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Perhaps its because the average house (e.g. the Simpsons house) is no longer achievable for the majority of young people, smaller footprints mean things have to
by xs83 2y ago
Perhaps its because the average house (e.g. the Simpsons house) is no longer achievable for the majority of young people, smaller footprints mean things have to become multipurpose.
- spicyusername 2y agoLooking at the trends for home size, it seems like those size homes, 2000sqft+, only started getting built relatively recently, so it's not as if they're some kind of human right. How did people host before 1990, I wonder? How do people host in Europe, where the average home size is still relatively modest?
- xboxnolifes 2y agoSmaller bedrooms, smaller kitchens, smaller every room. My grandparents' house's rooms were small in every direction, but the entire house still fit a dining room with room for 8 (snuggly), family room, living room, kitchin, bathroom, and multiple bedrooms.
- naltroc 2y ago(united states family, born and raised) I don't understand the desire for a large bedroom. My parents use the largest "bedroom" in their house to hold their bed. I use the smallest "bedroom" in my house to hold my bed, because all I do in there is sleep. The larger "bedrooms" become office and studio spaces, since I spend remarkably more waking hours in these locations compared to where I sleep.
- SoftTalker 2y ago> I spend remarkably more waking hours in these locations compared to where I sleep. That's good. For sleep health, your sleeping room should ideally be used only for sleeping. Don't work, read, watch TV, etc. in that room. If you work from home or need an office or studio, that should be a separate room if at all possible.
- Jtsummers 2y agoThe room distribution was different. Smaller bedrooms and bathrooms, fewer bathrooms, larger public/shared spaces.
- throwaway-blaze 2y agoIt's relatively rare to host anyone other than family in European countries. In asian cultures you commonly host people at restaurants / catering halls.
- mytailorisrich 2y agoIn Europe, either there is a dining room or there is a dining table in the living room. This has been the case since well before "1990"...
- jeffbee 2y agoOne of my favorite buildings in San Francisco is an Art Deco apartment tower, bordering on an SRO at the time it was built. The residents were expected to entertain their guests in the dining room, lobby, and bar, instead of in their homes. And they did so.
- ghaff 2y agoPeople of a certain social class also tended to belong to clubs. It's still not rare in places like NYC.
- suddenclarity 2y agoThat wasn't the average house which is partly why Simpsons had a whole storyline about how they could afford it. A more likely reason is probably the growth of the single-person households which grew from 6.9% in the 60s to 38% now. People live alone and they eat alone.