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> We don't have ROOM for it. We aren't our parents or our grandparents. We don't own 3000 sq ft detached homes.

I think the implication you're making that previous generations had much more living space is false. My grandparents lived in a rural area in a pretty small home with one bathroom. If you look at 50s tract homes, they're all small by modern standards.



The "modern standard" is starting to look a lot more like a bedroom in a shared apartment, or a studio, not a tract home.




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