Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!
kleinbl00 · 4391 days ago · link · · parent · post: San Francisco approves 220 sqft. micro-apartments
The thing that frustrates me, though, is that public transit in SF works really goddamn well. You can get from Oakland to Downtown in 20 minutes for a couple bucks. And in Oakland, you don't have to pay $975 for 225 square feet of efficiency loft. I worry that an emphasis on pill bottles to decant yourself into after a hard day's work rather than a reasonable transportation infrastructure to get you to somewhere you can actually stretch your legs does not, in the end, benefit the urban core or the 'burbs. Families are not going to live in 225 sqft. You won't be entertaining your friends. The girlfriend is not moving in. 225 sqft is a commitment to solitude, and that's never good for communities.