Most historic small roomed dwellings were not dismal "never again" tenements. Until zoned into illegality in the mid 20th century, tiny room SRO hotels and boar

Most historic small roomed dwellings were not dismal "never again" tenements. Until zoned into illegality in the mid 20th century, tiny room SRO hotels and boardinghouses for middle and upper class people were common: https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft6j49p0wf&brand=ucpress https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft6j49... Many people don't want to cook or clean. Many people don't want or need a living room or a private bathroom. This does not necessarily imply that these people must live in horrid squalor.