> I think that the "easy to clean" part of the list of descriptors here is among the most important. Also caused by the lack of "servants". Just employing a m

> I think that the "easy to clean" part of the list of descriptors here is among the most important. Also caused by the lack of "servants". Just employing a maid service frees up a remarkable amount of time. Having someone full-time dedicated to nothing but cleaning up after you is a big deal. One of the things that gets lost is that employing someone was much cheaper in the past. There was an article recently talking about how the affluent couldn't afford a car in the early 1900s but could easily afford multiple servants.