Your average New York City apartment can be easily classified as a "$1200 closet." So of course, we've been following the "Micro Units Coming to New York City" story, partially because it's hilarious that people are freaking out over intentionally tiny apartments. 

Partially because it's actually a fascinating trend in the City's real estate game. But really though, it's counter-intuitive for New Yorkers to be excited about how little room they have to live in. 

Are we really so obsessed with novelty and irony that we'd rather live in a brand new microscopic apartment? Or is it that these units are coming at a time when New Yorkers are primed to value different ideals?

Maybe we're past complaining about how small and expensive our apartments are. Maybe we're ready to just appreciate that we have our own little corner of the City?

Whatever's driving the interest, the fact remains that the latest "micro unit development," going down in Long Island City, doesn't even have a single micro unit in it. But that's not stopping them from marketing it as a micro unit building. 

So, a micro unit in NYC measures between 250 and 370 square feet. The units at the new development at 37-10 Crescent Street in LIC, Queens are weighing in between 490 and 735 square feet. That's close to double. 

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It should go without saying that it's easy to get scammed in NYC, and the real estate world is no more honest than any other, but really, dude? These units are two and three bedrooms! Sure, they're small-ish, but they're not micro. Micro-style?

via Curbed NY

It sounds absurd to be splitting hairs between small and micro, but if the City has an official classification for such things, they shouldn't be completely disregarded just to market a new development into a trend that already doesn't make any sense.

Yeah these new tiny apartments have Murphy beds, and the kitchens and baths are something out of a pleasure boat...but that just means they're small. Hooray!

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[via The Wall Street Journal]