://www.aei.org/publication/todays-new-homes-are-1000-squ...
"I wasn’t thrilled at the idea of the soon-to-be four of us sharing 900 square feet"What planet do those people live on. Am I the only one who grew up in a place where 85 square meters is ample for a flat for 6 people, not 4, to live in?
Re: 1100 sqft hardly being big for two people - I was raised in a flat exactly half that size. I was fine (had my own room - being an only child rocked). In my country (Poland) 1100 sqft is considered a large flat for a family with 2+ kids.In more general terms, if space is priced at insane levels, it might be smart to rethink how much you actually need to be happy (or even why stay in SF - I don't understand why people do that).
Assuming this is not just a troll...1. These are usually meant for one person, not two.2. Why'd you live there in the first place? Presumably because you couldn't or didn't want to afford anything else.3. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean someone else won't.4. This is easily forgotten, but average American dwelling size has been increasing for decades: <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/09/13&
> Lol. 1400sqft is cramped in the US?If they hadn't done the math I'd have suspected a typo.I'm in a place not all that much larger (1800 sqft) and it feels pretty luxuriously large for just me and my partner. Big open kitchen, two living rooms, 2.5 bathrooms, three bedrooms (one used as an office for myself) and a dedicated office for my wife.
My girlfriend, daughter and I are quite comfortable in 700 square feet. More would obviously be nice, but neither one of us are willing to move to the parts of town necessary to make that affordable. When I was on my own I lived in a 450 sq ft apartment which I considered plenty big enough for me, and where I (god forbid) ever to find myself alone again I'd probably move back to a 400-500 sq foot apartment. Again bigger would be nice, but not nice enough to sacrifice either location or the ex
The house I grew up in in the US was considered on the small side at 2600 sqft (240 sqm). Partly the size of your family matters, but mostly I think it’s just cultural expectations.