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>As in, more than 50% of people? Not where I am from in USA, but maybe there are cultures where this happens. You got me there, I'm not a sociologist and I can

>As in, more than 50% of people? Not where I am from in USA, but maybe there are cultures where this happens. You got me there, I'm not a sociologist and I can only draw from experience. I come from an immigrant family in New England and one my of my best friends is an immigrant from Europe which places high priority on the eating together thing. That said you could be right as more and more relationships move online. >No but in such a situation only 1/8th of the people involved need to have a living room. In a perfect economy with 100% efficient utilization there will never be any waste or duplication of resources. We don't have a perfect economy.

TaylorAlexander 3y ago
> In a perfect economy with 100% efficient utilization there will never be any waste or duplication of resources. I guess I am just thinking about it from an urbanist point of view, and how our view of personal space and a relative lack of focus on publicly accessible community spaces affects our land use and exacerbates the housing crisis. I say this as someone in a family which has been in this country for generations, and probably focused too much on personal wealth and access to large homes. I am learning to appreciate the value of smaller private spaces and bigger public spaces as I have slowly moved from the country to a dense city throughout my life. I go to weekly gatherings with friends, but that's at the local hackerspace not at anyone's house. I can see how from an immigrant background there is more focus on familial togetherness and I think that is a good cultural trait for us to encourage and support in city design. Though as a queer person my family is not who I want to spend time with on a weekly basis.