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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, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @02:26AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @02:26AM (#1200374)

    "As housing costs skyrocket under capitalism"

    The economy was good under Trump, at least before Covid. Trump got the vaccine out. We now have democrats running the house, the senate, and the presidency and things have gotten much worse ever since. State governments are also more left leaning than ever and things have gotten worse. Yet you blame capitalism. Interesting.

    You do know that the one thing worth investing in in socialist/communist countries is property right? You know they also having housing problems in China despite being socialist/communist? They invest in property because businesses don't do good there and so they don't invest in businesses. You know in poor socialist countries it's the same thing in general? This problem is not under 'capitalism' it's becoming more and more of a problem under as this country is becoming more socialist. Not to mention the population increase.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @02:34AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @02:34AM (#1200380)

    Heresy. Lady Kameltoe will be sending the FBI inquisitors around shortly. One simply does not praise Trump, or demean Lord Brandon on the internet without repercussion.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @02:57AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @02:57AM (#1200396)

      Hillary will be by soon to update your eunuchs.