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Collected Item: “500 Square Feet”

Give your story a title.

500 Square Feet

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Story

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

When my wife and I got our first apartment together, we chose one which was affordable and small with the intention that we would spend as little time as possible there. Then we were quarantined and spent nearly an entire year in the apartment. We bought a house shortly after.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#pandemic #inside

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

self

Give this story a date.

2020-01-07
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