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UP(st)ART is a community for young people with artistic aspirations in need of an affordable place to live. Each room contains up to six capsules. They contain a single bed, a bar for hanging clothes, a few compartments for storing shoes and other items and an air vent.
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Kay Wilson packed up her life in a hurry and moved to Los Angeles... only to find that what she paid in Pennsylvania for a nice studio apartment would only get her a 2.9-square-metre box in California.
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By most standards, the accommodation is still not cheap - $750 (Dh2,754) per month plus taxes. That works out to around $800.
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Jeremiah Adler, Founder and CEO of UP(st)ART prepares dinner in one of his homes in Los Angeles, California on October 24, 2019
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Around 50 people are eating together in one of the four-building complex's communal areas. Among the group are rappers, dancers, sculptors and actors from the US and elsewhere.
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Cheaper options exist, but UP(st)ART offers a good, central location and modern buildings equipped with a gym, dance classes, recording studio (pictured), art workshop and free cleaning and laundry services.
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UP(st)ART, which opened three years ago, resembles a cross between a college dorm and a luxury hostel.
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