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According to the independent research group Shrink That Footprint, apartments in Hong Kong are on average the smallest in the world (484 sq ft). The average one-bed flat size in Manhattan, New York, is 716 sq ft, in London, it is 550 sq ft. And soon, by converting drainpipes into homes, flats in Hong Kong are set to shrink even more.

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