> (because it somehow dissappears the second they step in Europe for vacation) To be fair, that is because people on vacation are by definition living out of a

> (because it somehow dissappears the second they step in Europe for vacation) To be fair, that is because people on vacation are by definition living out of a suitcase. It is easy to live in a tiny hotel room in a very dense building among dense buildings when all you own (for a few days) is a suitcase. A lot of people in the US like to have space for hobbies and toys and cars and home offices and yards and so on. Which is difficult in a dense city, but irrelevant while on vacation.