1. Astronauts
The International Space Station currently orbiting the Earth might be considered quite roomy when compared to the Apollo 11 spacecraft that took astronauts to the surface of the moon for the first time in 1966. The ISSS is about 109 meters long which is about the length of a football pitch. In terms of interior working space that is larger than a six-bedroom house. Compare that to the Apollo 11 command module which was a claustrophobic 3.2 x 3.9 meters which is approximately the size of the interior of a large car. Seriously, imagine being inside the interior of your car for eight days with two other people. Astronauts definitely had a space issue back in the early days of the space race.
2. Tutankhamun
The Boy King as he was known was buried with over 5,000 artifacts including his own personal chariot. His final resting place in the Valley of the Kings would have originally been crammed with all his belongings, treasure, and items that he was taking with him to the afterlife. Before Howard Carter rediscovered the tomb in 1922, it had been robbed at least twice with Carter estimating that 60% of the treasure had already been looted. It seems that Tutankhamun would have been at odds with Marie Kondo’s KonMari Method™, although maybe all the objects he was buried with did bring him joy.
3. Space Invaders
We are not talking about the pixilated 1980s villains of the arcade, rather than Jeremy from accounts who stands always stands that bit too close to your desk for comfort. Some people working in offices just don’t get what ‘personal space’ means.
4. Chilean miners
In 2010 a rockfall in a Chilean mine left 33 miners trapped 700 meters underground. After drilling a large escape borehole an escape capsule was lowered down to the trapped men. The escape capsule named Fénix 2, was a claustrophobic 54 centimetres in diameter and took 15 minutes to make the journey down the shaft to the trapped miners. Imagine the lack of space, the danger, and the darkness!
5. Monaco
Monaco is the most crowded country in the world with 26,150 residents per km. Space is at a premium in the Principality which is probably why the average price per square meter of residential space is an eyewatering €53,000. *
6. Submariners
Although the modern nuclear submarine is a great deal more comfortable and spacious than the typical WW11 U-boat, the lack of space for submariners is still horrific. Space is at such a premium that many still have to hot-bed – a submariner sleeps until his shift starts, and then another rotates straight into the bunk. Under each bunk is a tiny locker for a few personal items and a change of clothes and a thin curtain can be all that separates a sleeping submariner from his colleagues at work. Untidy people are reported to have to quickly change their ways once they join the submarine service.
7. Tokyo
With an estimated 13,960,236 people living in Tokyo, it is the most populated metropolis in the world. ** Exorbitant housing costs have been a problem for many years with low-paid workers renting micro-apartments offering just 4.64 square meters (49.94 square feet) of floor space. Although the falling birth rate in Japan, in general, might see this space issue balance itself out over the next 20 years.
8. Cavers
For those who are claustrophobic, the thought of squeezing yourself into a small, muddy, dark, wet space in the ground for entertainment sounds madness, but for many folks around the world, this is a hobby. There are countless stories of cavers and potholers who have become trapped in tiny underground cracks and crevasses including the sad tale of Neil Moss in Peal Cavern in Derbyshire, and John Jones who became trapped upside down in Nutty Putty Cave, Utah, USA. Most definitely not a pastime if you have space issues.
9. People who WFH
What about the people who don’t have a spacious ‘home office’? The office workers who have had to spend the vast majority on 2020/2021 with a cheap laptop perched on their knees whilst sitting on the edge of a bed in their studio flat surrounded by their drying washing. The ones who have had to work in their front room at the coffee table while their partner shouts down the phone telling his staff to ‘think outside the box and that ‘teamwork is dreamwork.’
10. Sark prison
Criminals find that they have space issues in this prison. Just of the Normandy coast of France, lies the tiny island of Sark. This Channel Island is just three miles long by one mile wide and is home to around 500 people. It’s perhaps fitting that this tiny island is also home to the world's smallest working prison. Containing just two 6ft x 6ft cells, the small prison is rarely used although occasionally one of the visiting tourists stays overnight while they sober up.
11. The Toronto ‘Little House’
Englishman Arthur Weeden, already responsible for many of the buildings in Toronto in the early 1900s, spotted a tiny space between two properties that were originally earmarked for cars to pass through. Instead, a drop curb had never been installed and Weedon purchased the seven-foot wide space between two houses and built his own even including enough space for a tiny garden. Weedon and his wife lived in the tiny 300 sqft home for 20 years, perhaps proving that home is where the heart is.
12. iPhone users
There you are in the Apple Store. You are certain that 64GB of storage is more than enough for your new phone. You will never need 128GB. Heaven forbid that you require 256GB of storage.
So, you buy an iPhone with 64GB of storage space and within three weeks regret the decision when the storage is full. Always go for more storage. Always.
13. Gustave Eiffel
To the envy of Parisians, the engineer of the landmark building had a small apartment at the very top of the tower. Without a bedroom, the apartment was really for him to use for greeting notable guests and use as a science lab. The whole area is 100 square metres which seems rather large, but within that space is also contained the towers massive lift shafts. Gustave entertained many guests in the private apartment, but apparently refused all offers of money from wealthy Parisians to stay overnight in the room.
KC
Source:
*Savills Research December 2019
*Wiki July 2021
http://www.sark.co.uk/the-pris...
https://www.toureiffel.paris/e...
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