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KamaAina

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4. "Durham expects his micro-apartments to come with refrigerators and microwaves but no stoves"

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 11:18 AM

Jul 2015

That is not an apartment. That is a hotel room. Many poor people in San Francisco have lived in single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels for years, generally without benefit of fridge or micro. Believe it not, some of the SROs are now marketing to millennial techies!

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Micro-Apartments Are Coming to the Midwest [View all] marmar Jul 2015 OP

Important for the implications, and a map of where we are. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #1

Not everyone wants to live with other people. Sheldon Cooper Jul 2015 #5

Me too! n/t PasadenaTrudy Jul 2015 #6

If a kitchen has enough room for a microwave, it has enough room for a combination underahedgerow Jul 2015 #2

I would rather get a tiny house. JNelson6563 Jul 2015 #3

"Durham expects his micro-apartments to come with refrigerators and microwaves but no stoves" KamaAina Jul 2015 #4