I don't appreciate the author's heteronormativity.

I don't appreciate the author's misandry.

I don’t appreciate the author’s inability to look for a new place to rent.

I don't appreciate the author's insincerity in not acknowledging that she accepted this architecture before signing the lease.

It does have some economical and water saving advantages when you think of it. Wash your dishcloths and delicate fabrics in the sink and then put them in the dryer!

Make lemonade out of lemons!

Back in the ‘90s, the tiny kitchen in my studio apartment, right there in Pike/Pine, did not have room for a clothes washer. (Or a dishwasher, for that matter.) The building had dozens of apartments. It had one Laundry Room. In the basement. Three old washing machines, three old dryers; a buck a cycle, every one, payable only in quarters. Just getting time on any of them demanded logistical skills on par with that of an international overnight delivery service.

Please continue to enjoy NOT having to pack up your dirty clothes, haul them (and your already-tired ass) all the way down to the basement, just to find all the machines in use — and several of your neighbors already waiting to use them.

I used to think exactly the same way as this author. I grew up in the spacious 1980s suburbs, the land of Plenty O' Houses. Nowadays I am thrilled by compact spaces being able to multi-task. Boiling pasta, doing laundry AND watching my favorite TV show at the same time?
I'm all in.
The price of it is what galls me. I don't know how any of us are supposed to survive in this overpriced world.

What's more ridiculous are $1,000,000 townhomes that are glorified stair wells. Four flights of stairs with landings barely large enough to put a chair. Topping out with a cramped bedroom. Almost two-thirds of the square footage is taken up by the stairs.

Instead of cramming four-story townhomes into a lot, why not make flat condos? Give every unit a reasonable amount of floor space. Not to mention how ADA unfriendly well over 90% of new construction in Seattle is.

If you have to use a mobility device, or plan on living a moderately long lifespan, don't even think about any of the garbage constructions that's been popping up in Seattle.

our
Survival
in Not the
Vulture Capitalist's
Concern. in fact, your
Carcass is what they Truly
desire, apparently, when they
make Housing- which OUGHTTA
BE a Human Right -- Unfucking Affordable.

the Bad news?
their Greed is not
only Insatiable, but
lauded by those just a
few Good Moves from joining
Them at the Club. like @5, for instance

$3000 for a TWO bedroom? You're living on the cheap side. I've never been able to afford anything bigger than a studio or one-bedroom (when I was married). And if you're actually in the city – not the overgrown suburban sprawl, like most of Seattle – then yes, spaces are tight. More than half of Europe has a washing machine in the kitchen, and they know more about cooking pasta than you ever will. It's less about space and more to do with efficiently placing the plumbing, often in older buildings with brick walls. And they usually don't do dryers (electricity is expensive), but hang the wash up on a rack. Your problem isn't men, or bad design (I'll agree with you the crappy oak cabinets, since most Europeans have to refurbish the kitchens of their rentals, keeping Ikea very busy), but your inflated privilege and typical American childishness.

I agree with 9,$3k for two bedrooms with laundry. Count yourself lucky, unless you are way out in suburbia. I also like having the laundry in the kitchen, so that projection fails. If you don't like hearing the dryer while you're cooking.....turn dry off and run it at another time, you big baby.

Judging by the man misangry expressed by the author I assume she/they have a cushy job with the seattle gov. (DEI perhaps?) And no, there's nothing wrong with laundry in the kitchen, no one says you have to run laundry when cooking your vegan dish du jour while waiting for you girl friend to arrive for dinner.

Just echoing @9, blame the plumbing (because it’s either kitchen or bathroom) - welcome to retrofitting modernish convenience into a space not designed for it

@13 Men should be consulted in kitchen design as well. Include all of the aforementioned, but add all stainless steel appliances and cabinets, a floor drain and a fire hose to clean the place out.