We are going to present you some ways of living of people around the world in micro-apartments that will surely make you thankful for the place you have to live.
It is true that the planet is increasingly populated and it is true that it does not grow, that is why in large cities it is very common to see how people dare to live in places that literally seem like a corner.
The overcrowding conditions are incredible, the lack of resources and the need make people sacrifice their belongings to have a place to spend the night.
Wang Cunchun, 90, lives with her 60-year-old son in a 32-square-meter apartment in Shanghai, China.
China Vanke is a developer and is showing a micro-apartment at the Pearl River Delta Real Estate Fair in Guangzhou City. (outside)
(Inside)
This Los Angeles family lives in the garage of the wife’s mother’s house, they lost their house in 2009 and had to sell their possessions.
In the center of Mumbai, India, is one of the largest slums in Asia. More than a million people live there.
In an 18-square-meter apartment in Hong Kong, a mother spends $487 a month to live in for herself and her child.
By comparison, Jon-Cristiano Stubblefield lives in a spacious 60-square-meter studio apartment in Seattle.
In the Chinese city of Hefei, patients who do not stay at the local hospital are forced to receive treatment in 26-square-meter rooms in nearby buildings.
In Hong Kong, property prices per square foot are so high that people occupy rooms as small as 10 square meters just to live.
Simon Wong, a 61 year old unemployed man lives in a 4’x6′ box. He is one of many residents who live in «coffin houses.»
The space is your bedroom, entertainment center, and closet all in one. You pay $226 a month.
Sometimes, up to 91 meters can be little. The Keret House in Warsaw (named after Israeli writer Edgar Keret) is only 10 meters wide at its narrowest point.
The house opened its doors in 2012 and is only for one person.
Kong Kyung-soon, 73, lives in a small apartment with just 6 square meters of living space, not including the area for her toilet and a hot plate.
She lives next door to the posh Gangnam neighborhood in Seoul.
Within a 200-square-meter apartment complex in Hong Kong, there may be 19 units, all less than 8 square meters. They are known as “cubicle houses”, or, “coffin houses”.
Rent costs $150 a month, the units are made up of two fixed wood panels, and residents are steps away from business.
Another style is the “cage home”, a 6 x 2 meter stackable wire box also found in Hong Kong.
Another style is the “cage home”, a 6 x 2 meter stackable wire box also found in Hong Kong.
Until the Hong Kong government acknowledges the dangerous conditions, the cages are where many residents live out their remaining years.
Taken from Business Insider