Open thread for night owls: New 220 square-foot S.F. apartments big enough for 10 convicts

Excerpts from the December Harper's Index:

' Average salary subjects in a September study offered a fictional woman applying for a U.S. university laboratory position: $26,508 ' Average salary they offered a fictional man with identical credentials: $30,328 ' Minimum square footage of San Francisco apartments allowed under new regulations: 220 ' Number of San Quentin prisoners who could reside in one such apartment, based on their average cell size: 10 ' Percentage change in the likelihood a child will eat an apple from the school cafeteria if the apple has an Elmo sticker on it: +68 ' Percentage increase since 2008 in the portion of Americans who call themselves "lower-class": 28 ' In the portion earning more than $100,000 annually who do: 20

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