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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday November 28 2021, @04:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the vertical-living dept.

looorg writes:

IKEA has furnished and is renting out a 10 m2 apartment in central Tokyo for about a dollar per month. It's clearly a gimmick of sorts as the furniture in the apartment are worth a lot more then that. Still looking at the pictures it looks like living in a nicely furnished prison cell, that is also very high (floor to ceiling). Any takers for such compact living? I dont think climbing around on ladders to get around is for me.

It seems very futuristic though; it is a staple of sci-fi to pack people like sardines in a can (Ripley's apartment in aliens, 5th element etc., etc.)

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/25/business/ikea-japan-tokyo-tiny-apartment-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.ikea.com/jp/ja/campaigns/ca00-tiny-homes-pub616dcf20

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 28 2021, @05:08PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 28 2021, @05:08PM (#1200265)

    It doesn't look very handicap accessible. None of these "tiny houses" do. I wonder when their popularity will be large enough to get the attention of groups enforcing the ADA (and similar laws in other countries)?

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 28 2021, @05:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 28 2021, @05:33PM (#1200269)

    Just build a toilet into the wheelchair and you're good to go.

  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Sunday November 28 2021, @09:00PM

    by RamiK (1813) on Sunday November 28 2021, @09:00PM (#1200312)

    None of these "tiny houses" do.

    Wheelchair-accessible cruise ships' cabins should cover that.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 28 2021, @09:42PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 28 2021, @09:42PM (#1200325)

    The city had to put an ADA compliant sidewalk ramp on the corner of the top of a very steep hill that no one in a wheelchair could ever use. There are no buildings anywhere, just weeds.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 28 2021, @09:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 28 2021, @09:58PM (#1200334)

      Bah! Gobmint ruins everything. Let the cripples stand on their own 2 mangled stumps.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @12:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @12:56AM (#1200361)

    Don't worry, these kind of small apartments/homes are already illegal in most of the US even without the ADA.