Originally Posted by Pancho1188
c. Independent residence - People seem to assume that everyone has the right to live by
themselves, one roomate, or a nuclear family. This is not the case. Once again, it is a privilege and not a right.
Most cultures have huge families living under one roof, and many countries are so overpopulated that dozens of
people live together and never get any time alone. In fact, in many Arab countries, it is perfectly natural for
someone to just space out and not talk to anyone for hours even though they have 10 people around them (introverted
time, anyone?) simply because they have no alone time - ever. If people would just group together, that rent
would go from $1,200 per month to $600 to $400 to $300, etc. This was true in the United States as well in the early
20th century. My history books in high school contained several pictures of a 3-person family living in a house no
bigger than my living room while the man worked 14-hour days 7 days a week in a polluted factory that was slowly
killing him to keep their home and put food on the table. These apartment units had no sewage, and the smell from
excrement flooded the building. Apparently, we as a society feel we deserve much more than that even for the poorest
workers (and I am sure that we do, but we must remember what things were like before so we don't take everything
for granted).