Microapartment

A microapartment, also known as a microflat, is a one-room, self-contained living space, usually purpose built, designed to accommodate a sitting space, sleeping space, bathroom and kitchenette with a size of 4-10 square metres (43-107 square feet, 1.2-3 tsubo).[1][2] In some cases, residents may also have access to a communal kitchen, communal bathroom/shower, patio and roof garden (though this might be more closely related to a dorm).

Microapartment http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microapartment/
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Council backs studying micro-apartments at Parrott Ave. - News - seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH

http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20160112/NEWS/160119803/101017/NEWS/
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January 10

NYC may fit more 'micro' apartments into housing picture

"It just, on some level, is offensive: The only way we can manage to house people is to stick them in a closet."

N.Y. Assemblywoman Deborah Glick 

"An efficiently designed micro-unit is just a nice apartment."

Tobias Oriwol, developer

http://bismarcktribune.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/nyc-may-fit-more-micro-apartments-into-housing-picture/article_8d436e3b-a21d-548b-a10b-cc8c399a3c0e.html/
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NEWSPAPER SAYS ALL YOU NEED IS A 200-300 SQ FOOT MICRO APARTMENT TO LIVE IN http://youtu.be/HVjNA7wstjQ/ 13:03
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NYC may fit more 'micro' apartments into housing picture

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b82cc919ef2441119f4bb99039f35314/nyc-may-fit-more-micro-apartments-housing-picture /

NEW YORK (AP) — The apartments in a new Manhattan building boast little balconies, tall ceilings, dishwashers and storage space. All in 360 square feet or less.

It's micro-living in the nation's biggest city, and New Yorkers could be seeing more of it. Planning officials are proposing to end a limit on how small apartments can be, opening the door for more "micro-apartments" that advocates see as affordable adaptations to a growing population of single people. Critics fear a turn back toward the city's tenement past and question whether less space will really mean less expensive.

At Carmel Place, the Manhattan building that marks the city's first experiment in decades with building super-small dwellings, the pitch is that little can be just enough.

"An efficiently designed micro-unit," says developer Tobias Oriwol, "is just a nice apartment.
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Can You Live a Full Life in 220 Square Feet?

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/4755138/list/can-you-live-a-full-life-in-220-square-feet/

East Village, New York - In Photos: Amazing Micro-Apartments - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ekkl45lkh/east-village-new-york/

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There are articles & YouTube
videos, dating back to 2012 (perhaps further) on these 100 square ft - 500 square ft. apartments, mostly in California & New York, New Hampshire... & of course Japan

Makes me think of the barracks rooms I had to share while active duty in the army. defintely NOT something that would be "reasonable" for the average person.