Microliving

Here is a neat article about a couple who bought a 175 square foot apartment in Manhatten for 150K. They lived in NJ for a while and decided they wanted to live in the city. With such a small space, they just have room for a bed and a cappuccino machine. They don't even have a trash can - but with no possessions, they generate very little trash (and what trash there is they walk across the hall to the chute). They keep their clothes stashed at various dry-cleaners around town, wear jogging suits at home, and change on their way to work. So their lives are totally in the urban fabric of experience. They don't nest. Maybe not for everyone, but it can be done.