One of the attackers complained that the 180 square meter apartment he had been given was too small for him and his wife. "Soon we will have children and this apartment would be too small," he told the UN staff.
It's Happy Fun Math Time boys and girls! A meter is about 39 inches, a bit longer than a yard. If you work it out, a square meter is about 1.17 square yards, or about 10.56 square feet. If you multiply that by 180, you get about 1900 square feet (just as Misha notes).
This guy is upset that he and his wife will be forced to live in a 1900 square foot apartment. Oh the horror! As a point of comparison, my townhouse, which has two bedrooms, is almost 1300 square feet. It's plenty big enough for myself and the Techno-Geekette (well, she's as much a Literary-Geekette but Techno-Geekette fits better with the name of this blog) and our two cats. We also have a friend who stays in the second bedroom one or two nights a week as his office is about a hundred miles from his house. The main problem is finding room for all our crap, which admittedly needs to be pared down some. But it's sufficient and we're not complaining. If we were to have a child, we'd want more room eventually but this house would still fit.
This asshole has over 600 more square feet, easily enough for a bedroom (or two) and a bathroom. Easily enough for a family of three, especially as he's unlikely to have as much crap to find room for. And he's unsatisfied? When the alternative is to have *nothing?* When he's getting it *for free?* It boggles the mind!
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