# Should I Rent a 180 sq ft Apartment? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 18, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-rent-a-180-sq-ft-apartment/812661 "2018-04-18T21:12:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-rent-a-180-sq-ft-apartment/812661/21 "2018-04-20T10:47:11Z")
I recently read an article about a line cook in NYC who lives in such a place as the OP describes. There was a photo of it. It’s basically a huge walk-in closet with a view. There’s a clothes rod hung from the ceiling against one wall which serves as a closet. The bed takes up most of the room. The cook is quoted that she shares the apartment with the owner and,I think, another person. She never sees either of them because of her work hours. The size doesn’t bother her because it’s just a place to sleep. [Here’s the article so you can see for yourself.](https://www.bonappetit.com/story/line-cook-nycs-fanciest-restaurants) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-rent-a-180-sq-ft-apartment/812661/22 "2018-04-20T11:00:50Z")
Do you get the top bunk or has the other inmate claimed that already? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-rent-a-180-sq-ft-apartment/812661/23 "2018-04-20T14:06:21Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Jesus. Where I worked they were maybe 36 square feet. > > What do you do with 12x12’ of office space? Mine is a bit unusual. I’m a mid-senior level manager and willingly gave up my office to someone else. I don’t have any staff on site, so a door to close is not something I need. In recognition, the company put me in a 12x12 cube with a [wraparound desk](https://podanys.com/products/modular-concepts-u-shape-desk), 2 visitor chairs and plenty of storage. It’s a ton of space for working, not so much for living. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-rent-a-180-sq-ft-apartment/812661/24 "2018-04-20T14:14:13Z")
If you don’t already own a loft bed, no. Especially if I am reading your OP right and there is already a bed in there. It’s theoretically possible that your piano and bike will fit, but in practice they won’t. The bike will be covered in clothes permanently and the piano will be covered in mail and whatever other paper stuff you have. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-rent-a-180-sq-ft-apartment/812661/25 "2018-04-20T14:35:10Z")
Springfield Bachelor Apartments: “Our beds are the Murphiest.” ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-rent-a-180-sq-ft-apartment/812661/26 "2018-04-20T14:52:32Z")
My first apartment was about that size. It was fine for a first apartment for a student who was both going to college full time and working full time and thus wasn’t home much. It was a place to sleep (I used a camp cot for my bed), make a bowl of ramen noodles, hang the clothes I didn’t happen to be wearing at the time, and keep a few boxes of stuff. I upgraded quickly. If you don’t own much in material goods and just need a secure place to sleep, yeah, it’s doable. But it gets old really, really fast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-rent-a-180-sq-ft-apartment/812661.md?page=1)