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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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday November 29 2021, @08:32PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 29 2021, @08:32PM (#1200677) Homepage Journal

    In other states it's ten years or so.

    For most of my life, it's been two years, or four years, at the licensee's option. In more recent years, it seems that six years is optional, I've never seen 10 years. It would take more internet searches than I'm willing to do to prove either way.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @10:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @10:17PM (#1201000)

    When I looked it up for Nevada it's once every eight years. For Arizona I guess it's every 12 years?

    "ARIZONA: Licenses expire on the 65th birthday, and until then drivers only need new photos every 12 years — making Arizona unique in how long a license can last."

    https://www.myimprov.com/arizona-drivers-license-does-expire/ [myimprov.com]

    I know I've seen the driver's licenses of people from these surrounding states and was surprised at how far into the future some of them expire compared to California (based on the expiration dates printed on the licenses).