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Without immigration reform, 200-square-foot apartments will be common: Guest opinion

Letter date: 
Friday, November 8, 2013
Letter publisher: 
OregonLive.com
Letter author: 
Elizabeth Van Staaveren
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In a sign of the times, tiny apartments of less than 200 square feet are to be built in Portland. They will have shared kitchens.

To those familiar with population trends, this isn’t surprising. Tight living quarters may be in the future for all but the richest elite - envision crowds of people milling around on the streets day and night, like those in the sci-fi movies, Soylent Green and Blade Runner.

Ballooning population increases of recent years are apparent, and thoughtful people wonder: Will growth never stop? Will Oregon and the U.S. become one unbroken sprawl of high-rise apartments from east to west, where a dwelling unit of 200 square feet might even be a luxury?

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