Apparently foreign buyers are buying a lot of homes in the US: http://www.wten.com/story/15541140/cdta-ti-g?clienttype=printable (I read a longer article recently, but I can't find it now) Maybe real estate agents need a "crash course" in metric. --- On Sat, 10/22/11, Bill Hooper <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Bill Hooper <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:51271] Re: Apartment Ad in NY Magazine To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, October 22, 2011, 10:41 AM On Oct 21 , at 8:23 AM, Ressel, Howard (DOT) wrote: I saw an Interesting ad in New York magazine for an apartment in Manhattan. They quoted the interior size as 3,200 SF (297 SM). I don’t think most ad’s in Canada even use metric units yet let alone an ad in New York City. Unfortunately all the room dimensions are in feet only. Oh the starting price is $1.25 M. Too bad they don't know enough to round off reasonably. This probably should state the metric size as 300 m3 . Surely the old English description of "3,200 SF" is not measured to a precision greater than about 1%. Since 10 sq. ft. is approximately 1 m3 , so that 3 m3 is about 30 sq. ft., I'm sure that the rounded figure of 300 m3 is quite adequate. It is different from 3200 sq. ft. by less than 1%. Bill Hooper 1800 mm tall (to the nearest 10 mm) Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ========================== SImplification Begins With SI. ==========================
