I think of my weight in kilograms. I have tried to move to thinking my home in sq metres but I haven’t really had reason to make the conversion. I had not yet decided to go metric everywhere yet when I bought my place so I have had no real reason to.
Square metres is pretty easy if you grew up with square feet, the convention factor is close enough to 10. When I was on the market for a home, I talked to my agent exclusively in m². Even though she’s really not used to it, we communicated pretty well.
If you think of distance in kilometers, houses in square feet, buying vegetables in kilograms, and your weight in pounds, you could be Canadian.
We divide land in hectares.
I think of my weight in kilograms. I have tried to move to thinking my home in sq metres but I haven’t really had reason to make the conversion. I had not yet decided to go metric everywhere yet when I bought my place so I have had no real reason to.
Square metres is pretty easy if you grew up with square feet, the convention factor is close enough to 10. When I was on the market for a home, I talked to my agent exclusively in m². Even though she’s really not used to it, we communicated pretty well.