{"id":65256,"date":"2017-09-02T19:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/generation-rent-why-ill-never-live-in-a-massive-open-plan-apartment\/"},"modified":"2017-09-02T19:09:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T12:09:07","slug":"generation-rent-why-ill-never-live-in-a-massive-open-plan-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/generation-rent-why-ill-never-live-in-a-massive-open-plan-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Generation rent: why I\u2019ll never live in a massive open-plan apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIn this flat, you can glide through three spaces before hitting a wallAn old flatmate recently tagged me in a picture he\u2019d rediscovered, presumably via that most sadistic of all social media features, Timehop.For the uninitiated, Timehop conjures up old posts from the depths of the internet, suggesting we might like to reminisce, when it knows full well we\u2019d rather archive all cringey and painful memories to the darkness of our subconscious. Timehop won\u2019t allow an acquaintance \u2013 one where the relationship has drawn to a halt in\u00a0real life \u2013 to continue in silence on social media, until the point where defriending each other can be seen as\u00a0natural. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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