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What do two developers who are DINK need 6 bedrooms for? Genuinely curious.

stagger87 6y ago
Who said they needed 6 bedrooms?
swashboon 6y ago
they each had home offices and they were "centrally" located for family gatherings. mostly they just wanted the location.
user5994461 6y ago
1 bedroom for them + 2 bedrooms for the future kids + 2 rooms for office/storage/miscellaneous. It's really not hard to find use for rooms.
leetcrew 6y ago
I don't think DINK implies a lack of desire for children, rather the current state of not having any (and consequently a large amount of disposable income). in my experience, people with large incomes often have more rooms in their house than they actually need for day-to-day life. sometimes it's just a flex, but often they expect to host their extended family and/or friends (and even their families) over the holidays. nobody needs a second kitchen and four extra bedrooms, but it does make bringing the whole family together under one roof a lot less tense.
nunez 6y ago
1 bedroom for themselves, 2 offices, 3 cat rooms, one spare
tzs 6y ago
I live alone and managed to find uses for 3, and I sleep on a couch in the living room, so am not using a bedroom for a bed. If I slept on a bed, I'd be able to make use of 4 bedrooms. One is an exercise room. It's the first photo here [1]. The one in the second photo is the electronics and music room. Table on the left for my electronics stuff, and piano on the right (and guitars out of frame on the right, along with a bookshelf full of music books). Third bedroom is the library, covered by the next two photos. 10 bookshelves. I could easily see two developers use 6 bedrooms. 1 for sleeping, 1 for a library, 1 for exercise, 1 for a join hobby for interest, and 1 for each for a hobby or interest that the other doesn't share...and that's without even considering using a bedroom as a dedicated office for working from home. [1] https://imgur.com/a/lVmMv86 https://imgur.com/a/lVmMv86
danans 6y ago
I get what you're saying, but even though I also think that's a ridiculous amount of space for two people without kids, plenty of people's purchase decisions are based on factors beyond the functional. Some people like feeling of living in a palace. We have after all for millennia equated living in huge spaces with class and prosperity, and The industrial age, especially in last 30 years, has enabled more people than ever to live in palaces. Of course, heating a six bedroom palace in Minnesota is no joke.

Who said they needed 6 bedrooms?

they each had home offices and they were "centrally" located for family gatherings. mostly they just wanted the location.

user5994461 6y ago

1 bedroom for them + 2 bedrooms for the future kids + 2 rooms for office/storage/miscellaneous. It's really not hard to find use for rooms.

leetcrew 6y ago

I don't think DINK implies a lack of desire for children, rather the current state of not having any (and consequently a large amount of disposable income). in my experience, people with large incomes often have more rooms in their house than they actually need for day-to-day life. sometimes it's just a flex, but often they expect to host their extended family and/or friends (and even their families) over the holidays. nobody needs a second kitchen and four extra bedrooms, but it does make bringing the whole family together under one roof a lot less tense.

nunez 6y ago

1 bedroom for themselves, 2 offices, 3 cat rooms, one spare

tzs 6y ago

I live alone and managed to find uses for 3, and I sleep on a couch in the living room, so am not using a bedroom for a bed. If I slept on a bed, I'd be able to make use of 4 bedrooms. One is an exercise room. It's the first photo here [1]. The one in the second photo is the electronics and music room. Table on the left for my electronics stuff, and piano on the right (and guitars out of frame on the right, along with a bookshelf full of music books). Third bedroom is the library, covered by the next two photos. 10 bookshelves. I could easily see two developers use 6 bedrooms. 1 for sleeping, 1 for a library, 1 for exercise, 1 for a join hobby for interest, and 1 for each for a hobby or interest that the other doesn't share...and that's without even considering using a bedroom as a dedicated office for working from home. [1] https://imgur.com/a/lVmMv86 https://imgur.com/a/lVmMv86

danans 6y ago

I get what you're saying, but even though I also think that's a ridiculous amount of space for two people without kids, plenty of people's purchase decisions are based on factors beyond the functional. Some people like feeling of living in a palace. We have after all for millennia equated living in huge spaces with class and prosperity, and The industrial age, especially in last 30 years, has enabled more people than ever to live in palaces. Of course, heating a six bedroom palace in Minnesota is no joke.