People were forced to live in terrible conditions.
More and more people decide to move to a large city, but they, unfortunately or fortunately, not rubber. Usually this implies that flats are becoming smaller, and the standards of living in the cities — all modest. While some are looking for neighbors to work together with them to rent one apartment, others have to live in really tiny apartments, browsing each other’s heads.
It is unclear how the inhabitants of the micro flat is doing, but some do get to live just a few square metres.
90-year-old Wang Chunchun lives with her 60-year-old son in the apartment with an area of 9 square meters. Shanghai, China.
In real estate exhibition in Guangzhou, China China’s largest developer China Vanke shows micropatent.
In China, where, because of the surplus population space is never superfluous, the concept of “tiny” is gradually losing its negative connotation. In this exhibit, for example, as in many small apartments, efficient storage system allows you to live not quite so crowded.
Family Berger from Los Angeles to huddle in the former garage of the mother of his wife. In 2009, Berger lost his house, but for family reasons they had to sell all his possessions.
Dharavi is a district in the centre of the Indian city of Mumbai. Dharavi is one of the largest areas of the world that classification quite fall under the definition of “slum”: it’s home to about a million people.
Monthly rental apartment with an area of 9 square meters is 4 to 6 dollars.
But in Hong Kong business with real estate prices is a different story. This mother and son, for example, rent apartment with an area of 5.5 square metres for 487 dollars a month.
For comparison, John-Christian Stellfeld lives in a “spacious” Studio with an area of 18 square meters in Seattle, Washington, USA.
“This option was available to me means: the apartment is located in the city centre and costs just $ 1,200 per month,” said John Christian.
Sungchul Yu, who lives a few miles from John Christian, agree that apartments with an area of 18 square meters is enough for life alone.
In the Chinese city of Hefei, for example, patients who can’t afford a separate bed in a local hospital, forced to live in rooms with an area of 7 square meters, located in one of the buildings nearby.
In Hong Kong property prices are so high that some people have money only for just a tiny room of 3 square meters.
At the same time in 2015 in new York appeared first residential complex with micro flat area of 27 square meters.
Contemporary design, convenient storage, built-in wall beds: the cost of the monthly rent all the fun ranges from 2500 to 2900 dollars.
But sometimes even 27 square meters seem luxurious space. The Keret house in Warsaw (named after Israeli writer Etgar Keret) in the narrowest place is only 91 cm in width.
This house is so small that classified by the state agencies as an art installation. Here Lodge coming to the city for a few days artists.
My door (Yes, only one) for the residents it was opened in 2012.
73-year-old Kong Kingsun lives in the apartment, the living area which is only 1.9 square meters.
It is not far from the prestigious Gangnam district in Seoul, capital of South Korea.
And this Hong Kong apartment of 55 square meters divided into 19 small parts on 2.3 square meters each. They are known as “house cabins” or “houses-coffins”.
The cost of renting a room — $ 150 per month. Rooms separated from each other by thin wooden panels. But the tenants live just a few steps from the city centre.
