Living in a micro-apartment in New York can be more than just cramped up, it can also be a major setback to your mental health. Inspite of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s endorsements of the micro-unit, some experts contend the fact that living in 250 to 370 feet spaces can be a health hazard. “Sure, these micro-apartments may be fantastic for young professionals in their 20s,” says DakKopec who happens to be director of design for human health at Boston Architectural College, told the Atlantic. “But they can definitely not be a good option for those in their 30s and 40s who encounter different stress factors that can make living in micro apartments a problem.”
Mr Kopec asserts that the space saving trends of micro-apartments can lead to claustrophobia, domestic abuse, and alcoholism. In addition to this, researchers believe that children need big spaces to grow up properly.
Susan Saegert, director of the Housing Environments Research Group, has studied children in low income housing and crowded apartments a lot. She has arrived on the conclusion that children who live in tight quarters develop low concentration and bad memory alongwith a withdrawn demeanour.
Ms Saegert said that living in tight quarters can have a far more devastating effect on the young psyche than on the elders. Questions over the dangers of living in micro-apartments have surfaced time and again. This recent study comes just in time when a residential tower of Micro-units has been unveiled in New York. Conspiracy theorists have linked this new trend with Agenda 21.
The theorists believe that the micro-apartments are in reality mini- prisons that serve to stack up the population and exploit them. It is believed that children growing up in micro-apartment environment are docile and are easier to control and will be likely to take up jobs that require significant amount of mental activity, readying up an army of slaves for the establishment.
Getting inspired from the western countries like for example New York, India is also developing micro-apartments in different parts of the country, Apartments in Mangalore are getting converted into micro apartments by the real estate companies so as to adjust more people in less space.
Whatever be the reason for this type of development, it is intuitively understood by humans that cramped spaces are not healthy living spaces and should be denounced to the fullest extent possible.
