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100 years ago no one would have imagined that a couple in their 20s would want a room dedicated to their desktop computers.... or even that each of them might w
by hparadiz 4y ago
100 years ago no one would have imagined that a couple in their 20s would want a room dedicated to their desktop computers.... or even that each of them might want a separate "office". And I say "office" in quotes cause it's really a nerd cave that I might work in as well.
I imagine some folks on HN would even want a dedicated VR space with a cleared out 10x10 square.
What is considered luxury housing changes overtime.
- Bayart 4y ago> 100 years ago no one would have imagined that a couple in their 20s would want a room dedicated to their desktop computers.... or even that each of them might want a separate "office". And I say "office" in quotes cause it's really a nerd cave that I might work in as well. They were refered to as smoking rooms and boudoirs, but they very much existed.
- masklinn 4y agoAs well as cabinets, drawing rooms, parlours (possibly multiple), solars, sunrooms, studies, recreation rooms (billiard rooms), …
- Retric 4y ago100 years ago people wanted extra space, they could rarely afford it. A piano for example takes up quite a bit of space, let alone ballrooms or billiards rooms etc. It’s interesting to look at the ownership history of old buildings over time. Often people kept adding additions even though the owners where less wealthy in relative terms they tend to be more wealthy in absolute terms.
- hparadiz 4y agoI wasn't even trying to say that extra space wasn't used 100 years ago. More that the requirements of the space are ever changing. But got downvoted for it anyway. shrug