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sinkies have the best (pubic) housing in the world. sinkies are lucky to have pap in charge.
Fri, 30 December 2022
As populations around the world grow rapidlyand rents rise, some cities such as Hong Kongand San Francisco have seen a surge in constructing tiny, more affordable homes and apartments, Insider previously reported.
Some units are smaller than 200 square feet, earning them nicknames like "mosquito-size units," or, "gnat flats" in Chinese," The Associated Press reported.
And some living quarters are even smaller, like Hong Kong's 15-square-foot cage bed cubicles, which Benny Lan documented for The Guardian in 2017.
Take a look at some of the small places people around the world call home.
Hong Kong has gained the reputation of having some of the tiniest and most costly apartments in the world, according to Bloomberg.
Kha Tu Ngoc watches television next to her husband Pham Huy Duc in n Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Kong Siu-kau, 63, sits in his cage bed in Hong Kong in 2009.
A mom prepares food while her son sleeps in their 60-square-foot apartment in Hong Kong.
Taiyo Akagi washes his hair in a makeshift tub in Tokyo.
A micro house in Vietnam's southern hub.
Kha Tu Ngoc in her 22-square-foot house in Ho Chi Minh City.
A shared apartment on the outskirts of Shanghai, China.
Dai Haifei inside his egg-shaped home, China.
A woman sits in a tiny house in Silivri, Turkey.
photos of tiny living spaces show how overcrowded and unaffordable the world has become
Caroline Fox,Monica HumphriesFri, 30 December 2022
- Cities around the world are becoming overpopulated, and rent is skyrocketing on a global scale.
- More people are moving into tiny homes, micro apartments, and other small spaces as a result.
- People around the world are turning unique spaces into tiny homes, like Hong Kong's "coffin homes."
As populations around the world grow rapidlyand rents rise, some cities such as Hong Kongand San Francisco have seen a surge in constructing tiny, more affordable homes and apartments, Insider previously reported.
Some units are smaller than 200 square feet, earning them nicknames like "mosquito-size units," or, "gnat flats" in Chinese," The Associated Press reported.
And some living quarters are even smaller, like Hong Kong's 15-square-foot cage bed cubicles, which Benny Lan documented for The Guardian in 2017.
Take a look at some of the small places people around the world call home.
Hong Kong has gained the reputation of having some of the tiniest and most costly apartments in the world, according to Bloomberg.
Kha Tu Ngoc watches television next to her husband Pham Huy Duc in n Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Kong Siu-kau, 63, sits in his cage bed in Hong Kong in 2009.
A mom prepares food while her son sleeps in their 60-square-foot apartment in Hong Kong.
Taiyo Akagi washes his hair in a makeshift tub in Tokyo.
A micro house in Vietnam's southern hub.
Kha Tu Ngoc in her 22-square-foot house in Ho Chi Minh City.
A shared apartment on the outskirts of Shanghai, China.
Dai Haifei inside his egg-shaped home, China.
A woman sits in a tiny house in Silivri, Turkey.