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New York City Apartments About to Get Even Smaller

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    FBN’s Gerri Willis on NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans for an apartment building in the city with 300 square foot apartments.

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Error of New York City has announced the next battle in his war on all big things and we're gonna show a picture of -- right yet areas and all those glory.

Following up is on his call to shrink -- Michael Bloomberg wants to do the same thing for apartments.

To deal with the city's housing shortage he's announcing the creation of a new apartment building.

Where every unit is under 300 square feet -- sample lay out right here take a look at this thirty feet by ten feet looks tight.

Reality is that that poor Bloomberg's micro units inside one single wide mobile home.

These are so tiny the mayors had to suspend zoning regulations.

And Bloomberg knows all about saving space why the -- Manhattan townhouse is -- easily.

Five -- take a look at that at 121500.

Square feet it's the size up 41 of these many studios.

However it's not a great value if Bloomberg sold the thirty million dollar property.

He could afford to rent a micro unit for over a thousand years we did the math no kitten.

Now here's some cold comfort for the dwellers of the new -- Coles.

-- -- fuels are you'll be living at home three times the size of the six by eight foot jail cell.

Now if -- hear that and decide 300 square feet is just -- luxurious maybe you could try this.

Take advantage of today's super low mortgage rates and by from the tumble -- tiny house company look at does so cute.

Even though -- 89 square foot house for less than twenty grant.

Real estate and assembly not included.

Here's the -- just inside the front door let this be your model for living in a Bloomberg many -- They say you can -- it for for dinner if you have a tiny table and tiny plane -- and possibly tiny guests.

Really the -- units go hand in hand with the -- war on obesity.

After all if you have too much so that you won't be able to fit in.