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lapfog_1

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1. the article cannot be correct

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 08:42 AM

Nov 2016

a standard "tiny" bedroom in the US is 10 x 10 x 8 (low ceiling)... or 800 cubic feet, enough to house 80 people at 10 cubic feet per person.

Perhaps they meant 10 feet per dimension or 1000 cubic feet?

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Space rule would cut bed availability at homeless shelters [View all] TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP

the article cannot be correct lapfog_1 Nov 2016 #1

I agree with you that the math does not look correct. TexasTowelie Nov 2016 #2