Micro-Housing

Micro-Housing is the modern day equivalent to a boarding house from the past.  Personally, I understand the draw of living in a vibrant neighborhood, but way not rent a house with a few friends? Living in a 192 square foot room would be too claustrophobic for me.

"Seattle is the pioneer of micro-housing—tiny, one-room dwellings that are in turn hailed as an affordable, sustainable alternative to the high cost of city living, and disparaged as an inhuman experiment in downsizing." 

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/seattle-micro-housing-boom-111874.html#ixzz3HTewOBeq