http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/17/the-beauty-of-small-space-living Comments On: The Beauty of Small-Space Living by Charles Mudede en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I live in LA, Charles would not last a NY minute here.
Posted by fotoeve]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:40:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sandiai]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:32:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by treacle]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:28:51 -0800 The Stranger
We are not all monks, Charles.
Posted by Backyard Bombardier]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:32:51 -0800 The Stranger
I still like that idea except for the hours of meetings that seem to be involved. In a dorm situation the housing authority makes sure the roof doesnt leak, base rules of behaviour, etc.

Posted by david]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:37:52 -0800 The Stranger
clutches pearls, tries not to faint
Posted by merry]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:10:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Calpete]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:51:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Banna]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:45:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by julie russell]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:30:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:22:39 -0800 The Stranger
Now I'm in my fifties. I share an office with four other people (down from sharing one with nine other people just a few years ago), and when I'm not in the office, I'm in a classroom, corridor, or some other public space, surrounded by anywhere from 15-350 other people. It's made me treasure privacy. At the end of the day, I want to be home, alone, with my husband and our three dogs, where it is peaceful and quiet.

Life is all about stages. College dorm life was a great stage. So is this.


Posted by Clayton]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:14:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by tiktok]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:13:56 -0800 The Stranger
With respect, I'd disagree. We used to live in the type of arrangements that you and Charles are talking about and we moved out of them for a reason. It sucks to have to politic and compromise and with a more dense living arrangement you would have to do it literally every waking hour of your life.
Posted by GhostDog]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:06:57 -0800 The Stranger
And yes, I know that is totally unreasonable. That is why I live alone.
Posted by GhostDog]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:04:45 -0800 The Stranger
It's such a huge stretch from the standard single family home with large yard and literally tons of stuff to the dense co-housing of dorms that it's all but unimaginable for the middle aged. But I'd love to see how it plays out.
Posted by Matt the Engineer]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:58:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:39:47 -0800 The Stranger
Once I got into a serious relationship and got married, we ended up moving to a larger (but not huge) apartment. I still loved it, and it was big enough to have a few people over for dinner and drinks once in a while.

That said, along the lines of @9, now that we're starting to think about the long-term future (read: having kids), there's no way I'd even consider moving back into those smaller spaces. Thankfully I have the option of living in a house for when that stage of life eventually rolls around. Families need bigger spaces, and I've noticed that even affordable family housing apartments are pretty damn big compared to what's being built in Belltown or Capitol Hill these days.


Posted by Hernandez]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:33:26 -0800 The Stranger
One of my favorite stages of life was living in a college dorm. It couldn’t have been more than a 10′x15′ room for two of us to share, probably 40 rooms to a floor, 10 floors tall. We’d generally leave our doors open and there would be roaming social interaction as neighbors would gather in one room or another.

No kitchens, shared laundry bathroom and lounge areas, and a caffeteria on the ground floor. It all worked wonderfully and I had a blast.


I'm not sure you need social engineering to get there. Removing existing social engineering would help.
Posted by Matt the Engineer]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:12:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by tainte]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:03:52 -0800 The Stranger
I wonder when Charles plans to move back into an apartment? When he does, will it be under 700 square feet? 500? 300? Surely there are such places to be found in Columbia City. No, not like the places that have been built in Capitol Hill and Ballard, but some mother-in-law attic? Charles could get his density and his diversity all at once if he's willing to work with what Columbia City offers.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:50:57 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:35:48 -0800 The Stranger
Thanks.


Posted by Mr. X]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:16:49 -0800 The Stranger
You mean the lower classes?
Posted by Ian Smith]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:58:22 -0800 The Stranger Perhaps it could be applied to people who purchase the house brand of clothing from Fred Meyer?
Posted by CATSPAW666]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:54:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:52:15 -0800 The Stranger