I couldn’t get a good vibe for the actual size so I looked it up so you don’t have to.
Area: 2000 m^2 Population: 131
That means every person gets about a parking space (15 m^2) to themselves.
Ummm, either you mixed units or your parking spots are very large.
15m² is slightly less than a 4m x 4m square, that’s basically a small flat (larger than the smallest legal flat in a lot of developed countries, in fact)
15m^2 is 5mX3m. Or ~9ft by ~15ft. Parking spots in the US are 8.5ft by 18ft.
So actually smaller than a parking spot.
For reference, a honda civic is 6ft wide by 16ft.
If we’re talking internationally, please don’t use fridges and shoes as measurements
WTF is that in the sizes that 97% of the planet uses? 😂
While I’m just using data from the web and not actually measuring the spots in the parking lot atm, the basic size of a parking spot is 8x16 feet (128 sq feet). That works out to just over 11m^2 if Google can be trusted with the conversion.
Larger spots can go up to 10x20 feet which would work out to just over 18m^2.
And a 4mx4m room is not a small flat, that’s a small room in a small flat. But we may have cultural differences in what we determine small here.
larger than the smallest legal flat
I truly don’t think I can believe this. That’s exponentially tiny, smaller than my childhood bedroom and that room was 10x5ft (3 x 2) which was a single bedroom, not having to accommodate space for a toilet, shower, kitchen, counters, etc. I barely had a dresser and a twin bed in that room
The smallest living space you’re allowed to put for sale/rent in France is 9m², and those absolutely are a thing. They’re very common for example for student housing, but also former maid quarters, especially in older buildings.
The English Housing Act considers that one person living in a 70sqft room makes it legally “overcrowded”, although there aren’t any legal minimal sizes to sell or rent a flat.
I’ve been there a couple of times! My uncle used to be a buyer for a fish factory supplying Nile Perch. The reason it is so densely populated is because the lake around there used to be loaded with fish, being far from the mainland, most people fish for weeks based off the island and then sell to the buyers and head off to the mainland for r&r until the next tour.
So, @mkukiwamagere@lemmy.world, who owns Migingo? From one East African to another. :)
That is true, but keep in mind that it’s home to 131 people. That density number makes it sound like thousands but it’s just that the island is very small.
The fact that the island being so small is what makes the density so high is what’s cool to me.
Looks like it’s right out of Waterworld…
