I think what the GP is trying to say is that there are a lot of people - like your past self - where an 11x11 room would be better than what they have now. It's

I think what the GP is trying to say is that there are a lot of people - like your past self - where an 11x11 room would be better than what they have now. It's a tangent to the point of the unaffordability of housing in large cities these days.