Some cities are just very expensive and when you move there you have to either cram yourself into an apartment with a bunch of strangers or rent a tiny studio apartment. Or, if the city is United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, live on a solar-powered luxury houseboat, apparently. "If you’re getting a housing allowance, and after five or 10 years of living in a rented villa you realize that for that money you could have lived on a boat, you’re going to kick yourself," says Berend Lens van Rijn, who is working with Netherlands-based company Waterlovt to bring houseboats to the city’s plentiful waterways. The boats are small, compared to an apartment, but well-equipped, with washing machines, TVs, kitchens, and—wait, what was that about a housing allowance?
• Self-sustaining solar-powered houseboats in Abu Dhabi are cheaper than rent [Inhabitat]
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